#result

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge... observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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The ideal reasoner, he remarked, would, when he had once been shown a single fact in all its bearings, deduce from it not only all the chain of events which led up to it but also all the results which would follow from it. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#bearings #been #chain #deduce #events

People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#chopping #immediately #love #people #results

Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world. ↗

— Albert Ellis

#bring #closer #getting #good #rational

If you do things with a certain type of result and cause a certain type of reaction or effect, then you increase your market value. It's very much a competition for the entertainment dollar, and that's never been more clearly evident than in today's NBA game. ↗

— Julius Erving

#cause #certain #clearly #competition #dollar

I felt disconnected from the decisions made in Washington and, to be honest, really didn't think my vote mattered because I didn't have a direct line of sight from my vote to a result. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#decisions #direct #disconnected #felt #honest

Suddenly, the screens were dominated by American entertainment to the extent of something like 95 percent. As a result, audiences turned away from the kinds of films that we used to make. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#audiences #away #dominated #entertainment #extent

I think Newt Gingrich has a proven track record of changing Washington and getting results. ↗

— J. C. Watts

#getting #gingrich #i #i think #newt

We didn't care if we were well-liked as long as the movies were good. We served the movie - that was our master at Miramax. In our second incarnation, the movie is still the master but we're getting the same results in more subtle ways. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#getting #good #incarnation #long #master

I don't think I've got the expertise with which to nit-pick, and I freely admit that my motivation to support charities has been emotional, rather than as a result of being particularly well informed as to how the money is used. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#been #being #charities #emotional #expertise