Method Quotes · Page 18

Empiricism in the sciences is a method; naturalism in philosophy is a metaphysics; and the latter neither follows from nor underlies the…

— David Bentley Hart

Anybody who has ever "gotten it" by following some so-called method, has gotten it in spite of the method, not because of…

— Lee Lozowick

A design remedy that prevents bugs is always preferable to a test method that discovers them.

— Boris Beizer

The human race's favorite method for being in control of facts is to ignore them.

— Celia Green

Birth-control through self-restraint is the most desirable, sensible and totally harmless method.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty.

— Richard Jefferies

The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.

— Robert Baden-Powell

The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.

— Antoine Rivarol

The proper method of playing mixed doubles is to swipe the ball accidentally and straight at the woman opponent as hard and…

— Art Hoppe

Celeborn is more fixed in his beliefs and methods than Galadriel, which is his failing, perhaps. As a team, they work well,…

— Marton Csokas

A freedom fighter learns the hard way that it is the oppressor who defines the nature of the struggle,and the oppressed is…

— Nelson Mandela

The theory of the method of knowing which is advanced in these pages may be termed pragmatic. ... Only that which has…

— John Dewey

Whatever the medium, there is the difficulty, challenge, fascination and often productive clumsiness of learning a new method: the wonderful puzzles and…

— Helen Frankenthaler

I have been teaching you all the methods of meditation. You can choose any method that suits you. There are only one…

— Rajneesh

We believe in the Three Rs - reducing the consumption of meat and other animal-based foods; refining the diet by eating products…

— Wayne Pacelle

To face tomorrow with the thought of using the methods of yesterday is to envision life at a standstill. To keep ahead,…

— James F. Bell, III

The noble Lord, Lord Harrison, said, 'Fox hunting is cruel and I therefore want it banned.' He went on to discuss the…

— 21st Baron Willoughby de Broke David Verney

Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single…

— Thomas Huxley

But our ways of learning about the world are strongly influenced by the social preconceptions and biased modes of thinking that each…

— Stephen Jay Gould

You must elect your work; you shall take what your brains can, and drop all the rest. Only so can that amount…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

This example illustrates the differences in the effects which may be produced by research in pure or applied science. A research on…

— Joseph John Thomson

Penance to be sure must be used as a tool, in due times and places, as need may be. If the flesh,…

— St. Catherine of Siena

Having analyzed these traits, we can now advance a definition of propaganda - not an exhaustive definition, unique and exclusive of all…

— Jacques Ellul

The scientific method is designed to help investigators overcome the most entrenched human cognitive habit: the confirmation bias, the tendency to notice…

— Carol Tavris

Statistics may be defined as "a body of methods for making wise decisions in the face of uncertainty.

— W. Allen Wallis

In recent times, Surrealist painters have used descriptive illusionistic academic methods.

— Hans Arp

There are these mythic unicorn-y tales of method acting, but Marlon [Brando] wanted to have a good time.

— Johnny Depp

The safe and cultural method of eating crackers in bed is to wear a diver's suit instead of pajamas.

— Basil Wolverton

Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.

— Bryant H. McGill

This attitude [the abstract method in mathematics] can be encapsulated in the following slogan: a mathematical object is what it does.

— Timothy Gowers

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies may point. The use of reading is…

— Edward Gibbon

The goal is justice, the method? is transparency. It's important not to confuse the goal and the method.

— Julian Assange

Method Man, for him to offer me the spot as the first Jewish member of the Wu Tang Clan, you know, was…

— Josh Peck

Standardization does not produce although admirable as an efficiency method.

— Reginald Fessenden

The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good.

— Calvin Coolidge

It's not a movie, no private screening This method acting, well, I call that living

— Conor Oberst

If Swaraj is to be had by peaceful methods, it will only be attained by attention to every little detail of national…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Q: Prove God doesn’t exist. A: That’s a tough one. Show me how it’s done by proving Zeus and Apollo don’t exist,…

— Pat Condell

For better or worse, I don't necessarily categorize myself as a method actor; I'm not going to make claims that I stayed…

— Rebecca Hall

Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.

— Anonymous