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The world of strict naturalism in which clever mathematical laws all by themselves bring the universe and life into existence, is pure [science] fiction. Theories… — John Lennox
Theories crumble, but good observations never fade. — Harlow Shapley
You know what I'm intrigued by? Like, space and wormholes and Stephen Hawking's theories and Richard Dawkins's theories. That's what I care about. — Peaches Geldof
The Civilized… murder their children by producing too many of them without being able to provide for their well-being. Morality or theories of false virtue… — Charles Fourier
I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
From outside one will always triumphantly impress theories upon the world and then fall straight into the ditch one has dug, but only from inside… — Franz Kafka
The hour has arrived to abandon theories and go directly to what is practical. — Samael Aun Weor
My scientist friends have come up with things like 'principles of uncertainty' and dark holes. They're willing to live inside imagined hypotheses and theories. But… — Richard Rohr
Human beings are pattern-seeking animals. It's part of our DNA. That's why conspiracy theories and gods are so popular: we always look for the wider,… — Adrian McKinty
Of all the statements that have been made with respect to theories on the origin of life, the statement that the Second Law of Thermodynamics… — Duane Gish
The heart of mathematics consists of concrete examples and concrete problems. Big general theories are usually afterthoughts based on small but profound insights; the insights… — Paul Halmos
For a physicist mathematics is not just a tool by means of which phenomena can be calculated, it is the main source of concepts and… — Freeman Dyson
I had the most beautiful set of theories you ever knew when I started out as a schoolma'am, but every one of them has failed… — Anne Shirley
I have serious problems with fundamentalist Christians and their creationist theories. Although I believe that scripture is divinely inspired and infallible, I have a hard… — Tony Campolo
Even originally well-defined pencils of cathode rays from the Sun cannot reach the Earth. For Birkeland's theories to be correct, the existance of such cathode… — Arthur Schuster
How could so many intelligent people be so grievously wrong for such an extended period of time? How could they ignore so much overwhelming evidence… — Steven Johnson
From whichever angle one looks at it, the application of racial theories remains a striking proof of the lowered demands of public opinion upon the… — Johan Huizinga
The theories of the major philosophers of the 18th century secular enlightenment were biblical and theological in spite of themselves. — M H Abrams
It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories. — Stanley Fish
All our theories of improving the world, while we are still asleep, merely intensify the sleep of humanity. — Maurice Nicoll
What is missing from the policy analyst's tool kit -- and from the set of accepted, well-developed theories of human organization -- is an adequately… — Elinor Ostrom
Where do new ideas come from? The answer is simple: differences. While there are many theories of creativity, the only tenet they all share is… — Nicholas Negroponte
There's a radical - and wonderful - new idea here... that all children could and should be inventors of their own theories, critics of other… — Deborah Meier
Theories of "natural law" and the "law of nations" are another excellent example of discussions destitute of all exactness. [...] "Natural law" is simply that… — Vilfredo Pareto
By putting the spotlight on the female child and framing her as the ideal of beauty, he condemns the mature woman to invisibility. In fact,… — Fatema Mernissi

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