The journalistic tradition so exalts novelty and flashy discovery, as reputable and newsworthy, that standard accounts for the public not only miss… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The more closely the author thinks of why he wrote, the more he comes to regard his imagination as a kind of… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
Black Americans make up 10 or 11% of the population, but they account now for something of 40 to 45% of all… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
Also not being afraid to stand up for what you believe in while taking into account that you could very well be… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
The Sookie Stackhouse novels were selling well before the TV show, but the TV show led to a lot more exposure and… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
The reason that most British actors are better than most American actors in the end is that they don't make any money.… — Mike Nichols Copy Share Image
If we are to define science, ... it does not consist so much in knowing, nor even in "organized knowledge," as it… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
A good way to rid one's self of a sense of discomfort is to do something. That uneasy, dissatisfied feeling is actual… — William Morris Copy Share Image
George Kennan and Paul Nitze were the Adams and Jefferson of the Cold War. They were there for the beginning, they witnessed… — John Lewis Gaddis Copy Share Image
On the 1st of August, 1774, I endeavoured to extract air from mercurius calcinates per se [mercury oxide]; and I presently found… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
After sketching his program for the scientific revolution that he foresaw, Bacon ends his account with a prayer: "Humbly we pray that… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
We cannot begin with complete doubt. We must begin with all the prejudices which we actually have when we enter upon the… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
God puts you where God needs you. You are where you are supposed to be. The job you are doing may not… — Lawrence Kushner Copy Share Image
In fact, a very similar phrase was invented to account for the sudden transition of wood, metal, plastic and concrete into an… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
On the whole, yes, I would rather be the Chief Justice of the United States, and a quieter life than that which… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
No general description of the mode of advance of human knowledge can be just which leaves out of account the social aspect… — Charles Sanders Peirce Copy Share Image
The rich pay more in total taxes now than ever before - ever. It's true. Just like it's true that when the… — Neil Cavuto Copy Share Image
At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Professional accountants should use that influence to encourage the companies they serve to think long term and integrate sustainable development goals into… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
I think it's only fair that Americans take into account who can keep them safe. Who has the best ideas for defeating… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not on account of the place,… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
Psychology, on the other hand, seeks to give account of the interconnexion of processes which are evinced by our own consciousness, or… — Wilhelm Wundt Copy Share Image
Since science's competence extends to observable and measurable phenomena, not to the inner being of things, and to the means, not to… — Jacques Maritain Copy Share Image
Each man lived his own life and paid his own price for living it. The only pity was one had to pay… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
But 'This Town' is official Washington. It's political Washington. It's not the Washington that clogs New York Avenue. It's not the Washington… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
What is one's personality, detached from that of the friends with whom fate happens to have linked one? I cannot think of… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
What suggests to non-Evangelical scholars that the resurrection narratives contain legendary accounts? First there is a variety of apparent contradictions in the… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
The world comes second hand - fifth hand - to us and the illusion that it is fresh because it is shown… — Josephine Herbst Copy Share Image
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A truly great structure, one that is meant to stand the tests of time, never disregards its environment. A serious architect takes… — Christopher Plummer Copy Share Image
When we of the so-called better classes are scared as men were never scared in history at material ugliness and hardship; when… — William James Copy Share Image
Anaximenes and Anaxagoras and Democritus say that its [the earth's] flatness is responsible for it staying still: for it does not cut… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
[Joe] Biden countered. He was speaking at a summit for working families, and he said he had no stocks, no bonds, or… — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
Whenever you hear anyone talking about a cultural or even about a human problem, you should never forget to inquire who the… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The third order, called Corinthian, is an imitation of the slenderness of a maiden; for the outlines and limbs of maidens, being… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Only when he has published his ideas and findings has the scientist made his contribution, and only when he has thus made… — Robert K. Merton Copy Share Image
The nineteenth century is a turning point in history, simply on account of the work of two men, Darwin and Renan, the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
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![“On the 1st of August, 1774, I endeavoured to extract air from mercurius calcinates per se [mercury oxide]; and I presently found that, by means of this lens, air was expelled from it very readily. … I admitted water to it [the extracted air], and found that it was not imbibed by it. But what…” quote by J. B. Priestley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00b/j-b-priestley-9291_accounts_on-the-1st-of-august-1774-i-endeavoured_1893818.jpg)
![“Anaximenes and Anaxagoras and Democritus say that its [the earth's] flatness is responsible for it staying still: for it does not cut the air beneath but covers it like a lid, which flat bodies evidently do: for they are hard to move even for the winds, on account of their resistance.” quote by Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c55/aristotle-78_accounts_anaximenes-and-anaxagoras-and-democritus_1311623.jpg)
![“[Joe] Biden countered. He was speaking at a summit for working families, and he said he had no stocks, no bonds, or a savings account. He then asked a Secret Service agent to hand him his hobo bindle, and he jumped a freight train back to D.C.” quote by Peter Sagal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6cb/peter-sagal-16436_accounts_joe-biden-countered-he-was-speaking-at-a_1971042.jpg)
