"Science is not infallible, but it has something religion lacks: a process of testing claims against real-world observations."

-- PZ Myers

#Real Quotes #World Quotes #Process Quotes

“I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.”
“The wounded heart learns self-love by first overcoming low self-esteem.”
“My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.”
“Where do the really best laughs come from? Terrific connections made intellectually, or terrific revelations made emotionally.”

Source : Charna Halpern, Del Close, Kim Johnson (1994). “Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation”, Meriwether Publishing
“The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I'd add to that, giving something back. No definition of a successful life can do anything but include serving others.”

Source : "Patriarch of a Political Dynasty". The Academy of Achievement Interview in Williamsburg, Virginia, www.achievement.org. June 2, 1995.
“I am withdrawing because I have come to view the part of the IPCC to which my expertise is relevant as having become politicized. In addition, when I have raised my concerns to the IPCC leadership, their response was simply to dismiss my concerns.”
“I seek advice from my wife, who has been with me for 20 years and knows me better than I even know my own self.”
“Whatever parent gives his children good instruction and sets them at the same time a bad example, may be considered as bringing them food in one hand and poison in the other.”

Source : John Balguy (1790). “Twenty-one sermons on the following subjects ... viz”, p.127

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