Will Durant Quotes
Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Will Durant
Quotes to Explore
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Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
F. H. Bradley
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Science attempts to analyze how things and people and animals behave; it has no concern whether this behavior is good or bad, is purposeful or not. But religion is precisely the quest for such answers: whether an act is right or wrong, good or bad, and why.
Warren Weaver
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I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.
Madonna
Breakfast Club
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Historical science is being left in the dust.
Jack Horner
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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is not about opting out of this world, but about enabling us to live more intensely within it.
Karen Armstrong
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The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.
Hamza Yusuf
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There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
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My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.
J. Michael Straczynski
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If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we are the reason there is a Universe, does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits?
Carl Sagan
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The frontiers of science, on the very small scale and very large scale, require large investments and international effort.
Dan Shechtman
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Some people become passionate readers and fans of science fiction during childhood or adolescence. I picked up on SF somewhat later than that; my escape reading of choice during my youth was historical novels, and one of my favorite writers was Mary Renault.
Pamela Sargent
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If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say.
Barbara McClintock
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Alcohol doesn’t console, it doesn’t fill up anyone’s psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn’t comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny.
Marguerite Duras
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One who lives in accordance with nature does not go against the way of things but moves in harmony with the present moment.
Lao Tzu
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I grew up in L.A., and I don't think I've seen L.A. onscreen in a way that felt real to me. There are definitely movies, but they are few and far between.
Zoe Kazan
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I actually looked at an Apple ad from 1978. It was a print ad. That shows you how ancient it was. And it said, 'Thousands of people have discovered the Apple computer.' Thousands of people.
Walt Mossberg
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If you’ve had to overcome an obstacle or insecurity or fear... genuinely you can bet on that person because they have gathered themselves and found through their inner strength, they have determination, they have grit.
Carly Fiorina
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Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
Will Durant
