Discovering the truth Quote by Jean-Philippe Toussaint

“The chances of seeing an idea through to completion are inversely proportional to the time you’ve spent talking about it beforehand. ”

— Jean-Philippe Toussaint

“I had also, during many years, followed a golden rule, namely that whenever published fact, a new observation of thought came across me, which…

— Charles Darwin

“Because as long as you know the rules, you know what’s expected of you, and as long as you have the necessary information, you…

— Denise Grover Swank

“It's kind of impressive...you know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding…

— Sarah Dessen

“…there was a pattern to how things were done, rules we followed. Not following meant not knowing what might happen.”

— Gin Phillips

“No idea should be allowed to squeeze out of needing to be explained simply by claiming to be above the rules and beyond our…

— T.J. Kirk

“It is difficult to reconstruct what it was that took us years, long hours of discussion, endless exchanges of drafts and hundreds of e-mails…

— Daniel Kahneman

“He was all too aware of how one's perceptions can start lining up to support a particular conclusion. Once a pattern begins to take…

— John Verdon

“You should know by now that you’re the exception to any rule I’ve ever made for myself.”

— Stella Rhys

“Rules existed for a reason: if you followed them, you would succeed; if you didn't, you might burn the world to the ground.”

— Celeste Ng

“..humans love complexity of thought. This they pursue on the totally baseless assumption that complexity indicates profundity or truth.”

— Walter Martin

“Sometimes the most effective idea was just so simple that nobody could slow down their brain enough to think it up.”

— R. Curtis Venture