Anyone wanting a new house picks one from among those built on speculation or still in process of construction. The builder no… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The vortex theory [of the atom] is only a dream. Itself unproven, it can prove nothing, and any speculations founded upon it… — Lord Kelvin Copy Share Image
Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Philosophy is regarded by many as inseparable from speculation. ... Philosophy has proceeded from speculation to science. — Hans Reichenbach Copy Share Image
Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections that look like the Taliban could hold most of the country,… — Eliza Griswold Copy Share Image
"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth..." Whatever our speculations may be in regard to a "beginning," and when… — Elisha Gray Copy Share Image
Utopian speculations ... must come back into fashion. They are a way of affirming faith in the possibility of solving problems that… — Norman O. Brown Copy Share Image
As this case has progressed, the evidence that the prosecution has claimed exists against me has been proven less and less and… — Amanda Knox Copy Share Image
The fear of speculation, the ostensible rush from the theoretical to the practical, brings about the same shallowness in action that it… — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling Copy Share Image
It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all of his mistakes. They say there are two… — Edwin Lefevre Copy Share Image
I don't remember who wins awards [Oscars]. I've won a few but what I really remember are movies. I love films, so… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
The generality of men are so bound within the sphere of their circumstances that they have not even the courage to get… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
After campaign financial reports show more money spent than raised in the month of September. Report adds to growing speculation that Donald… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
Problems come and go over time, and to understand why is a difficult historical task. If one wanted to find the origin… — Tim Crane Copy Share Image
Latin America is now exploring new and often promising paths in rejecting the doctrinal notions of "globalization," and also in the remarkable… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One measure for promoting both stability and fairness across financial market segments is a small sales tax on all financial transactions -… — Robert Pollin Copy Share Image
“I'm very curious to meet a guy who makes you completely forsake the scientific method in favor of unfounded supposition and speculation."… — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
“My science is based in voraciously wandering fact, luscious speculation, and spontaneous theory with a dash of prevarication. All of which are… — J. DeWayne Pierce Copy Share Image
There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind… — Soong May-ling Copy Share Image
I stopped doing that [photojournalism] and wrote some screenplays on speculation, because even though I wanted to direct, to direct you need… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image
When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is… — Samuel Alexander Copy Share Image
The end of all moral speculations is to teach us our duty; and, by proper representations of the deformity of vice and… — David Hume Copy Share Image
You are protected. But if you don't take risks, God will retreat and become only a subject of philosophical speculation... — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Philosophy is based on speculation, on logic, on thought, on the synthesis of what we know and on the analysis of what… — P.D. Ouspensky Copy Share Image
“Honestly, do these people have nothing better to do than engage in stupid mindless speculation about people they don't know?” — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
“True love is jealousy in disguise: A man cannot restrict his lover from going to the club because he hates her, he… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
Why precisely do we want to change land ownership? The answer seems to me to be quite clear: to inhibit land speculation,… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
No one but John Oliver is going to be able to figure out the code of making a 20-minute monologue on futures,… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
No one was responsible for the great Wall Street crash. No one engineered the speculation that preceded it. Both were the product… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Shakespeare and Rembrandt have in common the faculty of quickening speculation and compelling the minds of men to combat and discussion. — William Ernest Henley Copy Share Image
A baboon in a forest is a matter of legitimate speculation; a baboon in a zoo is an object of public curiosity;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found themselves knee deep in their… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The anticipation-speculation that comes with a weekly schedule is a double-edged sword. Because people have more time to talk about things, some… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded… — Denis Kearney Copy Share Image
I think that France has not made it clear enough recently to our German friends how important it is to introduce euro… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
In spite of the haze of speculation, it is still something of a shock to find myself here, coming to terms with… — Rowan Williams Copy Share Image
The rare earth elements perplex us in our researches, baffle us in our speculations, and haunt us in our very dreams. They… — William Crookes Copy Share Image
I'm not against (bull fighting). Some nations like to see blood, and some like to see their victims suffer from speculation... They… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Speculation is also the natural realm of tolerance, for judgment demands evidence, and it follows that the absence of evidence which forms… — Daniel Abraham Copy Share Image
![“The vortex theory [of the atom] is only a dream. Itself unproven, it can prove nothing, and any speculations founded upon it are mere dreams about dreams.” quote by Lord Kelvin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c3f/lord-kelvin-10819_atoms_the-vortex-theory-of-the-atom-is-only-a_1682540.jpg)
![“I don't remember who wins awards [Oscars]. I've won a few but what I really remember are movies. I love films, so I'm not concerned about speculation about winning things because I really enjoy being in films that last longer than an opening weekend. That's my goal in life.” quote by George Clooney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5fb/george-clooney-1132_awards_i-don-t-remember-who-wins-awards-oscars_3020812.jpg)
![“I stopped doing that [photojournalism] and wrote some screenplays on speculation, because even though I wanted to direct, to direct you need a lot of money. Even for a cheap movie, you need film stock and equipment and actors.” quote by Curtis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/076/curtis-hanson-9380_actors_i-stopped-doing-that-photojournalism-and_1762113.jpg)
