Explanations Quotes

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But the stupidity which is common to all such "explanations" is, of course, simply that of proceeding as though the merits of a theory -… — David Stove
With Jesus, however, the device of parabolic utterance is used not to explain things to peopleâ€™s satisfaction but to call attention to the unsatisfactoriness of… — Robert Farrar Capon
What appear to us to be causal explanations are in fact just storiesâ€”descriptions of what happened that tell us little, if anything, about the mechanisms… — Duncan J. Watts
Be a pro. â€¢ Act like a champion. â€¢ Respond to adversity; donâ€™t react. â€¢ Be on time. Being late means either itâ€™s not important… — Tony Dungy
If acorns start growing into theologians, or if women begin turning into pillars of salt, then we may wish to hypothesize about a supernatural influence.… — George H. Smith
God has ordained that His people live by promises and not by explanations. — Warren W. Wiersbe
For explanations, they did not look in the pages of the visitor's book to see if others likewise found that ghostly happenings abound. — Eric Russell
The traces of our life here will lie cold and still, dreaming, like the brittle eyes of dolls in an abandoned cabin, and the last… — Tim Cahill
Metaphor for the night sky: a trillion asterisks and no explanations. — Robert Breault
It is a sign of maturity... to find explanations in charity. — Flannery O'Connor
Love accepts the trying things of life without asking for explanations. It trusts and is at rest. — Amy Carmichael
As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use of giving explanations, when all is said and done? A… — Pablo Picasso
There's nothing shameful in acknowledging that you don't have the answers to every question about life. Just accept the fact that you know only a… — Harry Browne
If the poem can be improved by the author's explanations, it never should have been published. — Archibald MacLeish
Optimists, by contrast, look for specific, limited, short-term explanations for bad events, and as a result, in the face of a setback, theyâ€™re more likely… — Paul Tough
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner have agreed to play a round of golf together. Imagine the two of them at the end of… — Jay Leno
We live by promises not by explanations. — Adrian Rogers
We are so impressed by scientific clank that we feel we ought not to say that the sunflower turns because it knows where the sun… — Robert Farrar Capon
Charles II once invited the members of the Royal Society to explain to him why a dead fish weighs more than the same fish alive;… — Alasdair MacIntyre
Science is beautiful when it makes simple explanations of phenomena or connections between different observations. — Stephen Hawking

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