"A coincidence is a trend we have decided not to take seriously."

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Source : Philip Elliot Slater (1977). “The wayward gate: science and the supernatural”

Philip Slater

#Trends Quotes #Coincidence Quotes

“I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at all. My response is that the only country I know that doesn't have an economic development plan is Papa New Guinea.”
“People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: 'Don't decide what you don't have to decide.' That's not evasion, it's wisdom.”
“The gods my protectors. [Lat., Di me tuentur.]”
“All logic texts are divided into two parts. In the first part, on deductible logic, the fallacies are explained; in the second part, on inductive logic, they are committed.”
“The National Guard fulfills the militia mentioned in the Second amendment. Citizens no longer need to protect the states or themselves.”
“Nature is a dictionary; one draws words from it.”
“He scratched his ear, the infallible resource to which embarrassed people have recourse.”
“It takes a greater God to steer a world populated with free agents than it does to steer a world of preprogrammed automatons.”

Source : Gregory A. Boyd (2000). “God of the Possible: A Biblical Introduction to the Open View of God”, p.31, Baker Books

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