Explanation Quotes

903 Explanation quotes by 703 unique authors

Scientists rightly resist invoking the supernatural in scientific explanations for fear of committing a god-of-the-gaps fallacy (the fallacy of using God as a stop-gap for… — William A. Dembski
Hey, Ms. P," Tad called, "what's going on?" She let out a slow breath before she answered. "You won't believe this... Brian Murrey tried to… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in… — Oscar Wilde
And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was forced to adopt… — Tennessee Williams
But some part of him realized, even as he fought to break free from Lupin, that Sirius had never kept him waiting before. . .… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The majority of people don't want to plan. They want to be free of the responsibility of planning. What they ask for is merely some… — B.F. Skinner
One of the servants had reported that Daisy had been sneaking around the house at night, deliberately tripping all the traps to keep the mice… — Lisa Kleypas
The conventional explanation for Jewish success, of course, is that Jews come from a literate, intellectual culture. They are famously "the people of the book."… — Malcolm Gladwell
I wondered if kicking him in the head would make the whole explanation pop out of his mouth in one chunk. — Ilona Andrews
That is the explanation of war, an outrage by humanity upon humanity in despite of humanity. — Victor Hugo
The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. Each evening we see the sun set. We know that the earth… — John Berger
God did not create man in his own image. Evidently, it was quite the other way about, which is the painless explanation for the profusion… — Christopher Hitchens
Anything that we can destroy but are unable to make is, in a sense sacred, and all our 'explanations' of it do not really explain… — E F Schumacher
Things happen, people change,' is what Amanda said. For her that covered it. You wanted an explanation, and ending that would assign blame and dish… — Jay McInerney
Poor people never, or hardly ever, ask for an explanation of all they have to put up with. They hate one another, and content themselves… — Louis-Ferdinand Celine
A garter. You’re supposed to take it off and keep it as a memento. K-k-kinda like a trophy for going far sexually with a girl.… — Simone Elkeles
I had no words to give him. No explanation. I didn’t understand it, myself. It scared me, but then so do roller coasters, and I… — Megan Hart
Some who support [more] coercive strategies assume that children will run wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom this is true… — Alfie Kohn
The present moment, though, is outside of time, it’s Eternity. In India they use the word “karma” for lack of any better term. But it’s… — Paulo Coelho
I believe the simplest explanation is, there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to… — Stephen Hawking
Money is like a child—rarely unaccompanied. When it disappears, look to those who were supposed to be keeping an eye on it while you were… — Daniel Handler
There is a simple, logical explanation,' I said to myself. And because you never know who else is listening, I added, 'And there is nothing… — Jeff Lindsay
No stories or explanations,' Finnikin had once told him. 'When it comes to women, straight into an apology and you will find the rest of… — Melina Marchetta
Catherine" she paused. I waited, tapping my finger on my desk. Then she spoke words that had me almost falling out of my chair. "I've… — Jeaniene Frost
Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear. — Paulo Coelho

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