Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (A.J. Ayer) Quotes
There never comes a point where a theory can be said to be true. The most that one can claim for any theory is that it has shared the successes of all its rivals and that it has passed at least one test which they have failed.Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer
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The long irons are the nemesis of the average golfer. I'm convinced that the underlying reason for this is that he keeps hearing how hard they are to handle. They're not that difficult, truly.
Jack Nicklaus -
We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
Arthur Daniel Miller -
I've never cared for the idea of a career path, or where a film might 'take me.' My love is for acting not money, so I only take on roles that I find challenging, in stories I find interesting.
Gael Garcia Bernal -
There's no way to understand housing as it exists today without federal policy.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
R. L. Stine -
You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
Natalie du Toit
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The Internet is fascinating but also stupid in a way. You only see two-dimensional images, and you think you've seen it and know it.
Florentijn Hofman -
Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
Dan Hill -
When a guy can make fun of you, thats attractive. Who knew that teasing could have so much power over women!
Rachel Bilson -
A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
Iain Glen -
My mother had a saying: 'Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you're not the last.'
Kamala Harris -
I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
Ted Williams
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My wife has a horror the children will start talking American if we spend too much time out there.
Damian Lewis -
Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.
Gary Zukav -
It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
E. T. A. Hoffmann -
The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally one that has nothing to do with the people in the room.
Jack White The White Stripes -
You were born as the one you are.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic -
I certainly have played women who have a pioneer spirit and longing for adventure.
Kate Baldwin
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It is as true for the writer as for the reader that any novel worth its ink should be an experience first and foremost - not an essay, not a statement, not an orderly rollout of themes and propositions.
David Wroblewski -
Just because a man has died for it, does not make it true.
Oscar Wilde -
We don't have one of those houses where there's a rope that separates the kids' area from the adult area. There's a happy medium. It's all about fabric choices, accessories.
Candice Olson -
I had been interested in science from when I was very young, but after a disastrous summer lab experience in which every experiment I tried failed, I decided on graduating from college that I was not cut out to be a scientist.
Martin Chalfie -
There never comes a point where a theory can be said to be true. The most that one can claim for any theory is that it has shared the successes of all its rivals and that it has passed at least one test which they have failed.
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer