Explanation Quotes

903 Explanation quotes by 703 unique authors

God expects no complaining on our part and offers no explanation on His part. — Oswald Chambers
Chicken exits are self-sabotage. They give you a false explanation for why you don't have something you want. — Ali Vincent
Christian apologists who argue that a story about an empty tomb is convincing evidence of a resurrected body are likely unfamiliar with Occam’s razor, which… — David G. McAfee
Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists. A baby feels hunger: well, there is such a thing as food. A… — C.S. Lewis
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. — Stephen Hawking
True brevity of expression consists in a man only saying what is worth saying, while avoiding all diffuse explanations of things which every one can… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Three explanations dominate speculation about what Obama is up to. The first is that he's trying to lay the groundwork for his successor, presumptive nominee… — Jonah Goldberg
In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology… — Christopher Hitchens
The Truth is far more all-encompassing than the mind could ever comprehend. No thought can encapsulate the Truth. At best, it can point to it.… — Eckhart Tolle
Our analysis shows that, for the extreme hot weather of the recent past, there is virtually no explanation other than climate change. The deadly European… — James Hansen
Derangement is the only possible explanation for owning a cat, an animal whose preferred mode of communication is to sink its claws three-quarters of an… — Dave Barry
What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child? — William Godwin
Einstein argued that there must be simplified explanations of nature, because God is not capricious or arbitrary. No such faith comforts the software engineer. — Fred Brooks
There is a logical explanation for everything, often mistaken for the reason it happened. — Robert Breault
Stay close to those who sing, tell stories, and enjoy life, and whose eyes sparkle with happiness. Because happiness is contagious and will always manage… — Paulo Coelho
We crave explanations for most everything, but innovation and progress happen when we allow ourselves to embrace uncertainty. — Simon Sinek
In the moment of hardship, we ask why some things happen. In those moments of suffering, questioning prayers that do not ask for explanations but… — Pope Francis
You can't always explain everything you do to everybody, you know. — Robert Fulghum
Explanation changes whatever is explained into something explainable. — Wendell Berry
It meant that Diana had not waited for any explanation, however halting and imperfect, but had condemned him unheard; and this showed a much harder,… — Patrick O'Brian
The purpose of studying Buddhism is not to study Buddhism, but to study ourselves. That is why we have teaching. But the teaching is not… — Shunryu Suzuki
If you reject the infinite, you are stuck with the finite, and the finite is parochial... the best explanation of anything eventually involves universality, and… — David Deutsch
It is a matter of record that in the German Election of 1933, the Communist Party was ordered by its leaders to vote for the… — Ayn Rand
Poetry is a series of explanations of life, fading off into horizons too swift for explanations. — Carl Sandburg
I was born with music inside me. That's the only explanation I know of — Ray Charles

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