Provisionally Quotes

11 quotes by 11 authors

[Theory is] an explanation that has been confirmed to such a degree, by observation and experiment, that knowledgeable experts accept it as fact. That's what… — David Quammen
If her functioning as a female is not enough to define woman, if we decline also to explain her through "the eternal feminine," and if… — Simone de Beauvoir
The 'law of wills and causes,' formulated by Comte, . . . is that when men do not know the natural causes of things, they… — Andrew Dickson White
The State, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but… — Albert J. Nock
A Christian can believe that God 'ordained' the 'powers that be' - including political rulers and slaveholders - for purposes too deep for us to… — Joseph Sobran
Take a good long look at human beings in their actual practices and motives; bring the utmost psychological and bio-economic factors to bear on making… — Kenny Smith
Sometimes I'm haunted by the thought that we only have one life and we live it provisionally, waiting in vain for the day that our… — Ignazio Silone
The task which we have set ourselves is simply to show why and for what purpose we hold that standpoint during most of our lives,… — Ernst Mach
Somaaesthetics can be provisionally defined a the critical meliorative study of one's experience and use of one's body as a locus of sensory-aesthetic appreciation (aesthesis)… — Richard Shusterman
With its claims to profundity, boldness and originality, thinking still limits itself provisionally to the exclusively rational and scientific. ... As soon as it lays… — Robert Musil
All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or an eternal survival… — H P Lovecraft

Who Wrote These Provisionally Quotes

11 authors contributed a total of 11 Provisionally Quotes as follows: