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The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#considerations #empirically #even #everyday #everyday life

Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#answer #formulates #know #needed #only

I am all for cracking down on inappropriate digital behaviour. Too often the connected world is an excuse for some coward hiding behind a keyboard to bully someone else. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#behaviour #behind #bully #connected #coward

When he was born, I looked at my little boy and felt an unconditional love I never knew was inside me. As he grew, and I watched him stagger about, squeak his first words, and turn into a beautiful little boy, that feeling did not change. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#beautiful #born #boy #change #conditional love

If someone does something illegal on Twitter - like incite hatred, or make racist remarks, or threaten to rip someone's intestines out if they insult Justin Bieber - then there has to be some way of censuring them. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#hatred #illegal #incite #insult #justin

I hate Nassau and the Bahamas. It's one of those places I'd always wanted to visit since reading Ian Fleming but it was full of casinos with Americans in shorts. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#bahamas #casinos #fleming #full #hate

My teenage years were spent trying to look like Rod Stewart - I ended up looking like Dave Hill from Slade. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#ended #hill #i #like #look

People are always surprised at what a nice guy I am. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#am #guy #i #i am #nice

If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I'll get it nipped, tucked or sucked. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#get #i #i see #sagging #see

A well installed microcode bug will be almost impossible to detect. ↗