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
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
It is man's pretence that because he has choice he is free. Freedom is pure observation without direction, without fear of punishment… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
Perceptual reality is different for different species. In certain species it is a mode of observation, so what we call scientific fact… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Redundancy of language is never found with deep reflection. Verbiage may indicate observation, but not thinking. He who thinks much says but… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
Write about just one thing, I have said, and there is wisdom in this advice...And yet, there is wisdom also in William… — Lucy Calkins Copy Share Image
Man is aware; he perceives and interprets the world around him. When he uses logic as a tool for interpretation, it becomes… — Avtarjeet Singh Dhanjal Copy Share Image
For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
Of course, a psychologist would find it more direct to study the inspired poet. He would make concrete studies of inspiration in… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
You're always on duty because you're in a constant state of observation. That's one of the challenges of being a comedian. I… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
I am fond of history and am very well contented to take the false with the true. In the principal facts they… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Science is not, as so many seem to think, something apart, which has to do with telescopes, retorts, and test-tubes, and especially… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Of course there is matter for remark in poems. Nobody denies that. But it must be solemnly laid on everybody in this… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
I believe the powers of observation in numbers of very young children to be quite wonderful for its closeness and accuracy. Indeed,… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Well sometimes I do not listen to music. But when I do it could range from Frank Sinatra to Copeland. I spend… — Tony MacAlpine Copy Share Image
“Meditation is one of the most serious things; you do it all day, in the office, with the family, when you say… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I think that for thousands of years people have made the observation that there are certain kinds of extreme depressive states that… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
I think that technology is much more mysterious to the people using it than, say, the automobile was. This isn't an original… — Charlie Jane Anders Copy Share Image
How scientists go about their job: and it's a process, it's a question of asking questions, respecting observation, respecting experiment, having tentative… — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
People who get into animation tend to be kids. We don't have to grow up. But also, animators are great observers, and… — John Lasseter Copy Share Image
If I were to prescribe one process in the training of men which is fundamental to success in any direction, it would… — Eugene Grace Copy Share Image
Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come… — Walker Evans Copy Share Image
The essential fact is that all the pictures which science now draws of nature, and which alone seem capable of according with… — James Jeans Copy Share Image
How pathetically scanty my self-knowledge is compared with, say, my knowledge of my room. There is no such thing as observation of… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
Art demands persistent work, work in spite of everything, and continuous observations. By persistent, I mean not only continuous work, but also… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I know not anything more pleasant, or more instructive, than to compare experience with expectation, or to register from time to time… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In fact, we will have to give up taking things for granted, even the apparently simple things. We have to learn to… — John Desmond Bernal Copy Share Image
The essential thing is to spring forth, to express the bolt of lightning one senses upon contact with a thing. The function… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Intelligent thinking means an increment of freedom in action-an emancipation from chance and fatality. 'Thought' represents the suggestion of a way of… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Astronomy leads us to a unique event, a universe which was created out of nothing, and delicately balanced to provide exactly the… — Arno Allan Penzias Copy Share Image
The forming of general maxims from particular observation is a very nice operation; and nothing is more usual, from haste or a… — David Hume Copy Share Image
When we play, we sense no limitations. In fact, when we are playing, we are usually unaware of ourselves. Self-observation goes out… — Lenore Terr 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
What the use of P [the significance level] implies, therefore, is that a hypothesis that may be true may be rejected because… — Harold Jeffreys Copy Share Image
A lot of my music is just self-observation. Like telling you, "Oh man. What did I just do? How much did I… — J. Cole Copy Share Image
Since, though I do not repent my amorous exploits, I am far from wanting my example to contribute to the corruption of… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
A careful analysis of the process of observation in atomic physics has shown that the subatomic particles have no meaning as isolated… — Erwin Schrodinger Copy Share Image
[Property] is a brilliant, chillingly revelatory piece of fiction, a work of craft, economy and such good merciless observation-one of those rare,… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
Imagination should give wings to our thoughts but we always need decisive experimental proof, and when the moment comes to draw conclusions… — Louis Pasteur Copy Share Image
I venture to define science as a series of interconnected concepts and conceptual schemes arising from experiment and observation and fruitful of… — James Bryant Conant Copy Share Image
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