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I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief. Gerry Spence |
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. Sir Francis Bacon |
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Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. Carl Jung |
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Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club. Thomas H. Huxley |
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Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd. Voltaire (1694 - 1778) |
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The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is. George Bernard Shaw |
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw |
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The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides, never decides. Henri-Frédéric Amiel |
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Common sense is that which tells us the world is flat. Stuart Chase |
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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated. HL Mencken |
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The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett |
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Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), "Proper Studies", 1927 |
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Lying increases the creative faculties, expands the ego, and lessens the frictions of social contacts. Clare Booth Luce |
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I have long been of the opinion that if work were such a splendid thing the rich would have kept more of it for themselves. Bruce Grocott |
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Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on weekends. Woody Allen |
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Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked. Peter de Vries |
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We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on. Richard Feynman US educator & physicist (1918 - 1988) |
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In science, 'fact' can only mean 'confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent.' I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. Stephen Jay Gould |
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The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. Russell Baker |
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. Sir Francis Bacon |
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Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. George Bernard Shaw |
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