The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.
Quote by Thomas Jefferson
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The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.
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Thomas Jefferson Quotes
- It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
- I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.
- I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.
- I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.
- Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
- It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
- I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
- Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.
- Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
- He who knows best knows how little he knows.
Best Quotes
- I sure lost my musical direction in Hollywood. My songs were the same conveyer belt mass production, just like most of my movies were.
- Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength.
- Weather forecast for tonight: dark.
- There is an urgent need for a radical revision of our current concepts of the nature of consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain.
- Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
- What I was proud of was that I used very few parts to build a computer that could actually speak words on a screen and type words on a keyboard and run a programming language that could play games. And I did all this myself.
- Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
- Brave men are all vertebrates they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.
- God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
- Politics is not about money.