#degree

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

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I had done the sitcom thing to lesser and lesser degrees of success. ↗

— David Alan Grier

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It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing. ↗

— Ruth Handler

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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

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The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. ↗

— Dean Inge

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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge. ↗

— Charles Babbage

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All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

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To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public. ↗

— Noam Chomsky

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The added work load of a degree has made me focus a lot more when I am in work. ↗

— Benjamin Cohen

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