"In addition to the social pressures from the scientific community there is also at work a very human trait of individual scientist. I call it the law of the instrument , and it may be formulated as follows: Give a small boy a hammer, and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding. It comes as no particular surprise to discover that a scientist formulates problems in a way which requires for their solution just those techniques in which he himself is especially skilled."

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Source : Abraham Kaplan (2017). “The Conduct of Inquiry: Methodology for Behavioural Science”, p.56, Routledge

Abraham Kaplan

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“Sometimes I can be tactful and sometimes not. It all depends on the mood I'm in.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Censors will try to censor a little bit more each year (because, like editors and other officious people, censors don't feel they are getting anywhere unless they are up and doing).”

Source : Wilfrid Sheed (1978). “The good word & other words”, Dutton Adult
“A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.”

Source : "Speaking with...LEN WEIN". Interview with Marv Wolfman, www.marvwolfman.com.
“Don't think that even an engineer, when he buys a motor, takes it to bits to scrutinize it. Even he as a specialist buys from the external appearance. A motor ought to look like a birthday present.”
“When we're putting out records that people are responding to, it's amazing. And it's obviously what we shoot for every time. It's a tricky balancing act. But as long as it's sort of a righteous idea, then you're good to go.”
“Whoever controls the flow of Persian Gulf oil has a stranglehold not only on our economy but also on the other countries of the world as well.”
“Part of teaching is helping students learn how to tolerate ambiguity, consider possibilities, and ask questions that are unanswerable.”
“I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I've relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true.”

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