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Cease To Exist Quotes

On what disappears, and what refuses to

These quotes use the phrase cease to exist in strikingly different registers: one traces a hypothetical collapse of capital as an economic concept, another explores what happens to physical rules once you enter an imaginative space. For more short, quotable philosophy, see Jet.

Capital, however capital may be defined, would practically cease to exist as an income producing fund, for the simple reason that if money, wherewith to buy capital, could be obtained for one-half of one per cent, capital itself could command...

Quotes by John Buchanan Robinson

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Aldous Huxley

All things which have a directing force here in the physical world cease to exist when one arrives in the imaginative world. If, on the physical plane, you imagine yourself to have done something you actually have not done, you...

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the economic argument in the capital-related quote?
It argues that if borrowing money became cheap enough, capital would stop functioning as a source of income in any meaningful sense.
What does the quote about the imaginative world suggest?
It proposes that the rules governing the physical world don't carry over once someone shifts into imagination or what it calls astral space.
What is the most quoted line among these three?
The short statement that facts remain true regardless of whether people choose to acknowledge them is the most widely recognized of the set.
Do these quotes share a common philosophical thread?
Each one questions what continues to be real or valid once assumptions, beliefs, or circumstances change around it.
Where can I find more compact, quotable lines?
Browse our Kunal Nayyar quotes for more.

The final line flips the phrase into a defense of objective truth, insisting facts persist whether or not anyone chooses to believe them. Visit Ron Lewis for more concise, pointed sayings.