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science opportunity thinking
I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong. If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. We will not become enthusiastic for the fact, the knowledge, the absolute truth of the day, but remain always uncertain … In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar. Richard P. Feynman
science measurement momentum
Unless a thing can be defined by measurement, it has no place in a theory. And since an accurate value of the momentum of a localized particle cannot be defined by measurement it therefore has no place in the theory. Richard P. Feynman
science play theoretical-physics
It is odd, but on the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics. Richard P. Feynman
science thinking doubt
Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known (for nothing is known absolutely), how to handle doubt and uncertainty, what the rules of evidence are, how to think about things so that judgments can be made, how to distinguish truth from fraud, and from show. Richard P. Feynman
science tourists philosopher
Scientists are explorers. Philosophers are tourists. Richard P. Feynman
science reflection desire
The difficulty really is psychological and exists in the perpetual torment that results from your saying to yourself, "But how can it be like that?" which is a reflection of uncontrolled but utterly vain desire to see it in terms of something familiar. ... If you will simply admit that maybe [Nature] does behave like this, you will find her a delightful, entrancing thing. Do not keep saying to yourself, if you can possible avoid it, "But how can it be like that?" because you will get 'down the drain', into a blind alley from which nobody has escaped. Nobody knows how it can be like that. Richard P. Feynman
science errors certain
If you thought that science was certain - well, that is just an error on your part. Richard P. Feynman
science camels world
Cheetah genes cooperate with cheetah genes but not with camel genes, and vice versa. This is not because cheetah genes, even in the most poetic sense, see any virtue in the preservation of the cheetah species. They are not working to save the cheetah from extinction like some molecular World Wildlife Fund. Richard Dawkins
science curiosity fields
To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it. Richard Whately
names evil nations
The evils which sapped the nation's strength had all been wrought in the name of religion. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
names kind stage
I'm still James Johnson. Rick James is a stage name. James Johnson keeps Rick James on the ground... Kind of sort of. Rick James
names effort doctrine
All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You surely know that the nineteenth century Christianity is not the religion taught by Christ. Christ's religion has been changed and corrupted. Virchand Gandhi
names want trouble
Well, trouble's my middle name. Actually, my middle name is Marion, but I don't want you spreading that around. Woody Allen
names nuance film
There's something about my films; they're informed by my sensibility. I have the same preoccupations, the same interests... there's just something in the nuance, and so you always know it's a film of mine whether I sign my name to it or not. Woody Allen
names use firsts
We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first use of the word.] William Whewell
names long desire
Me this uncharted freedom tires; I feel the weight of chance desires, My hopes no more must change their name, I long for a repose that ever is the same. William Wordsworth
names i-am-thankful obnoxious
I am thankful that my name in obnoxious to no pun. William Shenstone
names
My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian! William Shatner
dollars focus katrina spending
Katrina has sharpened everyone's focus on spending the taxpayers' dollars wisely. Clay Johnson
dollars pay spent student students sure tax
I also want to make sure student tax dollars are spent responsibly. Regardless, they are spent on the students who pay them. Mark Dobson
dollars million needs
He needs a million dollars to be able to be noticed. Chuck Adams
dollars game honor humble million people portrayed proud spent talking time
I'm proud of myself. People who spent time with me afterward said, 'You're such a humble person.' I'm talking about myself now, but in the game you don't get portrayed as you always are. I want to come away with more than a million dollars with my honor and integrity. And I did that. Harry Smith
dollars free last
The last thing we want is for these dollars (for free tutoring) to go unused. Susan Jackson
dollars drain tax
Their tax dollars are getting flushed down the drain here in Washington. Tom Schatz
dollars donate families feed million money spend whatever
I'm going to try to help, donate money and try to feed the families who have been in the Superdome, do whatever it takes. If I have to spend a million dollars to get food, I'll do that. Joe Horn
dollars instead link revenue
When governments run on petro dollars or petro revenue instead of taxes, then they kind of sever the link between taxation and representation, and if you're not being taxed, then you're not being represented. Andrew Nikiforuk
dollars fund happen ingredient missing plan stuff
There was a plan to make all of this stuff happen going back over 40 years. But the missing ingredient has been the dollars to fund it. Jesse Brown