Quotes by Supposing That Supposing truth is a woman -- what then? Friedrich Nietzsche supposingtruth-issupposing-that I am supposing, or perhaps only hoping, that our future may be found in the past's fugitive moments of compassion rather than in its solid centuries of warfare. Howard Zinn compassionsupposing-thatpast There is no a prior reason for supposing that the truth, when it is discovered, will necessarily prove interesting. Isaiah Berlin reasonsupposing-thatinteresting Are not all Hypotheses erroneous, in which Light is supposed to consist in Pression or Motion, propagated through a fluid Medium? For in all these Hypotheses the Phaenomena of Light have been hitherto explain'd by supposing that they arise from new Modifications of the Rays; which is an erroneous Supposition. Isaac Newton lightsupposing-thatscience If you are walking backward, away from something you think is a mistake, you may be right in supposing it is a mistake, but for you to be walking backward is never right. You know what happens to people who walk backward.... We are meant to walk forward, not backward, and reaction is always a matter of walking backward. J. I. Packer mistakesupposing-thatthinking A simple woman down in Tyngsborough, at whose house I once stopped to get a draught of water, when I said, recognizing the bucket, that I had stopped there nine years before for the same purpose, asked if I was not a traveler, supposing that I had been traveling ever since, and had now come round again. Henry David Thoreau simplesupposing-thatyears It seems to me immensely unlikely that mind is a mere by-product of matter. For if my mental processes are determined wholly by the motions of atoms in my brain I have no reason to suppose that my beliefs are true. They may be sound chemically, but that does not make them sound logically. And hence I have no reason for supposing my brain to be composed of atoms. John B. S. Haldane mindbrainsupposing-that If I am right in supposing it to be comparatively easy to make capital-goods so abundant that the marginal efficiency of capital is zero, this may be the most sensible way of gradually getting rid of many of the objectionable features of capitalism. John Maynard Keynes zeromaysupposing-that I have always a sacred veneration for anyone I observe to be a little out of repair in his person, as supposing him either a poet or a philosopher. Jonathan Swift sacredsupposing-thatlittles The scientific method of examining facts is not peculiar to one class of phenomena and to one class of workers; it is applicable to social as well as to physical problems, and we must carefully guard ourselves against supposing that the scientific frame of mind is a peculiarity of the professional scientist. Karl Pearson classsupposing-thatscience In this modern world plagued with counterfeits for the Lord's plan, we must not be misled into supposing that we can discharge our obligations to the poor and the needy by shifting the responsibility to some governmental or other public agency. Only by voluntarily giving out of an abundant love for our neighbors can we develop that charity characterized by Mormon as "the pure love of Christ." (Moro.7:47) This we must develop if we would obtain eternal life. Marion G. Romney agencyresponsibilitysupposing-that Supposing is good, but finding out is better. Mark Twain learningsupposing-thatscience Some things you can't find out; but you will never know you can't by guessing and supposing: no, you have to be patient and go on experimenting until you find out that you can't find out. Mark Twain guessinggoes-onsupposing-that Supposing that originally there was nothing but one creator, how could ordinary binary sexual relations come into being? Neal Stephenson relationordinarysupposing-that The reader might reflect that an awful lot of supposing has to take place in order for the quantity theory of money to be true. Paul Ormerod supposing-thatmightorder We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books. Robert M. Hutchins lightsupposing-thatbook Given the complexity of interpersonal relationships and institutions and the complexity of co-ordination of the actions of many people, it is enormously unlikely that, even if there were one ideal pattern for society, it could be arrived at in an a priori fashion. And even supposing that some great genius did come along with a blueprint, who could have the confidence that it could work Robert Nozick fashionsupposing-thatpeople Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it. Samuel Johnson ignorancesupposing-thatpeople Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. Thomas Paine careislandssupposing-that There is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island. Thomas Paine absurdislandssupposing-that«123»
