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Any strategy that attempts to reinforce faith by undermining science is also doomed to failure. Showing that some scientific theory is wrong will not prove… — Victor J. Stenger
But, as we have seen, movement does not require a mover, and modern quantum mechanics has shown that not all effects require a cause. And… — Victor J. Stenger
I have steadily endeavored to keep my mind free so as to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot resist forming one… — Charles Darwin
The secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Over the years, the U.S. economy has shown a remarkable ability to absorb shocks of all kinds, to recover, and to continue to grow. Flexible… — Ben Bernanke
I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing… — Abraham Lincoln
True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The inner life of the [imagination], and not the personal and tiny experiential resources of the actor, should be elaborated on the stage and shown… — Michael Chekhov
Once an absurdity is accepted as truth, it will seem truer the more absurd it is shown to be. — Robert Breault
I simply go with what works. And what works is the healthy skepticism embodied in the scientific method. Believe me, if the Bible had ever… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
The real question is, Did God use evolution as His plan? If it could be shown that man, instead of being made in the image… — William Jennings Bryan
If a brutal scene is shown for no reason except to shock, then it is bad. — Cornel Wilde
In the past, the U.S. has shown its capacity to reinvent its gifts for leadership. During the 1970s, in the aftermath of the Nixon abdication… — Paul Johnson
Years of research in psychology has shown that rewards and punishments can be very effective in changing behavior. But, at the same time, they can… — Barry Schwartz
One of my groupies gave me a film that they made, and it ended up being amazing, so I got it shown at South by… — Patton Oswalt
Warren Buffett has shown you can be very, very successful without being rapacious, while still being honest, without engaging in constant legal battles. — Guy Spier
I believe Barack Obama has shown a deep conviction to help those most in need, even if their voices are not always the ones heard… — Ricky Martin
Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common… — Saint Ambrose
Europe has shown how government can be organised in a network. Its institutions both compete and co-operate and include a directly elected parliament that does… — Geoff Mulgan
Previously, young children had to be shown by their parents how to use a mouse or a remote, and the connection between what they were… — Hanna Rosin

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