Explanation Quotes

903 Explanation quotes by 703 unique authors

Strings of coincidence can strengthen us in the determination to follow our deepest intuitions even when they run counter to conventional wisdom and logic and… — Robert Moss
Unfortunately, in the field of evolution most explanations are not good. As a matter of fact, they hardly qualify as explanations at all; they are… — Norman Macbeth
It seems to me that the term 'free will' is one of the most manipulated and exploited terms. The real explanation of free will is… — Torkom Saraydarian
In those same decades, most UFO sightings were made in the daytime and frequently at close range, when shapes and surface features could be distinguished,… — Don Berliner
There is, of course, great value in belonging to a group. Safety in numbers, for one. But there is also a mathematical explanation for why… — Gregory Berns
We need to raise the level of our game in terms of explaining the planetary warming by infrared absorption of CO2 etc. The missing area… — Unknown Author
Love is a sickness. Some kind of a pathogen existing above all explanation. — Craig Davidson
With all things being equal, the simplest explanation tends to be the right one. — William of Ockham
The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct. — William of Ockham
Simpler explanations are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones. — William of Ockham
Of two equivalent theories or explanations, all other things being equal, the simpler one is to be preferred. — William of Ockham
Simply having the courage to say senseless things made me euphoric. I was free, with no need to seek or to give explanations for what… — Paulo Coelho
The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional interpretation emerging from arcane theoretical… — David Deutsch
There was not a word of apology, not a word of explanation to the American people, ... The president's going to have to get a… — Harry Reid
I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that there is a… — Robert Breault
It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible… — John Desmond Bernal
Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest]. — George Leigh Mallory
If religion is the establishing of a relationship between man and the universe, then morality is the explanation of those activities that automatically result when… — Leo Tolstoy
The individual who cultivates grievances, and who is perpetually exacting explanations of his assumed wrongs, can only be ignored, and left to the education of… — Lilian Whiting
Emotions are wild horses. It is not explanations that carry us forward, but our will to go on. — Paulo Coelho
You will reply that reality hasn't the slightest need to be of interest. And I'll answer you that reality may avoid the obligation to be… — Jorge Luis Borges
The social intuitionist model offers an explanation of why moral and political arguments are so frustrating: because moral reasons are the tail wagged by the… — Jonathan Haidt
Democracy is interactive... Its a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication. — Dick Gephardt
To ask for an explanation is to explain the obscure by the more obscure. — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
I agree with people like Richard Dawkins that mankind felt the need for creation myths. Before we really began to understand disease and the weather… — Bill Gates

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