By the time a man asks you for advice, he has generally made up his mind what he wants to do, and… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
Regret, Daisy knew, was the only confirmation of a well-lived life. If you didn't occasionally go too far, you weren't going anywhere. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Far too many girls' and women's romantic relationships are formed around a negation of their own worth and attributes rather than a… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
Every day is a surprise. There are confirmations of an interconnectivity and synchronicity which inspire, titillate and confirm the inherent comedy of… — Billy Zane Copy Share Image
In my first week as a U.S. senator, I had the privilege of participating in the Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Judge… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery. — Enrico Fermi Copy Share Image
“confirmation is one of the most important and serendipitous storytelling opportunities we in youth ministry will ever have.” — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
President Bush said yesterday that it was appropriate for the White House to invoke Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's religion in making… — Peter Baker Copy Share Image
We were determined by public opinions of us. Would we think we existed without outside confirmation? And how long would we live… — Doris Grumbach Copy Share Image
A role model in the flesh provides more than inspiration; his or her very existence is confirmation of possibilities one may have… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The thought of being a creator, of engendering, of shaping is nothing without the continuous great confirmation and embodiment in the world,… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“I left. I told myself again I wasn’t disappointed, I wasn’t even terribly surprised. I learned a long time ago not to… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
Between hindsight bias, fake causality, positive bias, anchoring/priming, et cetera et cetera, and above all the dreaded confirmation bias, once an idea… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
The maxim of Cleobulus, "Mediocrity is best," has been long considered a universal principle, extending through the whole compass of life and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It has often been said that, to make discoveries, one must be ignorant. This opinion, mistaken in itself, nevertheless conceals a truth.… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
If we could know as intimately as we know our more immediate parents the long line of ancestors through whom the family… — Helen Bosanquet Copy Share Image
There is no learned man but will confess be hath much profited by reading controversies,--his senses awakened, his judgment sharpened, and the… — John Milton Copy Share Image
This is the most important joke I've ever heard. Niels Bohr, the founder of Quantum Physics, had a friend to dinner. As… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
The historical resonances are sharp. [Louis] Brandeis is nominated on Jan. 28, 1916. Confirmed on June 1. Waits 125 days between nomination… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
Two years ago I was on the train from Berlin to Frankfurt when I heard that the Nobel Peace Prize had been… — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
Had Christ not risen we could not believe Him to be what He declared Himself when He "made Himself equal with God."… — B. B. Warfield Copy Share Image
The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to notice… — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
“She thought of the cake that she was going to make for Solange's confirmation. She and Jeanne d'Arc had agreed on a… — Gaile Parkin Copy Share Image
At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews,… — Garry Disher Copy Share Image
My confirmation comes from God, I don't have to have the Tru's, the Gucci, the Louie I could care less! It's not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use? — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power. — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
“An assurance that your life is worth living comes from God. He is the one who gave you that life. So, as… — Gift Gugu Mona Copy Share Image
“The legitimacy of something is not dependent upon my ability to explain it, for my inability to explain something often evidences the… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“Develop an affirmation today, and start getting instant confirmation in all works of like.” — Richmond Akhigbe Copy Share Image
The unfortunate part is there's not enough balance in the legislative chambers, and particularly the senate that has to do that confirmation… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
“With God, there’s always an appointed time for things, and when you put Him first, trust in His timing, and keep the… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
Faith is the readiness to reveal whatever is concealed. You don't have to conceal doubts by putting on patches of self-confirmation. The… — Chogyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
I am convinced that international terrorism gave itself the goal of not allowing the re-election of Bush. The statement by bin Laden… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
In my opinion, it helps enormously to know why something is true, rather than being told it is true, for why should… — Dennis Lindley Copy Share Image
Whenever reality reinforces a child's fantasied dangers, the child will have more difficulty in overcoming them...So, while parents may not regard a… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
The illustrator is essentially a reporter: his subjects come from the outside, lit by a flash. A subject comes to the classical… — Kenneth Clark Copy Share Image
A geometrical theory in physical interpretation can never be validated with mathematical certainty ... ; like any other theory of empirical science,… — Carl Gustav Hempel Copy Share Image
We have had a lot of whistle-blowing going on out of the Department of Homeland Security, low morale. I want to make… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
![“The historical resonances are sharp. [Louis] Brandeis is nominated on Jan. 28, 1916. Confirmed on June 1. Waits 125 days between nomination and confirmation, which remains an unbroken record, although Merrick Garland will surpass it in July, if my math is right. Anti-Semitism was definitely not…” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/454/jeffrey-rosen-13180_anti-semitism_the-historical-resonances-are-sharp-loui_1591867.jpg)
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