"Ideas get substance and value not by being discussed but by being lived."

--

Source : Hugh Kingsmill (1949). “The Progress of a Biographer”

Hugh Kingsmill

#Ideas Quotes #Substance Quotes #Values Quotes

“Many live in dread of what is coming. Why should we? The unknown puts adventure into life. ... The unexpected around the corner gives a sense of anticipation and surprise. Thank God for the unknown future.”
“You cannot connect with anyone except through reality.”
“I was never into candy and games and clowns.”
“i hate leaving places i love i was never at one place long. am i selfish?”
“Artificial intelligence uses a complex set of rules - algorithms - to get to a conclusion. A computer has to calculate its way through all those rules, and that takes a lot of processing. So AI works best when a small computer is using it on a small problem - your car's anti-lock brakes are based on AI. Or you need to use a giant computer on a big problem - like IBM using a room-size machine to compete against humans on Jeopardy in 2011.”
“The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.”

Source : Alfred Thayer Mahan (1912). “Armaments and Arbitration, Or, The Place of Force in the International Relations of States”, p.206, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
“To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.”
“I always look back to my first Olympic medal in 2004 in Athens. I was very new to the sport, and it was my first big win at the Olympics.”

You may also like:

Clifton Fadiman
Intellectual
H. L. Mencken
Journalist
Hesketh Pearson
Actor
Malcolm Muggeridge
Journalist
Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Philosopher
Richard Ingrams
Journalist
Stella Benson
Novelist
William Gerhardie
Novelist
Michael Holroyd
Biographer