Reasoning Quotes

445 quotes by 334 authors

With the eventual acceptance of Darwin's theory we reach a modern understanding of nature, one which has since then changed in detail rather than in… — Peter Singer
When a faith-healer commands God to perform a miracle, in the absence of a prayer that says, 'Thy will be done,' it is, as far… — C. Everett Koop
95 percent of economics is common sense made complicated, and even for the remaining 5 percent, the essential reasoning, if not all the technical details,… — Ha-Joon Chang
What could me more plausible than a line of reasoning which argues that the explanation of the origin of a system was to achieve an… — Immanuel Wallerstein
Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet many capable economists… — James R Newman
Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence. — Charles William Eliot
At first view it might seem not to square with the republican theory, to suppose either that a majority have not the right, or that… — James Madison
Abstract: Careful review of a vast array of relevant evidence clearly leads to the conclusion that some unidentified flying objects are intelligently controlled vehicles whose… — Stanton T. Friedman
Man was born to be rich, or grow rich by use of his faculties, by the union of thought with nature. Property is an intellectual… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To admit one's own presuppositions and to point out the presuppositions of others is therefore to maintain that all reasoning is, in the nature of… — Cornelius Van Til
I could not accept that organizational interpretations, based on shifting human reasoning, could ever be made equal in authority to the actual statements found in… — Unknown Author
Controlling the position of one's body and keeping a straight back are not contemplation, but can in fact become an obstacle to contemplation. ...when leaving… — Namkhai Norbu
You push so far past the normal boundaries of whatâ€™s O.K. in society. Iâ€™m always fully aware of, â€˜You canâ€™t do thisâ€™â€¦ When someone really… — Melissa McCarthy
There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the… — Gene Kelly
Man must learn to know the universe precisely as it is, or he cannot successfully find his place in it. A man should therefore use… — John Andreas Widtsoe
Art is identical with a state of capacity to make, involving a true course of reasoning. — Aristotle
Lord, enlighten thou our enemies. Sharpen their wits, give acuteness to their perceptions, and consecutiveness and clearness to their reasoning powers: we are in danger… — John Stuart Mill
Thus every action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite. — Aristotle
Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in… — Alexander Pope
Therefore, those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate and justly convinced. But to those who do not have it, we… — Blaise Pascal

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