Experimental work provides the strongest evidence for scientific realism. This is not because we test hypotheses about entities. It is because entities… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
Animals are more than ever a test of our character, of mankind's capacity for empathy and for decent, honorable conduct and faithful… — Matthew Scully Copy Share Image
Through rationality we shall become awesome, and invent and test systematic methods for making people awesome, and plot to optimize everything in… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
Believing is a fine thing, but placing those beliefs into execution is a test of strength. Many are those who talk like… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
It's becoming clear that in a sense the cosmos provides the only laboratory where sufficiently extreme conditions are ever achieved to test… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
We have become so quick and effective in building things today. It would be easy to build another Pyramid of Giza or… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Most of my friends from Columbia are going on to get advanced degrees. And why not? A Ph.D. is the new M.A.,… — Megan McCafferty Copy Share Image
Perhaps the sexual life is the great test. If we can survive it with charity to those we love and with affection… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
A criminal trial is like a cultural in-flight test in which society projects its own history, fears, impatience, insolence, clemency, insecurities, dreams… — Ron Franscell Copy Share Image
No virtue can be real that has not been tried. The gold in the crucible alone is perfect; the loadstone tests the… — Pedro Calderon de la Barca Copy Share Image
I honestly believe that sound commercialism is the best test of true value in art. People work hard for their money and… — Berton Braley Copy Share Image
There are things that are more important than the news and what’s happening today. There are these archetypes which are part of… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Some Native people suggest that one should test how cold the hands are by touching the thumb to the little finger of… — Mors Kochanski Copy Share Image
There is held to be no surer test of civilization than the increase per head of the consumption of alcohol and tobacco.… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
As far as my sport is concerned, my mission is to make it as big as it deserves to be. We've been… — Kerri Walsh Copy Share Image
His brother maintained that what sent people backing away was neither his size nor his mother's blood, but solely the expression on… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
God never intended us to want anything more than we want Him. Just the slightest glimpse into His Word proves that, Look… — Lysa TerKeurst Copy Share Image
Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all… — Pat Nixon Copy Share Image
So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Test cricket is the only thing that counts. One-day and T20 performances are fine, but you rate a player by his status… — Suresh Raina Copy Share Image
We urge the beginner in security buying not to waste his efforts and his money in trying to beat the market. Let… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Allah has tailor made the test for each and every one of us and none of us will be given something which… — Bilal Philips Copy Share Image
I love cities, and I love city governments in particular. But in politics it would have taken me 8 years from implementing… — Jack Dorsey Copy Share Image
I think that we ill-prepare athletes from the very beginning. From the moment they pick up a ball or kick or whatever… — John Amaechi Copy Share Image
“Forget what hurt you in the past, but never forget what it taught you. However, if it taught you to hold onto… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
Everyone is talking about sustainability and resilience, yet all that knowledge is thrown in the bin. [Lagos is] a unique case, but… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
A knowledge of tactics is the foundation of positional play. This is a rule which has stood its test in chess history… — Richard Reti Copy Share Image
The final test of religious faith... is whether it will enable men to endure insecurity without complacency or despair, whether it can… — Reinhold Niebuhr Copy Share Image
Standardized tests are an indicator of the kind of service taxpayers are receiving - and whether schools, educators and policymakers are doing… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
The TV scientist who mutters sadly, "The experiment is a failure; we have failed to achieve what we had hoped for," is… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
“Life has a funny way of creating its own tests. It throws curve balls that make you do and think and feel… — K.A. tucker Copy Share Image
Our creationist detractors charge that evolution is an unproved and unprovable charade — a secular religion masquerading as science. They claim, above… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
For me, at some point, the idea of struggling through the process was not as interesting as doing tests and executing the… — Laura Owens Copy Share Image
They say that “Time assuages” - Time never did assuage - An actual suffering strengthens As Sinews do, with age - Time… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
When we see animals doing remarkable things, how do we know if we're simply seeing tricks or signs of real intelligence? Are… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
But Friedman seemed to share Friedrich Hayek's extreme and inaccurate view that socialism of the sort that Britain embraced under the old… — Richard Posner Copy Share Image
Dante would not have forgotten: they say that when Dante was a boy, he was asked: Dante what is the best food?… — Fernando Sabino Copy Share Image
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