No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sin is a basilisk whose eyes are full of venom. If the eye of thy soul see her first, it reflects her… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
“The practice of self-observation mirrors the way in which a mother observes and attunes to her baby. Self-observation is a method of… — Philippa Perry Copy Share Image
It must never be lost sight of what observation is for. It is not for the sake of piling up miscellaneous information… — Katharine Kolcaba Copy Share Image
Having said that, what I think we found, in doing the show, and in life, generally, is that the more you try… — Michael Sheen Copy Share Image
I'm one of the many people who has said that the Hillary Clinton we know in private was effective, strong, courageous, and… — Daniel Fried Copy Share Image
I know too much from personal observation from how the poor and working classes live to be satisfied with a system which… — Vida Goldstein Copy Share Image
You have got to know what you're doing on your very first day there. So, look, this is not an attack or… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
“It is an observation suggested by all history, and by none more than by that of James I and his successor [Charles… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Were I disposed to consider the comparative merit of each of them [facts or theories in medical practice], I should derive most… — Benjamin Rush 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
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
One of my first observations about New York that I was so fascinated with was that you'd be at a stoplight and… — Kevin Morby Copy Share Image
The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there… — Tycho Brahe Copy Share Image
As soon as science has emerged from its initial stages, theoretical advances are no longer achieved merely by a process of arrangement.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Another observation, in a former letter of yours, has not escaped my remembrance – the three lessons which a minister has to… — Charles Simeon Copy Share Image
In the mirror of your mind all kinds of pictures appear and disappear. Knowing that they are entirely your own creations, watch… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
In all common ordinary cases, we see intuitively at first view what is out duty, what is the honest part. This is… — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
Psychobabble is... a set of repetitive verbal formalities that kills off the very spontaneity, candor, and understanding it pretends to promote. It's… — Richard Rosen 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
You can learn new things from anyone, but choose people who teach you in a positive way rather than a negative one.… — Rashida Rowe Copy Share Image
I remain an active volunteer in the field of at-risk youth, so I'm pretty familiar with the landscape as it stands now,… — Janice Erlbaum Copy Share Image
We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no medicine at… — John Randolph of Roanoke Copy Share Image
Either we have hope within us or we don't It is a dimension of the soul, and is not essentially dependent on… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The idea of making a fault a subject of study and not an object to be merely determined has been the most… — Marcel Alexandre Bertrand Copy Share Image
The truth is, the Science of Nature has been already too long made only a work of the Brain and the Fancy:… — Robert Hooke Copy Share Image
We possess books we read, animating the waiting stillness of their language, but they possess us also, filling us with thoughts and… — David L. Ulin Copy Share Image
Acting's always felt like a kind of creature that lays dormant and collects observations when I'm not working. And then when I'm… — Benn Northover Copy Share Image
People often assume that the same approach will work for everyone, that the same habits will work for everyone, and that everyone… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I remember being taken to visit houses by my father, who then tested my powers of observation by expecting me to describe… — David Linley Copy Share Image
Paradox is the sharpest scalpel in the satchel of science. Nothing concentrates the mind as effectively, regardless of whether it pits two… — Hans Christian von Baeyer 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
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
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
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
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