"Scientists who think science consists of unprejudiced data-gathering without speculation are merely cows grazing on the pasture of knowledge."

-- Peter Medawar

#Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Data Quotes

“If the Irish once find out that there are any circumstances in which they can get free government grants, we shall have a system of mendicancy [begging] such as the world never knew”. After a million had starved to death he stated “The great evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.”
“Corporate welfare isn't necessarily a bad thing.”
“One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.”

Source : "Food Stamps At The Heart Of Farm Bill Political Drama". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. July 29, 2013.
“Excellent wine generates enthusiasm. And whatever you do with enthusiasm is generally successful.”
“Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is our gift. Memory is our guide”

Source : Hope Edelman (1994). “Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss”, Da Capo Press
“To define is to limit.”
“After making insulting remarks about Mexicans, Donald Trump has been kicked off of NBC and Univision. On the bright side, Trump's hair has a new show on Animal Planet.”
“I had been warned about Jews by my gentile friends - they did terrible things with knives to boys.”

Source : Paul Engle (1996). “A Lucky American Childhood”, p.153, University of Iowa Press

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