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Very few of us can now place ourselves in the mental condition in which even such philosophers as the great Descartes were involved in the… — James Clerk Maxwell
Enormous numbers of people are taken in, or at least beguiled and fascinated, by what seems to me to be unbelievable hocum, and relatively few… — Douglas Hofstadter
I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day. At first sight… — John B. S. Haldane
It is very different to make a practical system and to introduce it. A few experiments in the laboratory would prove the practicability of system… — Thomas A. Edison
Of course, Behaviourism 'works'. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviourist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I… — Wystan Hugh Auden
What chemists took from Dalton was not new experimental laws but a new way of practicing chemistry (he himself called it the 'new system of… — Thomas Kuhn
Brutes by their natural instinct have produced many discoveries, whereas men by discussion and the conclusions of reason have given birth to few or none. — Francis Bacon
It can happen to but few philosophers, and but at distant intervals, to snatch a science, like Dalton, from the chaos of indefinite combination, and… — Charles Babbage
It is notorious that the same discovery is frequently made simultaneously and quite independently, by different persons. Thus, to speak of only a few cases… — Francis Galton
If I were entering adulthood now instead of in the environment of fifty years ago, I would choose a career that kept me in touch… — Charles Lindbergh
No aphorism is more frequently repeated in connection with field trials, than that we must ask Nature few questions, or, ideally, one question, at a… — Ronald Fisher
Men can construct a science with very few instruments, or with very plain instruments; but no one on earth could construct a science with unreliable… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
On all levels primary, and secondary and undergraduate - mathematics is taught as an isolated subject with few, if any, ties to the real world.… — Morris Kline
The development of mathematics toward greater precision has led, as is well known, to the formalization of large tracts of it, so that one can… — Kurt GÃ¶del
If I want to stop a research program I can always do it by getting a few experts to sit in on the subject, because… — Charles Kettering
Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the lance grows rusty in the… — Hans Zinsser
A great biography should, like the close of a great drama, leave behind it a feeling of serenity. We collect into a small bunch the… — Andre Maurois
[My father] advised me to sit every few months in my reading chair for an entire evening, close my eyes and try to think of… — Luis Walter Alvarez
We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. — Gerald Brenan
Folks can't carry around money in their pocket. They've got to go to an ATM machine, and they've got to pay a few dollars to… — Bill Janklow
All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win… — Spiro T. Agnew
I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff, square newness out… — Fred Astaire
To most people who look at a mobile, it's no more than a series of flat objects that move. To a few, though, it may… — Alexander Calder
One has to reach to the absolute state of awareness: that is Zen. You cannot do it every morning for a few minutes or for… — Rajneesh
Today Christians ... stand at the head of [this country]... I pledge that I never will tie myself to parties who want to destroy Christianity… — Adolf Hitler

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