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Observed Quotes by Talcott Parsons
- If observed facts of undoubted accuracy will not fit any of the alternatives it leaves open, the system itself is in need of reconstruction.
- A theoretical system does not merely state facts which have been observed and that logically deducible relations to other facts which have also been observed.
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- For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and idiots, especially… — Honore de Balzac
- A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as… — John Adams
- I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in… — David Brainerd
- In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a… — Luther Burbank
- The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed, will set off a revolution. — Paul Cezanne
- The universe as we know it is a joint product of the observer and the observed. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- If all our national holidays were observed on Wednesdays, we could wind up with nine-day weekends. — George Carlin
- The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- People are certainly impressed by the aura of creative power which a writer may wear, but can easily demolish it with a… — Brian Stableford
- "There are one or two elementary rules to be observed in the way of handling patients," he remarked, seating himself on the… — Arthur Conan Doyle
- Breakfast is a personal ritual that can only be properly observed alone, and in a spirit of genuine excess. The food factor… — Hunter S. Thompson