#act

There is a lot of things to weigh up when a transfer happens, and money is a big factor. ↗

— Richard Gough

#factor #happens #lot #money #things

In science, "fact" can only mean "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional assent." I suppose that apples might start to rise tomorrow, but the possibility does not merit equal time in physics classrooms. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#apples #assent #classrooms #confirmed #degree

Goethe died in 1832. As you know, Goethe was very active in science. In fact, he did some very good scientific work in plant morphology and mineralogy. But he was quite bitter at the way in which many scientists refused to grant him a hearing because he was a poet and therefore, they felt, he couldn't be serious. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#because #bitter #did #died #fact

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#activity #artists #creative #geniuses #heartless

What you see is that the most outstanding feature of life's history is a constant domination by bacteria. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#constant #domination #feature #history #life

Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#already #discover #doing #good #good time

He is a very positive captain; he is proactive as well as reactive. He is keen to read the game, to get in there, and he never stops thinking about the game, the situation, and trying to turn it to his advantage. He has been very good for the game. ↗

— David Gower

#advantage #been #captain #game #get

It was a question of helping a man prepare in the way that suits him best. The theory is if you give a man responsibility for his own actions, then it is up to him to accept that responsibility. ↗

— David Gower

#actions #best #give #helping #him

For a country is not merely a piece of earth; it is, above all, a compendium of social, cultural, and historical factors which begin to acquire sense and order through the process of writing. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

#acquire #begin #country #cultural #earth

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. ↗

— Billy Graham

#health #lost #nothing #something #wealth