"I think that the fact that a theory so vague, so insufficiently verifiable, and so far from the criteria otherwise applied in "hard" science, could become a dogma, can be explained only on sociological grounds."

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Source : "Perspectives on general system theory: scientific-philosophical studies".

Ludwig von Bertalanffy

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“Passion is very important to me. If you stop enjoying things, you've got to look at it, because it can lead to all kinds of depressing scenarios.”
“The process of living is the process of reacting to stress.”
“I have two young kids. So my VCR, like, you kind of have to sift through a lot of, like, 'Animal Mechanicals,' 'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.'”
“There are two ways to learn anything. An interesting way and a boring way. I like the interesting way.”
“They say that women like a man who can make them laugh, and I find that if you can make a woman laugh on the first and second dates, then you're doing well.”
“The only way of rendering life endurable is to drink as much wine as one can come by.”

Source : James Branch Cabell (2005). “Beyond Life”, p.107, Cosimo, Inc.
“Work done by human beings for human beings.”
“I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.”

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