They want explanation, not faith; God gives them faith as the explanation. — Geoffrey Wood Copy Share Image
I do not envy people who think they have a complete explanation of the world, for the simple reason that they are… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Quantum mechanics provides us with an approximate, plausible, conjectural explanation of what actually is, or was, or may be taking place inside… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
That the boat did not upset I simply state as a fact. Why it did not upset I am unable to offer… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
I flicked my eyes over to Steve again and saw him straighten. He would need a diversion just to start. “Explanations?” I… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Creativity can never be explained by appeal to reason alone. Like the birth of a child, creativity compels us not to explanation… — George Vaillant Copy Share Image
While I respect the professionals at the FBI, this announcement defies explanation. No one should be above the law. — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
For if as scientists we seek simplicity, then obviously we try the simplest surviving theory first, and retreat from it only when… — Nelson Goodman Copy Share Image
“You have no reason to give up if you haven't tried all steps in the world yet! Try again if at first… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
Nature first, then theory. Or, better, Nature and theory closely intertwined while you throw all your intellectual capital at the subject. Love… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
So who is better off, those who share love long enough to see which parts inevitably fade or those who lose their… — Jonathan Hull Copy Share Image
Correlations are not explanations and besides, they can be as spurious as the high correlation in Finland between foxes killed and divorces. — Gunnar Myrdal Copy Share Image
When an intelligent man reaches the point of inviting self-explanation and offers surrendering the key to his heart, he is assuredly riding… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“I'm a reasonable kind of guy. If I hear something that seems to make sense, I'm willing to give it the benefit… — Frank Schatzing Copy Share Image
If a large number of people who are convinced alien abductions are real are hypnotising even larger numbers of others who suspect… — Bryan Appleyard Copy Share Image
How good is Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel anyway? ... to me, Daniel's brilliance has nothing to do with the big numbers he… — Joe Posnanski Copy Share Image
Sociologists in the 1960s, reaching for an explanation of why cities were burning, often spoke of the problem of 'rising expectations.' It… — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image
“He did it because he could not help himself, which explains everything and nothing” — Johnny Rich Copy Share Image
Mathematics, however, is, as it were, its own explanation; this, although it may seem hard to accept, is nevertheless true, for the… — Gerolamo Cardano Copy Share Image
Try to live with the same intensity as a child. He doesn't ask for explanations; he dives into each day as if… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms. — Angelus Silesius Copy Share Image
Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough---as most wrong theories are! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The individual who cultivates grievances, and who is perpetually exacting explanations of his assumed wrongs, can only be ignored, and left to… — Lilian Whiting Copy Share Image
