Herein is the explanation of the analogies, which exist in all the arts. They are the re-appearance of one mind, working in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
One of the servants had reported that Daisy had been sneaking around the house at night, deliberately tripping all the traps to… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
Full Medicare-for-all, free choice of doctor and hospital: that comes in sixty to seventy percent without even further explanation. And if you… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
It really comes down to parsimony, economy of explanation. It is possible that your car engine is driven by psychokinetic energy, but… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
What is the origin of the urge, the fascincation that drives physicists, mathematicians, and presumably other scientists as well? Psychoanalysis suggests that… — David Ruelle Copy Share Image
A young professor I watched in action at one of our large eastern colleges used to stand with his back to the… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
On reflection, some things do super well because they hit with the time. Some things do super well because they are able… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
“Though we run across exceptions, philosophical novels where explanation holds interest, the temptation to explain is one that should almost always be… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
nostalgia, underlying cosmological explanation for Weak but detectable interaction between two neighboring universes that are otherwise not causally connected. Manifests itself in… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
Man, by his very nature, tends to give himself an explanation of the world into which he is born. And this is… — Elsa Morante Copy Share Image
A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Like most young physicists, when I was a kid enraptured with physics, I thought, "Everything can be explained by the theory of… — Adam Frank Copy Share Image
In evolution, as in all areas of science, our knowledge is incomplete. But the entire success of the scientific enterprise has depended… — Bruce Alberts Copy Share Image
Take the story of Cain and Abel. Why were we given that story? Scientifically, you may have an explanation for it, but… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
We like t'believe that everything's got an explanation...that our years on this earth make a safe kinda sense. We build ourselves up… — Jonathan Kent Copy Share Image
Regardless of the extent to which the media promote "politically correct," but scientifically wrong, resolutions from professional societies such as the American… — J. Philippe Rushton Copy Share Image
There are situations when all answers and explanations fade. When you fully accept that you do not know, you give up struggling… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
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“She was a plain-faced old woman, without graces and without any great elegance, but with an extreme respect for her own motives.… — Henry James Copy Share Image
It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech five or… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
The physicist may be satisfied when he has the mathematical scheme and knows how to use for the interpretation of the experiments.… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
The chief point we must remember is that the great and rapid advance of the physical sciences took place in fields where… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
By construction, the world of big data is siloed and segmented and segregated so that successful people, like myself - technologists, well-educated… — Cathy O'Neil Copy Share Image
The general uncertainty about the prospects of medical treatment is socially handled by rigid entry requirements. These are designed to reduce the… — Kenneth Arrow Copy Share Image
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We have this desire for everything to be explained to us. But if you go through your daily actions, very little ends… — Alice Sebold Copy Share Image
Evolutionists ... have a prior commitment, a commitment to naturalism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel… — Richard Lewontin Copy Share Image
Since we think we understand when we know the explanation, and there are four types of explanation (one, what it is to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A detective with his murder mystery, a chemist seeking the structure of a new compound, use little of the formal and logical… — Gilbert N. Lewis Copy Share Image
Most people have some appreciation of mathematics, just as most people can enjoy a pleasant tune; and there are probably more people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
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I think that's the mother and father of all cop-outs. It's an honest scientific quest to discover where this apparent improbability comes… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Let me end with an explanation of why I believe the move into space to be a human imperative. It seems to… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
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If someone's lying to us, then it's rare that we know that they're lying to us. It's only in bad films that… — Michael Haneke Copy Share Image
It is my view that the simplest explanation is there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
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![“I think that's the mother and father of all cop-outs. It's an honest scientific quest to discover where this apparent improbability comes from. Now [Francis] Collins says, "Well, God did it. And God needs no explanation because God is outside all this." Well, what an incredible evasion of the…” quote by Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/72d/richard-dawkins-115_cop_i-think-that-s-the-mother-and-father-of_3082551.jpg)
