Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species, was published in 1859. It is perhaps the most influential book that has ever been… — Henry Lipson Copy Share Image
“The whole concatenation of wild and artificial things, the natural ecosystem as modified by people over the centuries, the build environment layered… — John Stilgoe Copy Share Image
Women speak an average 18,000 more words a day than men do. And there may be a genetic reason, it may be… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
A man of the best parts and greatest learning, if he does not know the world by his own experience and observation,… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
“And he wondered, suddenly, what sort of divide it created between them, that he knew pieces of her that she had never… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
It's pretty simple to me: we come from a really grounded world where anything you say could be the thing that the… — Lennon Parham Copy Share Image
I believe that mathematical reality lies outside us, that our function is to discover or observe it, and that the theorems which… — G. H. Hardy Copy Share Image
The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people… — Stephen Spender Copy Share Image
Luxury is the enemy of observation, a costly indulgence that induces such a good feeling that you notice nothing. Luxury spoils and… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
See what a hidden life the life of a good Christian is, and how much it is concealed from the eye and… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
The indispensability argument seeks to assimilate the epistemology of metaphysical statements to the epistemology of statements that are obviously empirical. I think… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity. — Phyllis Bottome Copy Share Image
“For all his secrecy and fear of being seen, he was touched that we had observed him so closely, and with such… — Tim Kreider Copy Share Image
At this stage you must admit that whatever is seen to be sentient is nevertheless composed of atoms that are insentient. The… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
It is necessary to look at the results of observation objectively, because you, the experimenter, might like one result better than another. — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
You see, it's really quite simple. A simile is just a mode of comparison employing 'as' and 'like' to reveal the hidden… — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
Astrology ... makes vague predictions that can always be adapted after the fact to fit observations, as we'll see. Astrologers don't seek… — Phil Plait Copy Share Image
Writing is how I communicate my deepest beliefs, and what I hope are helpful observations about our dual citizenship, as children of… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
As historians, we refuse to allow ourselves these vain speculations which turn on possibilities that, in order to be reduced to actuality,… — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
“We do not need to attend classroom training programmes for everything. Observation opens the windows of knowledge around us” — Sukant Ratnakar Copy Share Image
I am proud to find, from two astronomical observations, that Chapel Hill lies right in the orbit of Jupiter and his satellites,… — William Hooper Copy Share Image
“I suppose it's human tendency to treat the people who you've wronged badly though, isn't it? Easier to dismiss them if you… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
When I look back on my life-and an extraordinary transformation is happening again to me right now - I describe it as… — David Icke Copy Share Image
The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
