#consensus

Those who know that the consensus of many centuries has sanctioned the conception that the earth remains at rest in the middle of the heavens as its center, would, I reflected, regard it as an insane pronouncement if I made the opposite assertion that the earth moves. ↗

— Nicolaus Copernicus

#center #centuries #conception #consensus #earth

Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. ↗

— Michael Crichton

#avoid #been #claim #claiming #consensus

All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who exercise power become a target. ↗

— Dario Fo

#based #become #being #consensus #democratic

Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing more than the headache of building consensus in a gridlocked capital on behalf of a polarized public. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#barack obama #behalf #brutish #building #campaign

I believe that there is a bipartisan consensus to have individual mandates. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#bipartisan #consensus #i #i believe #i believe that

Then I sit down, work at it, because now I have a convincing feeling about what that place wants to be, you see? And it's not just me. Me and my talent comes in taking that consensus and then making something wonderful out of it - a work of art. ↗

— Lawrence Halprin

#art #because #comes #consensus #convincing

Once again we have misleading climate change pronouncements being based on data errors, data errors detected by non-UN, non-IPCC, non-peer-reviewed external observers. This is exactly what happens when you base your arguments on 'consensus science' and not scientific fact. ↗

— Doug Hoffman

#base #based #being #change #climate

Projecting a persuasive image of a desirable and practical future is extremely important to high morale, to dynamism, to consensus, and in general to help the wheels of society turn smoothly. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#desirable #dynamism #extremely #future #general

After a week of back and forth, and forth and back over firearms, it's good to see a consensus developing on this common-sense amendment to keep handguns away from children. ↗

— Herb Kohl

#amendment #away #back #children #common-sense

The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#bubbles #certainty #consensus #constantly #exploding