#rin

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#cannot #discover #every #fixed #governed

New situations requiring closer contact with the rabbit had been gradually introduced and the degree to which these situations were avoided, tolerated, or welcomed, at each experimental session, gave the measure of improvement. ↗

— Mary C. Jones

#been #closer #contact #degree #each

Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology. ↗

— Karl Popper

#ends #engineering #physical #piecemeal #province

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move. ↗

— Colin Powell

#clearing #defeat #generals #making #move

It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will. ↗

— Miuccia Prada

#bring #buying #happiness #horrible #interested

I have two ambitions in life: one is to drink every pub dry, the other is to sleep with every woman on earth. ↗

— Oliver Reed

#dry #earth #every #i #life

Accuracy is to a newspaper what virtue is to a lady, but a newspaper can always print a retraction. ↗

— Charles Revson

#always #lady #newspaper #print #virtue

There will be trying times during Obama's presidency, and liberty will need staunch defenders. Can Obama reshape liberalism to be, as it was under F.D.R., a fighting faith, unapologetically patriotic and strong in the defense of liberty? That would be a service to our country. ↗

— Bill Kristol

#defenders #defense #during #faith #fighting

The true function of philosophy is to educate us in the principles of reasoning and not to put an end to further reasoning by the introduction of fixed conclusions. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#educate #end #fixed #function #further

For about a year, I just didn't know what to do. I did laboring jobs, working in the docks, construction sites. ↗

— Daniel Day-Lewis

#construction #did #i #jobs #just