Top 21 Counterfactual Quotes
#1. Writers perform the so-called counterfactual thinking all the time. All the time. For most people, counterfactual thingking is a habit, but for writers, it is a necessity
Ika Natassa
#2. What I have learned from studying counterfactual history is that the law of unintended consequences always kicks in no matter how secure you are in your plan. We have to live with the historical record as it is, like it or not.
Gavriel David Rosenfeld
#3. When death is imminent and dying patients find their suffering unbearable, then the physician's role should shift from healing to relieving suffering in accord with the patient's wishes.
Marcia Angell
#4. Damn. I'm getting fucked while practically standing on my head, and it's pretty superb.
I should be willing to walk away from my life just so I can have this done to me every day. It's definitely something to consider.
Georgia Cates
#5. For many of us, once we have made a decision, then we are attached to that decision forever. I have found that often the last thing a really dominating left hemisphere wants is to share its limited cranial space with an open-minded right counterpart!
Jill Bolte Taylor
#8. Adoration drives obedience, but throughout history people are prone to forget the faithfulness of God yesterday.
Matt Chandler
#9. Whenever I'm particularly frustrated by a problem in my life or in my garden, i meditate on the words of St. Paul in his letter to the Galations, Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Vivian Elisabeth Glyck
#10. Look closer at the stress in your own life and you can identify that negative emotions are always built on counterfactual statements.
Andrew J. Bernstein
#12. Poignancy (a close cousin of regret) is a counterfactual feeling, which
Daniel Kahneman
#13. There is sense in hoping for recognition in a distant future only when we take it for granted that mankind will remain essentially unchanged, and that whatever is great is not for one age only but will be looked upon as great for all time.
Friedrich Nietzsche
#14. you don't get far in political discourse with counterfactual arguments that "it would have been even worse.
Alan S. Blinder
#15. Blending consensus historical events and personages with imaginary occult forces is a strong recipe for counterfactual storytelling goodness that combines the best of two worlds: resonant history with wild-eyed fantasy.
Paul Di Filippo
#16. To quote a great sage ... answer unclear, try again later.
A. Lee Martinez
#18. Counterfactual conditionals are always true, because the premise is false. But I was there that day, so now I am where I am.
Umberto Eco
#20. I love Miami; I miss it so much. I miss the beach, the peace it brings you. I love the sound and smell of the sea.
Genesis Rodriguez
#21. Curiously, once technology gets boring, the social effects get interesting.
Clay Shirky