Expose every belief to the light of reason, discourse, facts, scientific observations; question everything, be sceptical because this is the only chance… — James Randi Copy Share Image
At present, the novels which we owe to English ladies form no small part of the literary glory of our country. No… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
The kingdom of man over nature, which cometh not with observation,--a dominion such as now is beyond his dream of God,--he shall… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We create truths by describing, or by re-describing , our beliefs and observations. Our task, and the task of every artist and… — Anne Bogart Copy Share Image
From his observations, he concluded that it [Tycho's supernova] was not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor, whether these be… — Tycho Brahe Copy Share Image
“The days of my youth, as I look back on them; seem to fly away from me in a flurry of pale… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
If you've got a religious belief that withers in the face of observations of the natural world, you ought to rethink your… — PZ Myers Copy Share Image
In some small field each child should attain, within the limited range of its experience and observation, the power to draw a… — Charles William Eliot Copy Share Image
Thus even supposedly unadulterated facts of observation already are interfused with all sorts of conceptual pictures, model concepts, theories or whatever expression… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy Copy Share Image
Please don't make the mistake of thinking that the arts and sciences are at odds with one another. That is a recent,… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
I am convinced that this is the only means of advancing science, of clearing the mind from a confused heap of contradictory… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
As a geologist, I love Earth observations, but it is ridiculous to tie this objective to a 'consensus' that humans are causing… — Harrison Schmitt Copy Share Image
The observation that species are amazingly conservative and static entities throughout long periods of time has all the qualities of the emperor's… — Niles Eldredge Copy Share Image
According to my observations, mankind are among the most easily tamable and domesticable of all creatures in the animal world. They are… — Albert J. Nock Copy Share Image
“Seven years, Dawn. Working with the Slayer. Seeing my friends get more and more powerful... a witch. A demon. Hell, I could… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Our model of Nature should not be like a building-a handsome structure for the populace to admire, until in the course of… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
“They lived on the even tenor found advisable in the experience of old families of the Western world, brought up rather than… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would… — Sarah Palin Copy Share Image
Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So… — Gary Gygax Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks of others as being excessively human, with all the frailties and crotchets appertaining to that curious condition. But each of… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
The observations and experiments of science are so wonderful that the truth that they establish can surely be accepted as another manifestation… — Derek Barton Copy Share Image
There's certainly a portion of my brain that is always tuned to making wry observations about the world, but that portion of… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
For it may safely be said, not that the habit of ready and correct observation will by itself make us useful nurses,… — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
I will not comment on or confirm what are alleged to be stolen State Department cables. But I can say that the… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
A lot of players are slow to change, you're playing good,( you think) why do I want to mess with that ?… — David Duval Copy Share Image
Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Today we no longer ask what really goes on in an atom; we ask what is likely to be observed-and with what… — Otto Robert Frisch Copy Share Image
Because of their very nature, science and logical thinking can never decide what is possible or impossible. Their only function is to… — Rudolf Steiner Copy Share Image
The world is continuously discontinuous. It is continuous for intuition and thinking; discontinuous for reason and observation. The human senses break it… — Thiruman Archunan Copy Share Image
Sir: This point of observation commands an area nearly 50 miles in diameter. The city, with its girdle of encampments, presents a… — Thaddeus S. C. Lowe Copy Share Image
In the case of complex personalities the matter stands thus: one of these can understand other men better than they can understand… — Otto Weininger Copy Share Image
The observations that have developed over the years have given us perspective about where we fit in. We are newcomers, really recent… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our exact and… — William Whewell Copy Share Image
How then can we change being? By applying the knowledge of the Work through self-observation to ourselves. And remember that you do… — Maurice Nicoll Copy Share Image
The meaning of this observation is unclear, but it raises the unfortunate possibility of ambiguous triplets; that is, triplets which may code… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
Conversation is interesting in proportion to the originality of the central ideas which serve as pivots and the fitness of the little… — Philip Gilbert Hamerton Copy Share Image
“Observation and expansion are two elements of meditation. While a teacher may guide you to have the right posture and give instruction… — Debra Moffitt Copy Share Image
To take the best decisions, in you must concede all the time necessary to reflect calmly. Evaluate every single aspect of the… — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
When we want to sink a convoy, we send out an observation plane first... Of course, to observe is not its real… — Alan Turing Copy Share Image
Some scientists find, or so it seems, that they get their best ideas when smoking; others by drinking coffee or whisky. Thus… — Karl Popper Copy Share Image