Confirmed Quotes

201 quotes by 186 authors

Avoid the precepts of those thinkers whose reasoning is not confirmed by experience. — Leonardo da Vinci
It was one thing to have guessed it, another to have had that guess confirmed beyond possibility of refutation. — Arthur C. Clarke
It must be observed, that the best of men, the most holy and spiritually minded, may have, nay, ought to have, their thoughts of spiritual… — John Owen
Had there been a Lunatic Asylum in the suburbs of Jerusalem, Jesus Christ would infallibly have been shut up in it at the outset of… — Havelock Ellis
Times have changed, and science has made great progress, and so has our work; but our principles have only been confirmed, and along with them… — Maria Montessori
Our beliefs do not sit passively in our brains waiting to be confirmed or contradicted by incoming information. Instead, they play a key role in… — Richard Wiseman
Let one persuade many, and he becomes confirmed and convinced, and cares for no better evidence. — Chauncey Wright
Sweden rejected fluoridation in the 1970s, and in this excellent book these three scientists have confirmed the wisdom of that decision. Our children have not… — Arvid Carlsson
Romance is when after two people have gone through thick and thin together, and have confirmed to become a love that will never change no… — Jaejoong
Scientists actively approach the door to knowledgeâ€”the boundary of the domain of what we know. We question and explore and we change our views when… — Lisa Randall
Camel trips, as I suspected all along, and as I was about to have confirmed, do not being or end: they mere change form. — Robyn Davidson
Machiavel, discoursing on these matters, finds virtue to be so essentially necessary to the establishment and preservation of liberty, that he thinks it impossible for… — Algernon Sidney
Not every loss was confirmed by an officer at the door. Nor a telegram with the power to sink a fleet. Loss, often the worst… — Kristina McMorris
I was raised Catholic. I was confirmed Catholic (received the sacrament of confirmation). Through my military years, I sort of lost touch with the religion.… — Timothy McVeigh
In the year 1090, there was founded in Persia the religious and military order of the Assassins, whose history is one of cruelty, barbarity, and… — Harry J. Anslinger
As a child I became a confirmed believer in the ancient gods simply because as between the reality of fact and the reality f myth,… — Kathleen Raine
Throughout my professional life, I have looked upon the Corps as a most valuable part of our naval organization, and this opinion has only been… — Unknown Author
If you expect the worst from a person, you can't ever be disappointed... The pessimist takes a sort of gloomy pleasure in observing the depths… — Anthony Burgess
In the end, a theory is accepted not because it is confirmed by conventional empirical tests, but because researchers persuade one another that the theory… — Fischer Black
It is sometimes said that we should never believe a scientific theory until it is verified by experiment. But a famous astronomer has also stated… — Joao Magueijo

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