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Provisional Quotes

The idealist regards facts as provisional Picture Quote #1

Skepticism is provisional, even if it lasts a lifetime Picture Quote #1

An unscrupulous contractor regards no basement as too dark, no stable loft too foul, no rear shanty too provisional, no tenement room too small for his workroom as these conditions implylow rental Picture Quote #1

Paisley has been and remains a greater threat to the Union than the Foreign Office and the Provisional IRA rolled into one Picture Quote #1

In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith Picture Quote #1

That provisional tomb where the living exile sighs, weeps, fights and succumbs, and is born again, remembering nothing, with the day Picture Quote #1

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Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it. No matter how many times the results of experiments agree with some theory, you can never be sure that the next time the result will not contradict the theory Picture Quote #1

The thought came over me that never would one full and absolute moment, containing all the others, justify my life, that all of my instants would be provisional phases, annihilators of the past turned to face the future, and that beyond the episodic, the present, the circumstantial, we were nobody Picture Quote #1

In science, all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith Picture Quote #1

Science is all those things which are confirmed to such a degree that it would be unreasonable to withhold one's provisional consent Picture Quote #1

As far as he could see, the world was moving, in an orderly capitalist fashion, toward a logical, perhaps provisional, perhaps permanent, end Picture Quote #1

I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage Picture Quote #1

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I’ve sworn off agnosticism, which I now call cowardly atheism. I’ve come to the position that in the complete absence of any supporting data whatsover for the persistence of the individual in some spiritual form, it is necessary to operate under the provisional conclusion that there is no afterlife and then be ready to amend that if I find out otherwise Picture Quote #1

The game was that of continually inventing a possible world, or a piece of a possible world, and then of comparing it with the real world... a race without end... What mattered more than the answers were the questions... For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put off to the next day, all that was euphoric. I lived in the future... I had turned my anxiety into my profession Picture Quote #1

The actual state of our knowledge is always provisional and... there must be, beyond what is actually known, immense new regions to discover Picture Quote #1

For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put off to the next day, all that was euphoric. I lived in the future Picture Quote #1

I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change Picture Quote #1

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The idealist regards facts as provisional (Provisional Quotes) Skepticism is provisional, even if it lasts a lifetime (Provisional Quotes) An unscrupulous contractor regards no basement as too dark, no stable loft too foul, no rear shanty too provisional, no tenement room too small for his workroom as these conditions implylow rental (Provisional Quotes) Paisley has been and remains a greater threat to the Union than the Foreign Office and the Provisional IRA rolled into one. (Provisional Quotes) In science , all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith. (Provisional Quotes) That provisional tomb where the living exile sighs, weeps, fights and succumbs, and is born again, remembering nothing, with the day (Provisional Quotes) Any physical theory is always provisional, in the sense that it is only a hypothesis: you can never prove it. No matter how many times the results of experiments agree with some theory, you can never be sure that the next time the result will not contradict the theory (Provisional Quotes) The thought came over me that never would one full and absolute moment, containing all the others, justify my life, that all of my instants would be provisional phases, annihilators of the past turned to face the future, and that beyond the episodic, the present, the circumstantial, we were nobody (Provisional Quotes) In science, all conclusions are provisional, subject to new evidence and better arguments, the very antithesis of religious faith (Provisional Quotes) Science is all those things which are confirmed to such a degree that it would be unreasonable to withhold one's provisional consent (Provisional Quotes) As far as he could see, the world was moving, in an orderly capitalist fashion, toward a logical, perhaps provisional, perhaps permanent, end (Provisional Quotes) I grew up in the theater. I began my career at 3. That was the first time I stepped onto a provisional stage (Provisional Quotes) I’ve sworn off agnosticism, which I now call cowardly atheism. I’ve come to the position that in the complete absence of any supporting data whatsover for the persistence of the individual in some spiritual form, it is necessary to operate under the provisional conclusion that there is no afterlife and then be ready to amend that if I find out otherwise (Provisional Quotes) The game was that of continually inventing a possible world, or a piece of a possible world, and then of comparing it with the real world... a race without end... What mattered more than the answers were the questions... For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put off to the next day, all that was euphoric. I lived in the future... I had turned my anxiety into my profession (Provisional Quotes) The actual state of our knowledge is always provisional and... there must be, beyond what is actually known, immense new regions to discover (Provisional Quotes) For me, this world of questions and the provisional, this chase after an answer that was always put off to the next day, all that was euphoric. I lived in the future (Provisional Quotes) I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change (Provisional Quotes)