From the dawn of exact knowledge to the present day, observation, experiment, and speculation have gone hand in hand; and, whenever science has halted or strayed from the right path, it has been, either because its votaries have been content with mere unverified or unverifiable speculation (and this is the commonest case, because observation and experiment are hard work, while speculation is amusing); or it has been, because the accumulation of details of observation has for a time excluded speculation.
Thomas Henry Huxley
Related For an item that has been continued for more than three years, any observation on what might happen ... BOB PEDERSON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Without speculation there is no good and original observation. CHARLES DARWIN Good and bad ideas both come from the same fountain of speculation and experiment. SHAUN TAN First of all, any speculation at this point about the 2006 budget really has no basis in fact, becau... SCOTT MCCLELLAN We have particular problems with the police account in this case. We have people on the ground inves... GREGORY CARLIN Roy is the same. There has been speculation that he is going to Celtic, that he has had a massive bu... ALEX FERGUSON There has been a lot of speculation and a lot of rumors and I get to end them today, STEVE JOBS This is sheer, sensationalistic speculation. This case has attracted all kinds of crazies, kooks. HENRY KLINGEMAN He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the bus... JONATHAN EDWARDS The Middle East is the area where we're most concerned. There has been a lot of speculation in these... JOANNE IRVINE There has been no case made -- based on anything other than speculation -- that Iraq poses a threat. SCOTT RITTER At this particular point, I don't have absolutely any say in the criteria. That's already been deter... LEONARD HAMILTON Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be... WILLIAM COBBETT There has been a lot of speculation abut whether we're going to outgrow our parts but it works out r... EMMA WATSON Online journalism has always had a sourcing problem. From using unverified 'anonymous tips' ... RYAN HOLIDAY I have had no formal discussions with Maurice. Everyone is acutely aware that Trent has a get-out cl... WAYNE BEAVIS Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be... WILLIAM COBBETT There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irrita... PRINCE WILLIAM He has not been charged, but is being detained and is still being interviewed by police. Like any ot... DCP SHIELDS The logic of the symbol does not express the experiment; it is the experiment. Language is the pheno... CARLOS FUENTES We never comment on any rumors or speculation. Nothing has changed on this position, JUERGEN SCHREMPP The announcement has been made now to end the ongoing speculation in regard to the coaching position... DENIS FITZGERALD There's probably been too much speculation already. We will see next week. There has never been a sp... RICK PARRY Science is not a matter of consensus, as the histories of Galileo, Copernicus, Pasteur, Einstein and... JAMES SCHLESINGER Everyone has a gift. It's up to you to decide what you do with it. ANTHONY T. HINCKS The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. THOMAS HUXLEY It is disappointing that what was a private discussion between the captain and myself has become a c... GREG CHAPPELL When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four. SAMUEL JOHNSON For years, there has always been speculation, does this footage exist, so we have a piece that actua... GEORGE FELTENSTEIN There has long been speculation that working folks whose co-payments or share-of-cost keep rising, m... PATRICK HUGHES Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them w... MICHAEL CRICHTON There has never been a split between us and Rafa over Michael Owen or any other player. It's not a n... RICK PARRY We've said from the outset that we don't comment on speculation and it now appears that all this was... WILLIE JACOBSZ To many doctors this will come as a surprise because it's been a matter of some controversy and spec... JACK PARADISE Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for mysteries of sc... JOHN LOCKE There has been no contact with Manchester United whatsoever in regard to Steven Reid and, as far as ... JOHN WILLIAMS I think there's a lot of speculation out there that really isn't pertinent or relevant to this inves... JEFFREY KOPLAN Since the Renaissance, a concept called 'progress' has been baked into our society. Progress... SETH SHOSTAK There has been a lot of speculation and if the players the manager wants to bring in come and sign, ... STEWART DOWNING There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quit... PRINCE WILLIAM There is a bit of speculation that Mr Jiang has been pushed aside, as there are certain subtle press... JOSEPH CHENG Wall Street is broken for sure because it succumbed to greed and corruption and pure speculation wit... DEEPAK CHOPRA There has been plenty of speculation and we will see next week. It's always encouraging when a playe... RICK PARRY For me the greatest source of income is still movies. Nothing - stocks, financial speculation, real ... JACKIE CHAN It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste. HENRY FORD I beg readers to remember that this is a fantasy. It has of course - or I intended it to have - a mo... C.S. LEWIS I have never collected an object or figure from Africa or Oceania because of anything curious about ... FRANK CROWNINSHIELD It has been my observation and experience, and that of my family, that nothing human works out well. DON MARQUIS It is better to be a has-been than a never-was. C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON Every young girl should have the opportunity of learning out-of-doors by first-hand observation, the... LOU HENRY HOOVER The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into ... ADAM DRAPER There's been so much speculation about what's really going on with their relationship. There has nev... DEBRA BIRNBAUM It is a lamentable observation that because of the way our laws are skewed toward the plaintiff, Lon... RICHARD DAWKINS Al Gore's been doing this with (Illinois Sen.) Dick Durbin, and (Massachusetts Sen.) John Kerry, and... KARL ROVE I'm sure it has to be a species distinct from us. There is speculation that it could be a diseased h... ANDREW HILL The market appears to have reacted negatively to the speculation that has emerged out of China regar... BRENDAN HARRIS You are either ready to discover yourself or you are not. Ready means you have been knowingly or unk... BARRY LONG It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody. SPIKE LEE The market is pausing for breath. Mergers and acquisition activity and speculation has slowed slight... RICHARD HUNTER Wherever something is wrong, something is too big. If the stars in the sky or the atoms of uranium d... LEOPOLD KOHR For the truth of the conclusions of physical science, observation is the supreme Court of Appeal. It... SIR ARTHUR EDDINGTON Science works because the phenomenon being described can be relied on to remain the same. Even in qu... JULIAN BAGGINI The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producin... CHARLES BABBAGE The first and most important reason for its elimination is the unquestioned fact that evolution is n... WILLIAM BELL RILEY I don't think science is hard to teach because humans aren't ready for it, or because it arose only ... CARL SAGAN My guess is that it will at least hit $3. It's very hard to say because will we have a shortage of e... ASHTON ORAVETZ III A careful analysis of the process of observation in atomic physics has shown that the subatomic part... ERWIN SCHRODINGER Speculation about resignations with the weekend ahead of us has made people a bit crazy about gettin... DINIZ PIGNATARI When a herd of cattle see a strange object, they are not satisfied till each one has sniffed it; and... JOHN BURROUGHS Remember, it's better to be a has-been than a never-was. TINY TIM Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature. MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO All such speculation about the Third Front is not based on reality. It is non-existent ... it has no... ABHISHEK SINGHVI Speculation has picked up in Western Canada, while housing markets in Central Canada appear to be co... CRAIG ALEXANDER Have you ever seen someone buy a piece of furniture or clothing from New York, Chicago or London? Ev... MICHAEL DELAWARE Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. The current oil price couldn't represents the relations between supply and demand, ... speculation h... ZHENG JINGPING There is a philosophy that says that if something is unobservable -- unobservable in principle -- it... LEONARD SUSSKIND Obviously a club that struggles as badly as this one on the field for points there is going to be sp... BOB MURRAY From its inception, the Tomcat has been the icon of Naval Aviation with its striking appearance, spe... CMDR. RICHARD LABRANCHE From its inception, the Tomcat has been the icon of Naval Aviation with its striking appearance, spe... CMDR. RICHARD LABRANCHE It appears that the journalist at Reuters was somewhat confused in terms of separating speculation a... GEORG GREVE It's one of the reasons why we started talking a month or so ago. It is good to allay all the specul... GREG SWANN We have been racing for a week now and each day it is harder to win. Today has been a difficult spri... ALESSANDRO PETACCHI I cannot comment on speculation about any concessions that might have been made by the companies. MICHAEL TSCHERNY But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has eit... LYSANDER SPOONER Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science c... BARBARA TUCHMAN Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science c... BARBARA W. TUCHMAN We don't comment on rumors or speculation. GARY RHODES We're ready to play, whether it's Purvis or anyone. But Purvis is a great way to start, with the tra... LARRY DOLAN Art has a double visage: it looks before and after. Romance is its forward-looking face. The germ of... GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY The pace of fatalities appears to have fallen off quickly. But it is as yet unclear whether this is ... DAVID NABARRO The anticipation-speculation that comes with a weekly schedule is a double-edged sword. Because peop... CARY FUKUNAGA There has been some speculation that you could conceivably see the two-year note cut back to a quart... MIKE RYAN Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature. UNKNOWN It has been popular to threaten 'small islands and low-lying coasts' with scenarios of disas... NILS-AXEL MORNER The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, free... JOHN DEWEY Everything is speculation right now. We're going to have to wait and see what happens. JAMES BELL At this point, there is just a lot of speculation and conjecture. MICHAEL HUYGHUE I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that ... ANDREW JACKSON
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THOMAS HUXLEY The child who has been taught to make an accurate elevation, plan, and section of a pint pot has had... THOMAS HUXLEY I believe that history might be, and ought to be, taught in a new fashion so as to make the meaning ... THOMAS HUXLEY Freedom and order are not incompatible... truth is strength... free discussion is the very life of t... THOMAS HUXLEY The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed. THOMAS HUXLEY My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harm... THOMAS HUXLEY Surely there is a time to submit to guidance and a time to take one's own way at all hazards. THOMAS HUXLEY The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is ... THOMAS HUXLEY The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The mode... THOMAS HUXLEY The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but ... THOMAS HUXLEY The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an il... THOMAS HUXLEY Economy does not lie in sparing money, but in spending it wisely. THOMAS HUXLEY I do not say think as I think, but think in my way. Fear no shadows, least of all in that great spec... THOMAS HUXLEY History warns us that it is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as supe... THOMAS HUXLEY It is the customary fate of new truths, to begin as heresies, and to end as superstitions. THOMAS HUXLEY If a man cannot do brain work without stimulants of any kind, he had better turn to hand work it is ... THOMAS HUXLEY It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of makin... THOMAS HUXLEY The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. THOMAS H. HUXLEY It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That... THOMAS H. HUXLEY Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. THOMAS H. HUXLEY A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes. THOMAS H. HUXLEY There is no greater mistake than the hasty conclusion that opinions are worthless because they are b... THOMAS H. HUXLEY It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance. THOMAS H. HUXLEY Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense. THOMAS H. HUXLEY The world makes up for all its follies and injustices by being damnably sentimental. THOMAS H. HUXLEY