"The main object of the work was to present such a survey of the advances already made in physical knowledge, and of the mode in which they have been made, as might serve as a real and firm basis for our speculations concerning the progress of human knowledge, and the processes by which sciences are formed."

Source : William Whewell (1847). “History of the Inductive Sciences: I. The Greek school philosophy, with reference to physical science. II. The physical sciences in ancient Greece. III. Greek astronomy. IV. Physical science in the middle ages. V. Formal astronomy after the stationary period”, p.10

William Whewell

#Real Quotes #Progress Quotes #Might Quotes

“I didn't really have any aspirations to do TV when I first decided to be an actor.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People fascinate me. Consciously or unconsciously, I have been studying their behavior all my life.”
“Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competitiveness, improve the quality of government, and overcome the problems of illiteracy, miseducation, and unemployment.”

Source : Derek Curtis Bok (1990). “Universities and the Future of America”, p.41
“The only way of making money is for effort. The only time I've ever lost money is when I've purposely said, "I'm doing this to make money." And I've actually on three occasions lost significant sums. I have made wealth when I've actually made a contribution to something, when I've done something I thought I could do better than somebody else or have done something better than somebody else does it.”

Source : Interview with Steve Sailah, www.abc.net.au. June 2, 2000.
“I think everyone is bi, right? There's no such thing as sexual orientation, or race, or gender. Those are all obsolete man-made concepts.”

Source : Source: www.towleroad.com
“The solution of the difficulty is that the two mental pictures which experiment lead us to form - the one of the particles, the other of the waves - are both incomplete and have only the validity of analogies which are accurate only in limiting cases.”
“The narrow mind rejects; wisdom accepts.”

Source : Thubten Yeshe (2011). “When the Chocolate Runs Out”, p.136, Simon and Schuster
“No one wants a cherry pie that bites back.”

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