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Preconceptions Quotes by Stephen Jay Gould
- But our ways of learning about the world are strongly influenced by the social preconceptions and biased modes of thinking that each scientist must apply…
- The fundamentalists, by 'knowing' the answers before they start, and then forcing nature into the straitjacket of their discredited preconceptions, lie outside the domain of…
More Preconceptions Quotes
- I was a very bad journalist. Awful. I would just invent everything. If I did an interview, I had a preconception of… — Isabel Allende
- The face of love is variable. I am able to love without demanding that my relationships assume the structures and forms I… — Julia Cameron
- The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose… — William O. Douglas
- The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and… — Robert Andrews Millikan
- To know ahead of time what you're looking for means you're then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and… — Dorothea Lange
- It's about reacting to what you see, hopefully without preconception. You can find pictures anywhere. It's simply a matter of noticing things… — Elliott Erwitt
- I don't have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as… — Garry Winogrand
- Bare skin is the one and only right criterion for receiving water's gracious acceptance or any acceptance whatsoever from that element. But… — Janet Lembke
- People have preconceptions about women of a certain age. — Lesley Nicol
- With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too… — Art Spiegelman
- At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit,… — Arthur Frommer
- The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually… — George Gaylord Simpson