"Properly conducted scientific studies . . . give us a pretty good idea of when something is likely to be correct. To me, pretty good is a linguistic statistic that falls somewhere in between more likely than not and beyond a reasonable doubt, et avoides the pitfalls arising from the belief in complete objectivity."

-- Robert A. Burton

#Fall Quotes #Humility Quotes #Objectivity Quotes

“I do have the cheesiest of cheesy chat-up lines used on me.”

Source : "Jesse Metcalfe on sex symbol status: 'There is definitely more to me'" by Ryan Love, www.digitalspy.com. August 23, 2011.
“Let's don't wait forever for our lives to start. Let's begin them ourselves. Let's be fearless for once and say, we can do this.”

Source : Cammie McGovern (2014). “Amy and Matthew: A Love Story”, p.140, Pan Macmillan
“If we don't take care of our customers, someone else will.”
“I kept asking God for help, and after a while I realized something -- that Josh was not enjoying this either. He was just trying to take care of himself, and I made the radical decision to let him off the hook.”
“I applied to Uncyclopedia Bassists, and was accepted!!”
“I have no ambition. I just have a very loving duty given to me in my spiritual heritage of the Himalayan Masters who have passed down this duty from generation to generation, perhaps for thousands of generations: The world has misery, the world has suffering. Do what you can to reduce the pain. Do what you can to soothe people's minds. Don't just counsel, Mr. Therapist ... console.”
“You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might also pray in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.”
“The body is a boat that carries the soul in the ocean of the world. If it is not strong, or it has a hole, then it cannot cross the ocean, so the first duty is to fix the boat.”

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