Robert P. Crease famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Equations seem like treasures, spotted in the rough by some discerning individual, plucked and examined, placed in the grand storehouse of knowledge, passed on from generation to generation. This is so convenient a way to present scientific discovery, and so useful for textbooks, that it can be called the treasure-hunt picture of knowledge.
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Tacit knowledge is one of the most important concepts of current scholarship in the humanities. Ambitious and important, Tacit and Explicit Knowledge is a well-written and original book.
-- Robert P. Crease
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Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.
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Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.
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Psychology is action, not thinking about oneself. We continue to shape our personality all our life. To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
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I was given a small camera as a wedding gift from a very dear friend. My first pictures were taken on my honeymoon. As soon as I became familiar with the camera, I was intrigued with the possibilities of expression it offered. It was like a discovery for me.
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For a justice of this ultimate tribunal [the U.S. Supreme Court], the opportunity for self-discovery and the occasion for self-revelation is great.
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To make a discovery is not necessarily the same as to understand a discovery.
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I'm actually the fourth generation in my family to have no practical use for the church, or God, or religion. My children continue this trend.
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One has to nurture a new generation, to raise children in the spirit of Islam.
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Leadership requires the courage to make decisions that will benefit the next generation.
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Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.
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