The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Millions of people acknowledge today that they do not know the meaning of life. JAMES C. DOBSON Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY One of the proofs of the immortality of the soul is that myriads have believed it - they also believ... MARK TWAIN Arguing whether or not God exists is like fleas arguing whether or not the dog exists. Arguing over ... ROBERT FULGHUM It's not about whether or not someone is a bigot, but whether or not the argument which that someone... CRISS JAMI It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and to explain what does not ex... JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU Government or politics in America today is big business. Everybody makes money involving themselves ... DOUGLAS WILDER Or maybe they just accept that it's wrong in God's eyes, although not in their own, and they'll worr... 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But i expect ... THOMAS HARRIS To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat. BARRY MARSHALL You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS [Evolution is] a theory in a special philosophical sense of science, but in terms of ordinary laymen... RICHARD DAWKINS Name the fears that are holding you back. It's the equivalent of flooding the boogeyman with light. GINA GREENLEE I like the challenge of trying different things and wondering whether it's going to work or whet... JOHNNY DEPP The insistent drums were an unwelcome reminder of the existence of another world, wholly autonomous,... PAUL BOWLES Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS To be sure, debates will linger about whether Medicare is too large or too small. Debates remain abo... MICHAEL JOHNS It is one of the big, hairy unknowns _ what you do about that federal-state relationship. I'm not su... RHETT DAWSON When they say 'teach the controversy' — their ringing phrase — they want us to pretend to studen... EUGENIE SCOTT When they say 'teach the controversy' their ringing phrase they want us to pretend to students... EUGENIE SCOTT ...whether he stayed or left, whether they walked the same path or not. They could live on opposite ... LISA KLEYPAS Most architects think in drawings, or did think in drawings; today, they think on the computer monit... FREI OTTO They did flat across the board raises for all administrators. I think they felt it would be equitabl... BILL CLOW I would think if the Chicago Mafia came to Australia today, they would probably think that it was fu... BRYAN BROWN The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and... GEORGE SANTAYANA When I first played the guitar without plugging it into an amplifier, the people at Fender were blow... DICK DALE The kind of acting I used to enjoy no longer exists because your prime consideration is the budget, ... DIRK BOGARDE My dear, just because something seems implausible doesn't make it impossible. Think about how long p... ANGELA HENRY Whether it's instinctive or whether or not it was just the way the wind was blowing, it seems that t... JANE MACDONALD There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The firs... JESSAMYN WEST Spotify - I met those guys before they launched in America and was wildly excited about the idea. ... TRENT REZNOR 28. Feelings are neither right nor wrong. It's what you do with them that causes the problems. JAMES C. DOBSON They came out and did what they needed to do to win. They flat out took it to us in some of the weig... CLAYTON SCHNEIDER (The varsity eight) raced very flat. There was no spark. They got behind at the start and never got ... KRIS SANFORD When I die it will be game over,... but I know one life is short, to be selfish is not the best deci... DEYTH BANGER Whether it was a figment of Mgr Gonzi’s imagination, or whether Dom Mintoff deliberately gave that... LINO SPITERI If you think of the Earth as a rubber ball, it is still kind of squished, ... As this 'rubber ball' ... CHRIS COX It is not only about the ones that are still here that we worry about but also about the others that... DEBBIE ANDERSON To stand up straight and tread the turning mill, To lie flat and know nothing and be still, A.E. HOUSMAN It wasn’t about gratification, but there was no need that wasn’t met, whether it was physical or... STEPHENIE MEYER Rome is an amazing city on many different levels. Whether you're talking about the assassination of ... TONY POLZER Worries about the power of a doctor's suggestions to influence and shape his patient's mind, whether... SIRI HUSTVEDT In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves ... ERIC HOFFER I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat... PEGGY NOONAN I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the fla... PEGGY NOONAN It is to me, obvious in the memo that I wrote to Fred Fielding that it was about whether or not it's... JOHN ROBERTS If people are passionate about your product, whether it's because they're hating or loving i... BIZ STONE Bluff did a good job today. They made the plays, (Blackwell) threw strikes. They just seemed like th... BART MCATEE For potential takeover candidates, memories are still relatively fresh as to what they used to sell ... ERIC BUCK Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it. SOURCE UNKNOWN Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it. ANON. The brutal reality about aging is that it has only an accelerator pedal. We have yet to discover whe... DAN BUETTNER Remember that the lives of other people are not your business. They are their business. They are God... FREDERICK BUECHNER Today is about the now, the moment you live in, so do now what you want to do SOTONYE ANGA Successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as... WALTER LIPPMANN It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo wa... TED CRUZ That was typical of what the refs were doing today. But it's not about that. It's about Florida beat... CHAD GREENWAY The problem is that people don't see these diseases and think they no longer exist. These viruses an... CURTIS ALLEN We still have to look at our competition. I'm sure they were not as flat out as they could have been... ALLAN MCNISH We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge... KATE BROWN We talked about playing flat and having no energy out on the court. CORY LEWIS But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me... J.R.R. TOLKIEN No taste of food, no feel of water, no sound of wind, no memory of tree or grass or flower, no image... J.R.R. TOLKIEN We find out whether they leave rates where they are or whether they raise them another 25 basis poin... FRED KETCHEN Life is the everlasting gobstopper with its complications of the starter being birth, the main cours... GARY F EVANS... Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly. GINA GREENLEE
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