Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
In matters of observation chance favors only the prepared mind. (not literal translation) - Dan's les champs de observation le hasard ne… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
We must consider not only why the classical theory of democracy appears to be in contradiction with the observed practice, but also… — Moses Finley Copy Share Image
“I was beginning to think that Simon just had a bad case of OCD, ADD, and PMS. With a little BS and… — Dannika Dark Copy Share Image
If you try to observe the precepts, that is not true observation of precepts. When you observe the precepts without trying to… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
Science is not a body of knowledge nor a system of belief; it is just a term which describes humankind’s incremental acquisition… — Tim Minchin Copy Share Image
“Then Jip went up to the front of the ship and smelt the wind; and he started muttering to himself, "Tar; Spanish… — Hugh Lofting Copy Share Image
You folks like TV, you watch a lot of TV? There's a show right here on CBS, it's a huge hit. It's… — David Letterman 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
Although my view is a world-wide one and my area of observation is Europe, the nation closest to my heart is, understandably,… — Pentti Linkola Copy Share Image
It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
“To resolve the discrepancy between waves of probability and our commonsense notion of existence, Bohr and Heisenberg assumed that after a measurement… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Ever since Sir Isaac Newton's times, scientists have worked in the same sort of way: They show a great respect for experiment… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
The world is the book of women. Whatever knowledge they may possess is more commonly acquired by observation than by reading. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down. — Martin Parr Copy Share Image
The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken… — Henry James Sumner Maine Copy Share Image
By no amount of reasoning can we altogether eliminate all contingency from our world. Moreover, pure speculation alone will not enable us… — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To find out what happens to a system when you interfere with it you have to interfere with it (not just passively… — George E. P. Box Copy Share Image
observation of realities has never, to put it mildly, been one of the strengths of economic development theory. — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
Plainly, this unwillingness to give ground even on unimportant disagreements is the symptom of some deepseated insecurity, as was my one-time fondness… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant… — John von Neumann Copy Share Image
Thus with most careful devotion Thus with precise attention To detail, interfering preparation Of that which is already prepared Men lighten the… — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
