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Religious leaders and men of science have the same ideals; they want to understand and explain the universe of which they are part; they both… — Arthur Keith
The construction of the universe is certainly very much easier to explain than is that of the plant. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that… — Stephen Jay Gould
[N]o scientist likes to be criticized. ... But you don't reply to critics: "Wait a minute, wait a minute; this is a really good idea.… — Carl Sagan
One of the best predictors of ultimate success in either sales or non - sales selling isn't natural talent or even industry expertise, but how… — Daniel H. Pink
There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain. — Georges Braque
Who can explain the secret pathos of Nature's loveliness? It is a touch of melancholy inherited from our mother Eve. It is an unconscious memory… — Henry Van Dyke
Theory is worth but little, unless it can explain its own phenomena, and it must effect this without contradicting itself; therefore, the facts are sometimes… — Charles Caleb Colton
There's a time when you have to explain to your children why they're born, and it's a marvelous thing if you know the reason by… — Hazel Scott
There's nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitive child. — Frank A. Clark
Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and cheerfully wait for death. Like… — Louisa May Alcott
Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly… — Vince Lombardi
We are compelled to drive toward total knowledge, right down to the levels of the neuron and the gene. When we have progressed enough to… — E. O. Wilson
[To] explain the phenomena of the mineral kingdom ... systems are usually reduced to two classes, according as they refer to the origin of terrestrial… — John Playfair
The world has arisen in some way or another. How it originated is the great question, and Darwin's theory, like all other attempts, to explain… — Louis Agassiz
We achieve more than we know. We know more than we understand. We understand more than we can explain. — Claude Bernard
To trace the series of these revolutions, to explain their causes, and thus to connect together all the indications of change that are found in… — John Playfair
The first effect of the mind growing cultivated is that processes once multiple get to be performed in a single act. Lazarus has called this… — William James
My Design in this Book is not to explain the Properties of Light by Hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by Reason and Experiments:… — Isaac Newton
This is only one step in a much larger project. I discovered (no, not me: my team) the function of sugar nucleotides in cell metabolism.… — Luis Federico Leloir

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