Whether Quotes
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I therefore took this opportunity and also began to consider the possibility that the Earth moved. Although it seemed an absurd opinion, nevertheless, because I…
— Nicolaus Copernicus
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All the scientist creates in a fact is the language in which he enunciates it. If he predicts a fact, he will employ this language,…
— Henri Poincare
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Modern masters of science are much impressed with the need of beginning all inquiry with a fact. The ancient masters of religion were quite equally…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Richard Feynman was fond of giving the following advice on how to be a genius. You have to keep a dozen of your favorite problems…
— Gian-Carlo Rota
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It is odd that neither the Church nor modern public opinion condemns petting, provided it stops short at a certain point. At what point sin…
— Bertrand Russell
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All possible truth is practical. To ask whether our conception of chair or table corresponds to the real chair or table apart from the uses…
— G. Stanley Hall
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It was a great step in science when men became convinced that, in order to understand the nature of things, they must begin by asking,…
— James Clerk Maxwell
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Whether our task is fighting poverty, stemming the spread of disease or saving innocent lives from mass murder, we have seen that we cannot succeed…
— Kofi Annan
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Whether one show one's self a man of genius in science or compose a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, the…
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"Pieces" almost always appear 'as parts' in whole processes. ... To sever a "'part" from the organized whole in which it occurs-whether it itself be…
— Max Wertheimer
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The great question, whether man is of nature or above her.
— George Perkins Marsh
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Whether moral and social phenomena are really exceptions to the general certainty and uniformity of the course of nature; and how far the methods, by…
— John Stuart Mill
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While the nature of Texas fever is by no means made clear as yet, we are able to affirm that ticks can produce it. Whether…
— Theobald Smith
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A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its…
— Lewis H. Lapham
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The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left…
— Thomas Jefferson
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When asked whether he minded if someone smoked in a non-smoking compartment. Certainly not if you don't object if I'm sick.
— Thomas Beecham
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I don't know whether I prefer Astroturf to grass. I never smoked Astroturf.
— Joe Namath
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Whether we meditate individually or collectively, there is one thing we absolutely must do: we have to meditate consciously. Making an unconscious effort is like…
— Sri Chinmoy
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Liberalism and Western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today, these two concepts have failed. Those with insight can…
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; It appears to…
— Charles Darwin
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