Concepts Quotes

541 Concepts quotes by 418 unique authors

Evolutionists ... have a prior commitment, a commitment to naturalism. It is not that the methods and institutions of science somehow compel us to accept… — Richard Lewontin
In a world where concepts are so often deployed in an ad hoc fashion, half explored before being displaced by others, it is immensely refreshing… — Unknown Author
We are caught up in a paradox, one which might be called the paradox of conceptualization. The proper concepts are needed to formulate a good… — Abraham Kaplan
After giving a student the basic mating patterns and strategies you must begin giving them advanced concepts. At first these ideas will not make sense,… — Jeremy Silman
I imagine that whenever the mind perceives a mathematical idea, it makes contact with Plato's world of mathematical concepts... When mathematicians communicate, this is made… — Roger Penrose
For the most part, it is true, ordinary men and women regard mathematics with energetic distaste, counting its concepts as rhapsodic as cauliflower. This is… — David Berlinski
To be sure, mathematics can be extended to any branch of knowledge, including economics, provided the concepts are so clearly defined as to permit accurate… — James R Newman
Without the concepts, methods and results found and developed by previous generations right down to Greek antiquity one cannot understand either the aims or achievements… — Hermann Weyl
For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts and… — Freeman Dyson
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… — Unknown Author
We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We… — Abdolkarim Soroush
There are realms of life where the concepts of sense and nonsense do not apply. — Gregory Galloway
It was a most rewarding experience! I learned and saw how with a few simple ideas and concepts the same presentation can go from being… — Unknown Author
I suggest you take a look at yourself. Not the concepts, not the ideas, not the goods, not the bads. But a timeless purity of… — Prem Rawat
We are presented with an unpleasant choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling,… — Alain de Botton
NEEMO missions are a challenging and exciting aspect of astronaut training. The research we conduct during those missions allows us to test new technologies and… — Unknown Author
The analysis of concepts is for the understanding nothing more than what the magnifying glass is for sight — Moses Mendelssohn
Concepts create idols; only wonder understands anything. — Gregory of Nyssa
Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees. — Gregory of Nyssa
One simply cannot come to a cause like the kingdom of God, with its celestial concepts, and not appreciate and identify with what Ammon said:… — Neal A. Maxwell
You are asking, 'Is the concept of soul mates more useful than marriage?' Concepts don't matter. What matters is your understanding. You can change the… — Rajneesh
... an essential feature of a decent society, and an almost defining feature of a democratic society, is relative equality of outcome - not opportunity,… — Noam Chomsky
Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building. — Bernard Tschumi
Can one talk about the ocean to a frog in a well or about the divine to people who are restricted by their concepts? — Anthony de Mello
The image of the world around us, which we carry in our head, is just a model. Nobody in his head imagines all the world,… — Jay Wright Forrester

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