Quotes of: Scientific-method Keyword

Our esteem for facts has not neutralized in us all religiousness. It is itself almost religious. Our scientific temper is devout.

William James

The scientific and technological discoveries that have made war so infinitely more terrible for us are part of the same process that has knit us all so much more closely together.

Lester B. Pearson

I must confess that most modern mysticism seems to me to be simply a method of imparting useless knowledge in a form that no one can understand

Criticism and Reviews

Common sense is the best distributed commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.

Discourse on Method

Music resembles poetry, in each Are nameless graces which no methods teach, And which a master hand alone can reach.

An Essay on Criticism

My method of helping someone is saying, 'Wow, you look amazing. Let me help you look even better.' I think tearing someone down is an awful thing to do. It has a lasting impression on people.

Carson Kressley

There is a method to the madness of James Patterson's success. Co-writing with him is a terrific learning experience, particularly in the art of crafting a perfect thriller. The collaboration also gives me an opportunity to access a wider global audi...

Ashwin Sanghi

A work of art can start you thinking about some aesthetic or philosophical problem; it can suggest some new method, some fresh approach to fiction.

Francine Prose

Good problems and mushrooms of certain kinds have something in common; they grow in clusters.

How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

The method of 'postulating' what we want has many advantages ; they are the same as the advantages of theft over honest toil.

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

Her hair was pulled back so severely, it would have won approval from the Spanish Inquisition as a method of torture.

Some Danger Involved

Democracy is a poor system; the only thing that can be said for it is that it's eight times as good as any other method.

Stranger in a Strange Land

I follow my own methods, and tell as much or as little as I choose. That is the advantage of being unofficial.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Aren't we all in varying degrees, captives in our own personal prisons, bound by our limiting habits?

Mindful Spontaneity: Lessons in the Feldenkrais Method

Personal Assault and Battery breeds with no contraception a hateful vengeance for others; A sexual nature that is methodically breeding one's intolerance of Self

The Nustas on The Island of The Sun

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Looking Forward

If we wish to foresee the future of mathematics, our proper course is to study the history and present condition of the science.

Science and Method

To advance spiritually requires a method of practice & determination to carry it out.

Pocket Peace: Effective Practices for Enlightened Living

As an extreme method of saving, I’d kidnap myself, if I thought I’d actually pay the ransom money before I committed suicide.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

When I am grown up I shall carry a notebook—a fat book with many pages, methodically lettered. I shall enter my phrases.

The Waves

Between takes I find it difficult to switch off and then try and re-emerge myself in the part, so I try to stay in that frame of mine all day. It can be exhausting and you lose a sense of self, but it is the method that works best for me.

Hayden Christensen