#explanation

I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world. ↗

— John Sladek

#fiction #goes #i #kind #like

Good luck needs no explanation. ↗

— Shirley Temple

#good #good luck #luck #needs

Maybe... there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for unlawfully detaining 120 people. Maybe they just got carried away with last year's idea of pre-emptive strikes and thought, 'Let's not wait for an actual crime to occur. Let's get the innocent. ↗

— Mark Thomas

#away #carried #crime #detaining #explanation

Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#adopt #communities #existence #explain #explanation

I think that's the way people absorb television. All the explanations in Doctor Who are there if that's your bag, but they're not essential to your enjoyment of it. An awful lot of storytelling isn't really about making people understand — it's about making people care. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#storytelling #understanding #storytelling

What happened?" Bailey asks. "That is somewhat difficult to explain," Tsukiko answers. "It is a long and complicated story." "And you're not going to tell me, are you?" She tilts her head a bit ... "No, I am not," she says. "Great," Bailey mutters under his breath... "The bonfire exploded? How?" "Remember when I said it was difficult to explain? That has not changed. ↗

— Erin Morgenstern

#humor #secrets #story #change

There has to be new words to explain new worlds. ↗

— Toba Beta

#inspirational #life #new #truth #words

Those who know you don’t need explanations, those who don’t won't believe you ! ↗

— Chris Geiger

#explanations #inspirational #life #inspirational

It is characteristic of science that the full explanations are often seized in their essence by the percipient scientist long in advance of any possible proof. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#any #characteristic #essence #explanations #full

I believe I am entitled to a public explanation. ↗

— Richard Jewell

#believe #entitled #explanation #i #i am