"When one theory is simpler than its competitor, this fact is relevant to saying what the world is like."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Elliott Sober

#World Quotes #Facts Quotes #Theory Quotes

“When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.”
“I was well motivated. What I wanted to do was work for myself. I had twenty two jobs before I started my business at the age of twenty three and I didn't want one more boss telling me what to do. So I was motivated simply because I didn't want a boss.”
“To claim for socialism that it is a class war is to do it an injustice and indefinitely postpone its triumph. Socialism offers a platform broad enough for all to stand upon. It makes war upon a system, not upon a class.”
“Fact is, perfection is boring.”
“Don't saddle me with your ideals, and spare me all your guilt. For a poet with all the answers, has never yet been built.”

Source : Song: I Don't Need This Pressure Ron
“A skunk is better company than a person who prides himself on being 'frank'.”
“Prayers without wine are perfectly pointless.”

Source : Aristophanes, Douglass Parker (1969). “Four Comedies: Lysistrata; The Acharnians; The Congresswomen, Translated by Douglass Parker. The Frogs, Translated by Richmond Lattimore”, University of Michigan Press
“I'm a targeted shopper - so if I'm looking for a pillbox hat - I'll search for that and go from "highest price" to "lowest price." The more expensive stuff is most often the most precious - and will often retain its value if I ever consider reselling.”

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