The Phenomenon of Man stands square in the tradition of Naturphilosophie, a philosophical indoor pastime of German origin which does not seem… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
I started my professional life as a philosopher of language and for several years took the orthodox line that meaning is an… — David E. Cooper Copy Share Image
Black Americans should be given credit for finding probably the perfect weapon; the weapon of the song. And that song continues. Most… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Human well-being is not a random phenomenon. It depends on many factors - ranging from genetics and neurobiology to sociology and economics.… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
No vegetarian has been able to achieve a single Nobel prize. It is a clear-cut condemnation of vegetarianism. Why do all the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Fortunately, both governments have been in favor of studying the Mexican migration problem in greater depth. For the first time, I think,… — Ernesto Zedillo Copy Share Image
No doubt very few people understand the purely subjective nature of the phenomenon that we call love, or how it creates, so… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Cloud computing is actually a spectrum of things complementing one another and building on a foundation of sharing. Inherent dualities in the… — Chris Howard Copy Share Image
It has long been known for sure that the sight of tasty food makes a hungry man's mouth water; also lack of… — Ivan Pavlov Copy Share Image
The people who see the population explosion in the Malthusian way - as a geometric progression - forget that population growth is… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
I feel that the act of writing, in and of itself, is a tool towards probing that which you wouldn't without that… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
People will say, 'I really don't like romance,' or, 'I don't read it - at all!' So how do they know? Weirdly,… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
There is, in fact, no reason to believe that any given natural phenomenon, however marvelous it may seem today, will remain forever… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Many hunters and professional soldiers (especially snipers) have remarked how important it is during a stalk to not directly stare or even… — Kenneth W. Royce Copy Share Image
We have to learn to deal with this situation and prepare for contact. Studying the behavior pattern of the phenomenon, I came… — Michael Hesemann Copy Share Image
In one of the most brilliant papers in the English language Hume made it clear that what we speak of as 'causality'… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Religion, according to Alfred North Whitehead, is a phenomenon that begins in wonder and ends in wonder. Feelings of awe, reverence, and… — Gary A. Kowalski Copy Share Image
There's always these giant baffling books, like 'The Da Vinci Code.' People say it's not as well written as 'Midnight's Children.' Why… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
We distinguish integrity as a phenomenon of the objective state or condition of an object, system, person, group, or organizational entity, and… — Werner Erhard Copy Share Image
In the patient who succumbed, the cause of death was evidently something which was not found in the patient who recovered; this… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
For me, we're all comfortable, we're all happy, hopefully, but at the same time something will happen and you have to kind… — Richard Patrick Copy Share Image
Even revolution, which transforms a concrete situation of oppression by establishing the process of liberation, must confront this phenomenon. Many of the… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Korell is that frequent phenomenon in history : the republic whose ruler has every attribute of the absolute monarch but the name.… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
When every fact, every present or past phenomenon of that universe, every phase of present or past life therein, has been examined,… — Karl Pearson Copy Share Image
Anyone who studies the contemporary phenomenon of global warming, or who fears the insidious impact that the smartphone is having on our… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
I believe Picasso's success is just one small part of the broader modern phenomenon of artists themselves rejecting serious art- perhaps partly… — Marilyn vos Savant Copy Share Image
The expectation that every neurotic phenomenon can be cured may, I suspect, be derived from the layman's belief that the neuroses are… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
An Experiment, like every other event which takes place, is a natural phenomenon; but in a Scientific Experiment the circumstances are so… — James Clerk Maxwell Copy Share Image
In the late '70s I was asked to sing for the first time in Germany. I'll never forget it. It was at… — Meredith Monk Copy Share Image
When I found out that Santa Claus wasn't real, I wasn't upset; rather, I was relieved that there was a much simpler… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
When we think of what is necessary for the phenomenon that we call life, we think of compartmentalization, keeping the molecules which… — Dimitar Sasselov Copy Share Image
The totalitarian phenomenon is not to be understood without making an allowance for the thesis that some important part of every society… — Jean Francois Revel Copy Share Image
In the present political situation, it's an interesting phenomenon to look at: what is the appeal of an autocratic leader? Why do… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
If the rewiring of the brain that yielded recursive generation of hierarchically structured expressions took place in an individual, not a group… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Scientists want full proof under laboratory conditions. And the answer is very simple: When Im put under pressure, I cant perform. Even… — Uri Geller Copy Share Image
“It has been asserted that our century is characterized by an entirely new phenomenon: the appearance of people incapable of relating to… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
Though the theories of plate tectonics now provide us with a modus operandi, they still seem to me to be a periodic… — D. V. Ager Copy Share Image
I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
Most psychologists treat the mind as disembodied, a phenomenon with little or no connection to the physical body. Conversely, physicians treat the… — Candace Pert Copy Share Image
To me, in retrospect, it was amazing that 'Seinfeld' was a show that had such mass appeal. At first it was a… — Bill Lawrence Copy Share Image
