Roger Penrose book The Emperor's New Mind
Source: The Emperor's New Mind (1989), Ch. 10, Where Lies the Physics of the Mind?, p. 447.
“No matter how hard and wearisome an age this might be, it was certainly a very exciting one with regard to manifestations of the supernatural.”
— Fritz Leiber, book Gather, Darkness!
Source: Gather, Darkness! (1950), Chapter 5 (p. 54)
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Al Gore (1948) 45th Vice President of the United States
Quotes, Concession speech (2000)
Context: I've seen America in this campaign, and I like what I see. It's worth fighting for and that's a fight I'll never stop. As for the battle that ends tonight, I do believe, as my father once said, that "No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shape the soul and let the glory out."
Arnold Tustin (1899–1994) British engineer
Source: The Mechanism of Economic Systems (1953), p. 8
“Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.”
Theophrastus (-371–-287 BC) ancient greek philosopher
Characters, ch. 28 (16); translation from R. C. Jebb and J. E. Sandys (trans.), The Characters of Theophrastus (London: Macmillan, 1909), p. 139.
Theodore Dalrymple (1949) English doctor and writer
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Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914) American philosopher, logician, mathematician, and scientist
Lecture II : The Universal Categories, § 1 : Presentness, CP 5.44
Pragmatism and Pragmaticism (1903)
“That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.”
Patricia C. Wrede (1953) author
Source: Thirteenth Child