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| Alfred Whitehead Quotes | No. | Quotation | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ideas won't keep: something must be done about them. | Ideas |
| 2 | Without adventure civilization is in full decay. | Adventure |
| 3 | The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. | Bible |
| 4 | Common sense is genius in homespun. | Common Sense |
| 5 | The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them. When the idea is new, its custodians have fervor, live for it, and if need be, die for it. | Idea |
| 6 | Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks. | Language |
| 7 | The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive. | Order |
| 8 | Routine is the god of every social system; it is the seventh heaven of business, the essential component in the success of every factory, the ideal of every statesman. The social machine should run like clockwork. | Routine |
| 9 | Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language. | Speech |
| 10 | The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue. | University |
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