It is understandable how some people could give way to this kind of pervasive pessimism, but we speak of a gospel which… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I do not remember-that is the point-the first impulse that pumped and shoved most of the earlier poems along, and they are… — Dylan Thomas Copy Share Image
The trouble with traditional American conservatism is that it lacks a naturally cheerful, optimistic disposition. Not only does it lack one, it… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
The reason why life may be judged to be trivial although at certain moments it seems to us so beautiful is that… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
You don't believe that the Earth is round only if you're an astronaut. You don't believe Napoleon existed only if you're a… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Claims that cannot be tested, assertions immune to disproof are veridically worthless, whatever value the may have in inspiring us or in… — carl sagan Copy Share Image
The evolution of life, and the evolutionary origin of mankind, are scientifically established as firmly and completely as any historical event not… — Theodosius Dobzhansky Copy Share Image
Having decisions made not in midnight deals but in the light of objective evidence and after consulting those who will be affected… — John Hutton Copy Share Image
Courage is the human virtue that counts most-courage to act on limited knowledge and insufficient evidence. That's all any of us have. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Almost everyone... seems to be quite sure that the differences between the methodologies of history and of the natural sciences are vast.… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image
The evidence shows that investing in women and girls delivers major benefits for society. An educated woman has healthier children. She is… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I am focusing more on finding ways to improve situations rather than creating evidence or doing any form of consciousness-raising. — Hito Steyerl Copy Share Image
The Jews emerge into history, not a nation of keen spiritual aspirations and altruistic ethics, but that pagan people, worshipping rocks, sheep… — James T. Shotwell Copy Share Image
There is something outrageous about such a huge body of evidence being put together, then being confirmed in all kinds of other… — Matthew Chapman Copy Share Image
Our enemy is fear. Blinding, reason-killing fear. Fear consumes the truth and poisons all the evidence, leading us to false assumptions and… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence. — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
E.U. migrants claiming child benefit in the U.K. should be required to provide evidence that their children are resident in the U.K.… — Nick Boles Copy Share Image
A sense of religion is something one is born with, like a musical ear. One can develop it, cultivate it, enrich it,… — Svetlana Alliluyeva Copy Share Image
Although no explanation can be expected to be satisfactory, it remains a possibility among others that Mendel was deceived by some assistant… — Ronald Fisher Copy Share Image
Most actors are starving. Most of us are walking around with a flashlight and tweezers looking for evidence. When you have someone… — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
If my interlocutor desires to convince me that Jupiter has inhabitants, and that his description of them is accurate, it is for… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Our inner weighing of evidence is not a careful mathematical calculation resulting in a probabilistic estimate of truth, but more like a… — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
Now we see how the astronomical evidence supports the biblical view of the origin of the world. The details differ, but the… — Robert Jastrow Copy Share Image
