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[The] first postulate of the Principle of Uniformity, namely, that the laws of nature are invariant with time, is not peculiar to that principle or… — M. King Hubbert
Measurement has too often been the leitmotif of many investigations rather than the experimental examination of hypotheses. Mounds of data are collected, which are statistically… — Edmund Pellegrino
Why it is that animals, instead of developing in a simple and straightforward way, undergo in the course of their growth a series of complicated… — Francis Maitland Balfour
The amount of satisfaction you get from life depends largely on your own ingenuity, self-sufficiency, and resourcefulness. People who wait around for life to supply… — William C. Menninger
Instead of suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make this conflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflict… — Albert Low
I find it quite improbable that such order came out of chaos. There has to be some organizing principle. God to me is a mystery… — Allan Sandage
Diversity...is not casual liberal tolerance of anything not yourself. It is not polite accommodation. Instead, diversity is, in action, the sometimes painful awareness that other… — William Merritt Chase
I was so shy. Instead of waiting in line with other kids at lunch, I'd go to a corner and buy a pretzel and orange… — Peter Facinelli
While reasons are provided by the facts,...rationality...depends instead on our beliefs. [...] [I]f I believe falsely that my hotel is on fire, it may be… — Derek Parfit
It's probably the toughest distance race in the world to win. World class runners from 1500m to the marathon contest it and instead of just… — Paul Tergat
For perfect hope is achieved on the brink of despair, when instead of falling over the edge, we find ourselves walking on air. — Thomas Merton
Our God...is a consuming fire. And if we, by love, become transformed into Him and burn as He burns, His fire will be our everlasting… — Thomas Merton
Contentment is not by addition but by subtraction: seeking to add a thing will not bring contentment. Instead, subtracting from your desires until you are… — Jeremiah Burroughs
All humans are storytellers with their own unique point of view. When we understand this, we no longer feel the need to impose our story… — Miguel Angel Ruiz
He who floats with the current, who does not guide himself according to higher principles, who has no ideal, no convictions-such a man is .… — Henri Frederic Amiel
There are gaps in the fossil graveyard, places where there should be intermediate forms, but where there is nothing whatsoever instead. No paleontologist..denies that this… — David Berlinski
What's more, sharia finance is another tool of Islamic separatism; instead of assimilating into American society, Muslims are demanding, and receiving, parallel financial institutions that… — Robert Spencer
The celebrity thing's completely crazy. I think I just have to move away or give it up altogether. I couldn't have kids in the situation… — Keira Knightley
I believe that one becomes stronger emotionally by taking life less personally. If your employer criticizes your report, don't take it personally. Instead, find out… — Marilyn vos Savant
Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within. — Edmund Husserl

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