#reference

Now obviously the propositions of the system have reference to matters of empirical fact; if they did not, they could have no claim to be called scientific. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#claim #could #did #empirical #empirical fact

That is, a system starts with a group of interrelated propositions which involve reference to empirical observations within the logical framework of the propositions in question. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#framework #group #interrelated #involve #logical

When you're special to a cat, you're special indeed, she brings to you the gift of her preference of you, the sight of you, the sound of your voice, the touch of your hand. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#cat #gift #hand #her #indeed

Newt changed the frame of reference of all of our candidates. That's why we won so big in 1994. ↗

— Pete du Pont

#candidates #changed #frame #newt #our

I would say there is no Prada woman. I'm interested in women in general. I don't have any kind of preference. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#general #i #interested #kind #prada

Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word. ↗

— Willard Van Orman Quine

#divorced #essence #meaning #object #reference

Both referred to the Affordable Care Act, which is the accurate title of the health care reform law, as 'Obamacare.' That is a disparaging reference to the President of the United States, it is meant as a disparaging reference to the President of the United States. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

#act #affordable #both #care #disparaging

Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

#deep #everything #long #maintained #matters

Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time. ↗

— Frederick Jackson Turner

#anew #conception #conditions #each #form

Not to alarm you or anything, but I think you just made a deal with a Mexican gang." I've read Simone Elkeles books. I know how this whole garage as a front thing works. Fate Succumbs ↗

— Tammy Blackwell

#funny-quotes #funny