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Science is not a system of certain, or -established, statements; nor is it a system which steadily advances towards a state of…
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I think that we shall have to get accustomed to the idea that we must not look upon science as a 'body…
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It is a myth that the success of science in our time is mainly due to the huge amounts of money that…
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The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.…
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Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.
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It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical…
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The growth of our knowledge is the result of a process closely resembling what Darwin called 'natural selection'; that is, the natural…
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Science does not rest upon solid bedrock. The bold structure of its theories rises, as it were, above a swamp. It is…
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The scientific tradition is distinguished from the pre-scientific tradition by having two layers. Like the latter, it passes on its theories; but…
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Thus science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths; neither with the collection of observations, nor with the invention…
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In point of fact, no conclusive disproof of a theory can ever be produced; for it is always possible to say that…
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It is easy to obtain confirmations, or verifications, for nearly every theory-if we look for confirmations. Confirmations should count only if they…
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I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.
— Jane Austen
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
— Jean Cocteau
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There are confessable agonies, sufferings of which one can positively be proud. Of bereavement, of parting, of the sense of sin and…
— Aldous Huxley
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A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.
— Euripides
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To my mind, you cannot speak about the need for leadership within our communities without being prepared to take on responsibility yourself.…
— Jackie Huggins
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Animals cannot speak, but can you and I not speak for them and represent them? Let us all feel their silent cry…
— Unknown Author
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The problems of language here are really serious. We wish to speak in some way about the structure of the atoms. But…
— Werner Heisenberg
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We have a responsibility to protect the rights of generations, of all species, that cannot speak for themselves today. The global challenge…
— Wangari Maathai
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They don't understand what it is to be awake, / To be living on several planes at once / Though one cannot…
— Thomas Stearns Eliot
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Man can live his truth, his deepest truth, but cannot speak it.
— Archibald MacLeish
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True forgiveness deals with the past, all of the past, to make the future possible. We cannot go on nursing grudges even…
— Desmond Tutu
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You cannot speak that which you do not know. You cannot share that which you do not feel. You cannot translate that…
— Jim Rohn
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