[W]hen the empirical investigator glories in his refusal to go beyond the specialized observation dictated by the traditions of his discipline, be… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
Realism is a philosophy as opposed to a style. For me, painting is about observing and recording my existence as accurately as… — David Kassan Copy Share Image
I have no idea why, and this is others' observations of me - I tend to be in the realm of these… — Susan Downey Copy Share Image
In the collecting of evidence upon any medical subject, there are but three sources from which we can hope to obtain it:… — Astley Cooper Copy Share Image
General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room; but they are therefore to… — John Locke Copy Share Image
I don't like honors. ... I've already got the prize: the prize is the pleasure of finding the thing out, the kick… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
Certain issues in philosophy of science (having to do with observation and the definition of a theory's empirical import) had beenmisconstrued as… — Bas van Fraassen Copy Share Image
There are three types of men in the world. One type learns from books. One type learns from observations. And one type… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I sought in political reporting what Galsworthy in another context had called "the significant trifle" - the bit of dialogue, the overlooked… — I. F. Stone Copy Share Image
If the new Universal History were also read, it would give a connected idea of human affairs, so far as it goes,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Everywhere I go, it's me and me. Half of me living my life, the other half watching me live it.” — Sandra Cisneros (Author Copy Share Image
Observations,” he says. “Four imperial Unseelie guards were the only commonality I was able to isolate endemic to both scenes.” They’d been… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
General principles are not the less true or important because from their nature they elude immediate observation; they are like the air,… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
First, it is necessary to study the facts, to multiply the number of observations, and then later to search for formulas that… — Augustin-Louis Cauchy Copy Share Image
In my day a reporter who took an assignment was wholly on his own until he got back to the office, and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Certainly it is permitted to anyone to put forward whatever hypotheses he wishes, and to develop the logical consequences contained in those… — Giuseppe Peano Copy Share Image
When general observations are drawn from so many particulars as to become certain and indisputable, these are jewels of knowledge. — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
Whether we like it or not, quantification in history is here to stay for reasons which the quantifiers themselves might not actively… — J. H. Plumb Copy Share Image
I find it weird to see .99cent burgers and $4.99 for a salad, and they say why is America an obese country???… — Osvaldo M Copy Share Image
Laplace considers astronomy a science of observation, because we can only observe the movements of the planets; we cannot reach them, indeed,… — Claude Bernard Copy Share Image
There are three basic problems: how a mind can know the world of nature, how it is possible for one mind to… — Donald Davidson Copy Share Image
One question about a joke is, how well is the strangeness of the situation resolved? At 'The New Yorker', we retain a… — Robert Mankoff Copy Share Image
It is a just observation that the people commonly intend the Public Good. This often applies to their very errors. But their… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
One made the observation of the people of Asia that they were all slaves to one man, merely because they could not… — Plutarch Copy Share Image