Ascertain Quotes
55 quotes by 47 authors
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The object of geometry in all its measuring and computing, is to ascertain with exactness the plan of the great Geometer, to penetrate the veil…
— Benjamin Peirce
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to…
— Samuel Johnson
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Agitate him and ascertain the pattern of his movement.
— Sun Tzu
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"Endow scientific research and we shall know the truth, when and where it is possible to ascertain it;" but the counterblast is at hand: "To…
— Karl Pearson
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The true foundation of theology is to ascertain the character of God. It is by the aid of Statistics that law in the social sphere…
— Florence Nightingale
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It is to them [fossils] alone that we owe the commencement of even a Theory of the Earth ... By them we are enabled to…
— Georges Cuvier
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The office of science is not to record possibilities; but to ascertain what nature does ... As far as Darwinism deals with mere arguments of…
— Louis Agassiz
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Believing is easier than thinking; that's why there will always be more believers than thinkers. However, the results of god-belief are often far more mental…
— Mark Thomas
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Such pretensions to nicety in experiments of this nature, are truly laughable! They will be telling us some day of the WEIGHT of the MOON,…
— Robert Sutton Harrington
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One has to ascertain the right path for his activities by following in the footsteps of great saintly persons and books of knowledge under the…
— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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The drys seemingly are afraid of the truth. Why not take inventory and ascertain the true conditions. Let us not leave it to the charge…
— Fiorello H. La Guardia
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Clean undeniable right, clear undeniable might: either of these once ascertained puts an end to battle. All battle is a confused experiment to ascertain one…
— Thomas Carlyle
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The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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For science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgments of all kinds remain necessary. Religion,…
— Albert Einstein
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The world so clamors for action that men and women devote little time to thinking. Many believe in secondhand thinking. They find it easier to…
— James F. Byrnes
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It is impossible to devise a scientific experiment to describe the creation process, or even to ascertain whether such a process can take place. The…
— Henry M. Morris
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The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly.
— David Ausubel
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The duty of a philosopher is clear. He must take every pain to ascertain the truth; and, having arrived at a conclusion, he should noise…
— Henry Thomas Buckle
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How then shall mathematical concepts be judged? They shall not be judged. Mathematics is the supreme arbiter. From its decisions there is no appeal. We…
— David van Dantzig
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The spectacle of a judge pouring over the picture of some nude, trying to ascertain the extent to which she arouses prurient interests, and then…
— Thurman Arnold
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