"The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case."

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Source : William Whewell (1968). “Theory of Scientific Method”, p.155, Hackett Publishing

William Whewell

#Class Quotes #Facts Quotes #Elements Quotes

“I regret that I've been so busy with clinical work that I haven't been able to spend much time on experiments and outcome studies.”
“I know that you observe Christmas Day as you learned it at home. I do not observe it. However, as assistant director of this prison, I allow all the Catholics to observe freely and with some joy this day in this home.”

Source : "In Tito's Death Marches and Extermination Camps" by Joseph Hecimovic, John Prcela, (p. 163), 1962.
“I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a single premise and talk for hours - the notion of one story, ever-changing but never-ending.”
“You do not characterize by telling the reader about the character. You do it by showing the character thinking, speaking and acting in a characteristic way. You simply show it and shut up.”
“Too many jazz pianists limit themselves to a personal style, a trademark, so to speak. They confine themselves to one type of playing. I believe in using the entire piano as a single instrument capable of expressing every possible musical idea. I have no one style. I play as I feel.”

Source : FaceBook post by Oscar Peterson from Feb 12, 2016
“So you're six years old, you're reading 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarves,' and it becomes rapidly obvious that there are only two kinds of men in the world: dwarves and Prince Charmings. And the odds are seven to one against your finding the prince.”

Source : Source: www.foxnews.com
“A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled.”
“I am sick of four walls and a ceiling I have need of the sky, I have business with the grass.”

Source : Richard Hovey (1962). “Dartmouth Lyrics”, Dartmouth College

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