Probable Quotes

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While it is never safe to affirm that the future of Physical Science has no marvels in store even more astonishing than those of the… — Robert S. Mulliken
If everything in chemistry is explained in a satisfactory manner without the help of phlogiston, it is by that reason alone infinitely probable that the… — Antoine Lavoisier
The theory of the earth is the science which describes and explains changes that the terrestrial globe has undergone from its beginning until today, and… — Horace-Benedict de Saussure
From the point of view of the pure morphologist the recapitulation theory is an instrument of research enabling him to reconstruct probable lines of descent;… — E.S. Russell
If 'god' is a metaphysical term, then it cannot be even probable that a god exists. For to say that 'God exists' is to make… — A.J. Ayer
Variant: When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. — Rene Descartes
"We will coordinate efforts of the PLO with responsible authorities in Jordan in all fields - politically, militarily and materially..." "It was very probable that… — Ahmad Shukeiri
It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies… — Alexander Hamilton
The Spirit of Enterprise, which characterizes the commercial part of America, has left no occasion of displaying itself unimproved. It is not at all probable… — Alexander Hamilton
Extend the sphere and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole… — James Madison
It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people,… — George Washington
But might not his [the president's] nomination be overruled? I grant it might, yet this could only be to make place for another nomination by… — Alexander Hamilton
Fear is a distorting mirror in which anything can appear as a caricature of itself, stretched to terrible proportions; once inflamed, the imagination pursues the… — Stefan Zweig
It all comes down to probable cause: If you think something's up, maybe you gotta take a look. — Ron Livingston
The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called 'conditioning'. In operant conditioning we 'strengthen' an operant in the sense of making a… — B.F. Skinner
Men educated in [the critical habit of thought]are slow to believe. They can hold things as possible or probable in all degrees, without certainty and… — William Graham Sumner
A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind it just as important and… — Stephen Crane
I have found that good taste, oddly enough, plays an important role in politics. Why is it like that? The most probable reason is that… — Vaclav Havel
The military profession, especially is the long-established great powers, is deeply pessimistic about the likelihood that people and countries will behave well under stress. Professional… — Gwynne Dyer

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