Boris Sidis Quotes
The psycho-physiological hypothesis is both inductively and deductively the sine qua non of the science of psychology.
Quotes to Explore
-
Many societal problems concern science, such as the energy crisis, genetic alterations of foods.
-
I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
-
You wouldn't expect a Christian character to be an Indie rocker guy.
-
I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
-
If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
-
I just love dancing.
-
I don't read music. Not even essentially. Not even nonessentially.
-
My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.
-
Money is not the most important thing, but when you need it, there are few substitutes. So while I like the things money can buy, I love what money won't buy. It bought me a house but it won't buy me a home. It would buy me a companion but it won't buy me a friend.
-
Democracy will win - because a government’s legitimacy can only come from citizens; because in this age of information and empowerment, people want more control over their lives, not less; and because, more than any other form of government ever devised, only democracy, rooted in the sanctity of the individual, can deliver real progress.
-
It is a part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees.
-
Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an aliment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.
-
Reason is lost reasoning.
-
Lucy took care of me on the set, and made sure that none of the crew cussed around me. She also had birthday parties for me and made sure that they were well attended.
-
If you've got a guitar and a lot of soul, just bang something out and mean it. You're the superstar.
-
The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In fact, we hold our highest rewards for those scientists who can prove others wrong. And by the way, they are famous in their own lifetimes. We don't wait until they're dead.
-
I enjoy the celebration of my birthday as much as anyone else does, but I always remember to start my day thanking my mom because she did most of the work the day I came into the world, not to mention all she has done throughout my life that has contributed so much to the woman I am today.
-
If someone could actually prove scientifically that there is such a thing as a supernatural force, it would be one of the greatest discoveries in the history of science. So the notion that somehow scientists are resisting it is ludicrous.
-
I thought maybe I'd be a farmer. That was another silly notion. I think I'd last about five minutes, being a farmer.
-
Composers are not human; They can live on diminished sevenths, and be contented with a pianoforte for a wife, and a string quartet for a family.
-
NATO and the USA wanted a complete victory over the Soviet Union. They wanted to sit on the throne in Europe alone.
-
I want a Chief Executive whose public acts are responsible to all groups and obligated to none - who can attend any ceremony, service or dinner his office may appropriately require of him - and whose fulfillment of his Presidential oath is not limited or conditioned by any religious oath, ritual or obligation.
-
The psycho-physiological hypothesis is both inductively and deductively the sine qua non of the science of psychology.
