Explanation Quotes

903 Explanation quotes by 703 unique authors

Among all of the mathematical disciplines the theory of differential equations is the most important... It furnishes the explanation of all those elementary manifestations of… — Unknown Author
Only professional mathematicians learn anything from proofs. Other people learn from explanations. — Ralph P. Boas, Jr.
A single kind of red cell is supposed to have an enormous number of different substances on it, and in the same way there are… — Karl Landsteiner
Mathematics, however, is, as it were, its own explanation; this, although it may seem hard to accept, is nevertheless true, for the recognition that a… — Gerolamo Cardano
It should be obvious that this pattern of systematic holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration is not the result of accidents, editing oversights or technical… — John Negroponte
Golden Rule”: “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go… — Hillel the Elder
The great proliferation of museums in the nineteenth century was a product of the marriage of the exhibition as a way of awakening intelligent interest… — Richard Fortey
People struggling with life in a fallen world often want explanations when what they really need is imagination. — Paul David Tripp
The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can happen. What helps me… — Anouk Aimee
Science attempts to figure out laws and then uses it later. While the work of art reflects the cosmic order without asking for an explanation — Alija Izetbegovic
I go out to take a walk, I see something, I take a picture. I take photographs. I have avoided profound explanations of what I do. — Saul Leiter
I have no decision-making role at all in my job description. I would have liked an explanation as to why I was moved from first… — Mookie Wilson
How good is Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel anyway? ... to me, Daniel's brilliance has nothing to do with the big numbers he puts up more… — Joe Posnanski
The publisher Jeff Johnson, who has offered not a word of explanation to me, has privately told people that he hated every word that I… — Robert Scheer
Feeling very happy - why? An explanation is needed. No, happiness needs no explanation, happiness is its own explanation. God is creating because that is… — Rajneesh
The main object of teaching is not to give explanations, but to knock at the doors of the mind. — Rabindranath Tagore
But the stupidity which is common to all such "explanations" is, of course, simply that of proceeding as though the merits of a theory -… — Unknown Author
The general uncertainty about the prospects of medical treatment is socially handled by rigid entry requirements. These are designed to reduce the uncertainty in the… — Kenneth Arrow
It isn't a coincidence that governments everywhere want to educate children. Government education, in turn, is supposed to be evidence of the state's goodness and… — Llewellyn Rockwell
In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it. — Tahir Shah
With Jesus, however, the device of parabolic utterance is used not to explain things to people’s satisfaction but to call attention to the unsatisfactoriness of… — Robert Farrar Capon
You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid and monotonous. Work is a much… — Bob Black
What appear to us to be causal explanations are in fact just stories—descriptions of what happened that tell us little, if anything, about the mechanisms… — Unknown Author
The emotional, physical and aesthetic value of a sound is linked not only to the causal explanation we attribute to it but also to its… — Michel Chion
Be a pro. • Act like a champion. • Respond to adversity; don’t react. • Be on time. Being late means either it’s not important… — Tony Dungy

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