Carl Gustav Hempel (Carl Gustav "Peter" Hempel) Quotes

The propositions of mathematics have, therefore, the same unquestionable certainty which is typical of such propositions as "All bachelors are unmarried," but they also share the complete lack of empirical content which is associated with that certainty: The propositions of mathematics are devoid of all factual content; they convey no information whatever on any empirical subject matter.

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• Cross the wrong state border with your gun, or wake up one morning to new legislation or a new presidential executive order, and suddenly you're the bad guy, not the good guy. No wonder some gun owners seem so touchy; they feel, at some level, like criminals in waiting.

  

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• Fashion is inspired by youth and nostalgia and draws inspiration from the best of the past.

  

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• When I realised that I had feelings for men as well as women, at first I was worried and frightened, and there was a certain amount of 'Who am I? Am I a criminal?' and so on. It took me a long time to come to terms with myself. Those were painful years - painful then and painful to look back on.

  

  Vikram Seth
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• Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.

  

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• Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.

  

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• I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.

  

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• If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.

  

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• The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.

  

  Salman Rushdie
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• If we want to preserve Heathrow's hub status, we need to stop clogging it up with point-to-point flights to places such as Cyprus and Greece, which between them account for 87 weekly flights, and contribute nothing to overall connectivity.

  

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• I loved ninjas when I was younger.

  

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• I don't know what goes on in their heads out in Hollywood.

  

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• To add an AC outlet, for example, you just drill a circular hole in the wall, tap into the wiring, add the outlet and you're set. If you don't want it, pull it out and plaster over it with more earth to seal the hole.

  

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• I've never been to jail. I've never been arrested. I've never been locked up.

  

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• I was doing well in TV as a freelance cameraman, but it wasn't the direction I wanted to go in. I directed videos and tried to put something cinematic in every one. Dialogue, action sequences, helicopter, Steadicam.

  

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• As human beings, our lives should be in retrospect with God.

  

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• Teamwork is a strategic decision.

  

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• Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time.

  

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• The propositions of mathematics have, therefore, the same unquestionable certainty which is typical of such propositions as "All bachelors are unmarried," but they also share the complete lack of empirical content which is associated with that certainty: The propositions of mathematics are devoid of all factual content; they convey no information whatever on any empirical subject matter.

  

  Carl Gustav Hempel
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