In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.
Quote by Herbert Spencer
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In science the important thing is to modify and change one's ideas as science advances.
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Herbert Spencer Quotes
- The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship.
- Music must take rank as the highest of the fine arts - as the one which, more than any other, ministers to the human spirit.
- The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
- The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.
- The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.
- An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature.
- We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
- Science is organized knowledge.
- When a man's knowledge is not in order, the more of it he has the greater will be his confusion.
- Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
Best Quotes
- The art world is molting - some would say melting. Galleries are closing museums are scaling back.
- My dad takes care of me as a manager and as a dad. That's his job, you know, to take care of me. He has my best interests at heart.
- We just put General Motors in the hands of people who can't even run our own government.
- I was thinking that when I have children, that I should always dress as a character for them, so they think their mom is Alice in Wonderland or Cinderella.
- Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.
- Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.
- And fifth, we will champion small businesses, America's engine of job growth. That means reducing taxes on business, not raising them. It means simplifying and modernizing the regulations that hurt small business the most. And it means that we must rein in the skyrocketing cost of healthcare by repealing and replacing Obamacare.
- Our pets rely on us entirely for their nutrition. So if you're making your own judgments, that could lead to a mistake. At the same time, we have more control over our pet's diet than we do with our children or with ourselves, so your vet can tell you what is appropriate for your dog and you can assign them that.
- Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
- Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.