#definition

Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#inspirational #faith

Before you can ask 'Is Darwinian theory correct or not?', You have to ask the preliminary question 'Is it clear enough so that it could be correct?'. That's a very different question. One of my prevailing doctrines about Darwinian theory is 'Man, that thing is just a mess. It's like looking into a room full of smoke.' Nothing in the theory is precisely, clearly, carefully defined or delineated. It lacks all of the rigor one expects from mathematical physics, and mathematical physics lacks all the rigor one expects from mathematics. So we're talking about a gradual descent down the level of intelligibility until we reach evolutionary biology. ↗

— David Berlinski

#biology #clarity #darwinism #evolution #macro-evolution

FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#virtue

The second you think a situation is hopeless, it suddenly loses all meaning. A situation is just a case, condition, or state of affairs. It only becomes hopeless when you need to define an explanation. ↗

— Benson Bruno

#definition #excuses #hopelessness #meaning #situation

I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in. ↗

— Jane Alexander

#actually #age #define #definition #different

Humor is almost always anger with its make-up on. ↗

— Stephen King

#humor #anger

The folk music definition has changed in this fast music world and musical styles are blending really quickly. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#changed #definition #fast #folk #folk music

I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a - a call for the federal constitutional amendment, because people want to make sure that this definition of marriage remains secure, because after all, the family is the fundamental unit of government. ↗

— Michele Bachmann

#again #amendment #because #call #constitutional

The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican. ↗

— Warren Beatty

#definition #republican #says #schwarzenegger #who

The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. ↗

— Marc Bloch

#definition #examines #facts #historian #incapable