"Observation is the generative act in scientific discovery. For all its aberrations, the evidence of the senses is essentially to be relied upon provided we observe nature as a child does, without prejudices and preconceptions, but with that clear and candid vision which adults lose and scientists must strive to regain."

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Source : Peter Brian Medawar (1969). “Induction and intuition in scientific thought”

Peter Medawar

#Children Quotes #Discovery Quotes #Vision Quotes

“As long as he doesn't convert it into action, it does not matter how much a man thinks about his repentance.”
“I was a very quiet, shy child. I grew up in a small town, Louisville, Kentucky, and there weren't too many Hawaiian-Filipino girls, so I stuck out like a sore thumb. I didn't look like everyone else and didn't feel I belonged... But these things only build character and make you stronger. It taught me to grow into the woman I was to become.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.”
“I'm a boys' girl! I come from an army background and I haven't known what being a 'good Indian girl' means.”
“Broaden your horizons. They're the only ones you'll ever have, so make the suckers as wide as possible.”

Source : Jennifer Crusie (2006). “Anyone But You”, p.71, HQN Books
“I had a similar year back in 1984 when I felt like I couldn't lose.”
“Time is an illusion.”
“When I was coaching, the one thought that I would try to get across to my players was that everything I do each day, everything I say, I must first think what effect it will have on everyone concerned.”

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