Do you want me to apologize after every joke? If it doesn't offend somebody it's probably not a joke. It's probably an… — Jeff Ross Copy Share Image
In each meditation session, we gather knowledge about the mind through observation, questioning, and testing. We do this over and over, until… — Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche Copy Share Image
If you were to build a wall from the Pacific to the Gulf of Mexico, you would still have to back that… — John F. Kelly Copy Share Image
But when reflexion begins to play upon these objects... like some trick of magic each object is loosed into a group of… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
My own view, which does not rely solely on religious faith or even on an original idea, but rather on ordinary common… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
An aphorism is an extreme synthesis of thesis and antithesis, theory and practice, it's a mixture of intuition and observation, hypothesis and… — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
Science is a dynamic undertaking directed to lowering the degree of the empiricism involved in solving problems; or, if you prefer, science… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
“Use your eyes: observe all things as they are. Don't place a twig in the path of an ant or whistle with… — Elsie V. Aidinoff Copy Share Image
Generosity is another quality which, like patience, letting go, non-judging, and trust, provides a solid foundation for mindfulness practice. You might experiment… — Jon Kabat-Zinn Copy Share Image
Opponents say natural selection is not a theory supported by observation or experiment; that it is not based on fact; and that… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I look upon the vulgar observation, 'That the devil often deserts his friends, and leaves them in the lurch,' to be a… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
There is no ideal in observation. When you have an ideal, you cease to observe, you are then merely approximating the present… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“Another very good test some readers may want to look up, which we do not have space to describe here, is the… — Gordon L. Kane Copy Share Image
Aristotle especially, both by speculation and observation... reached something like the modern idea of a succession of higher organizations from lower, and… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
The most ancient parts of truth . . . also once were plastic. They also were called true for human reasons. They… — William James Copy Share Image
In my day a reporter who took an assignment was wholly on his own until he got back to the office, and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
In the collaborative process, you create a real intimacy; everybody ends up sharing personal stories and personal observations and their philosophies, their… — Lynn Shelton Copy Share Image
Science is composed of laws which were originally based on a small, carefully selected set of observations, often not very accurately measured… — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
The thing with our thoughts is that they become words and then actions, so it's important we observe them and choose them… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Sometimes, comics will make the observation that it's not jokes that are funny, it's characters that are funny. And isn't that true!… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
“The club is too loud to talk, so after a couple of drinks, everyone feels like the centre of attention but completely… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
That's the main work that I've done in my life - really wanting to get past that gender trap where there's a… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room; but they are therefore to… — John Locke Copy Share Image
“Most of what we believe, we were never asked to choose. The language we think in. The identity we carry. The meaning… — Navneet Singhal Copy Share Image
I confidently affirm that the greater part of those who are supposed to have died of gout, have died of the medicine… — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
Thus the man who is responsive to artistic stimuli reacts to the reality of dreams as does the philosopher to the reality… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Several country towns, within my observation, have at least a dozen taverns. Here the time, the money, the health and the modesty,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Every 12 years Jupiter returns to the same position in the sky; every 370 days it disappears in the fire of the… — Gan De Copy Share Image
I would like to start a discussion about ending solitary confinement. I'd like to start a discussion about the removal of MO… — Cecily McMillan Copy Share Image
Invention despoils observations, insinuation invalidates memory. A stewpot of bad habits, all of it - so that imaginative writers wind up, by… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
God created the universe out of nothing in an act which also brought time into existence. Recent discoveries, such as observations supporting… — Henry Margenau Copy Share Image
We are told that the first part of the process is to select the very smallest seeds from the smallest plants, which… — Robert Fortune Copy Share Image
I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
I'm an only child, so I don't come from a big family. But it has been my observation from friends who do… — Ayanna Pressley Copy Share Image
I spent my 20s working in patient care at a large university hospital, an experience that has informed all my work and… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
In fact, current cosmological observations indicate that the average density of matter and energy in the universe is equal, within measurement errors,… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
“[David] Maraniss sees [Barack] Obama as a man with "a moviegoer's or writer's sensibility, where he is both participating and observing himself… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
I think when you practice photography or observation, you're on high alert. You polish up your antenna and stick up your head,… — Debra Granik Copy Share Image
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