"I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or……" — Charles Fort
"I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while."
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32 Quotes by Charles Fort
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Science of to-day-the superstition of to-morrow. Science of to-morrow-the superstition of to-day.
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One can't be of an enquiring and experimental nature, and still be very sensible.
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Sometimes I am a collector of data, and only a collector, and am likely to be gross and miserly, piling…
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But Truth is that besides which there is nothing: nothing to modify it, nothing to question it, nothing to form…
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In measuring a circle, one begins anywhere.
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The fittest survive. What is meant by the fittest? Not the strongest; not the cleverest - weakness and stupidity everywhere…
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Peasants have believed in dowsing, and scientists used to believe that dowsing was only a belief of peasants. Now there…
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The Earth is a farm. We are someone else's property.
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People with a psychological need to believe in marvels are no more prejudiced and gullible than people with a psychological…
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I believe nothing of my own that I have ever written.
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The ideal state is meekness, or humility, or the semi-invalid state of the old. Year after year I am becoming…
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All biologic phenomena act to adjust: there are no biologic actions other than adjustments. Adjustment is another name for Equilibrium.…
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Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think.…
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
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With regard to donations always expect the most from prudent people, who keep their own accounts.
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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
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To me, it really seems visible today that ethics is not something exterior to the economy, which, as technical matter,…
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