Method Quotes

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Among the current discussions, the impact of new and sophisticated methods in the study of the past occupies an important place. The new 'scientific' or… — Robert Fogel
It economics is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique of thinking which helps its possessor to draw correct… — John Maynard Keynes
For far too long economists have sought to define themselves in terms of their supposedly scientific methods. In fact, those methods rely on an immoderate… — Thomas Piketty
The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical. — Henry George
I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life. — Ayn Rand
If we use our fuel to get our power, we are living on our capital and exhausting it rapidly. This method is barbarous and wantonly… — Nikola Tesla
The natural scientist is concerned with a particular kind of phenomena ... he has to confine himself to that which is reproducible ... I do… — Wolfgang Pauli
In physical science a first essential step in the direction of learning any subject is to find principles of numerical reckoning and practicable methods for… — Lord Kelvin
We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring a quantity is… — Hermann Bondi
On his method for lighting up: "Nothing special, but I do blunts, cigarellos, pipes, bongs, bowls, I'll smoke out of an old Timberland boot if… — Devin the Dude
Each wave of sightings adds to the accumulation of reports which defy analysis by present methods... An investigative process in depth is necessary here if,… — J. Allen Hynek
The characteristic feature of capitalism that distinguishes it from pre-capitalist methods of production was its new principle of marketing. Capitalism is not simply mass production,… — Ludwig von Mises
The great method of prayer is to have none. If in going to prayer one can form in oneself a pure capacity for receiving the… — Jane Frances de Chantal
Faith gives the courage to live and do. Scientists, with their disciplined thinking, like others, need a basis for the good life, for aspiration, for… — Arthur Compton
RELIGION: A set of beliefs held as dogmas, dominating the conduct of life, going beyond or contrary to evidence, and inculcated by methods which are… — Bertrand Russell
Nations are beginning to look to some vague organization, some nebulous course of humanity, to pay their bills and tell them what to do. This… — Calvin Coolidge
Men, to act with vigour and effect, must have time to mature measures, and judgment and experience, as to the best method of applying them.… — Joseph Story
Methinks the human method of expression by sound of tongue is very elementary, and ought to be substituted for some ingenious invention which should be… — Virginia Woolf
There are souls that are incurable and lost to the rest of society. Deprive them of one means of folly, they will invent ten thousand… — Antonin Artaud
If it were possible to transfer the methods of physical or of biological science directly to the study of man, the transfer would long ago… — Leonard Bloomfield

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