Quotes About Confirmation

When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing.

As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.

I did an internship with Mike (Shanahan) and the Redskins last summer and I knew after a week and a half that it wasn't for me. I think I knew that going in, but I wanted to make sure.

Milarepa was. "He's the Buddhist meditation master who lives in those mountains. He has tamed his mind, so he is always comfortable. He knows his own nature, so he doesn't need confirmation from others. He is completely content with whatever he has, so he never needs anything. That makes him the richest man in the world.

How do you know your Colossus is the genuine article in the first place? I read his mind. I matched his DNA. I smelled him. I also did that.

You can be called to do something that feels difficult to your flesh, but if you can get beyond your initial doubts and find that you have peace once you are doing it, then you will know that God is confirming your natural talents.

Commentary: This message confirms the major premise of this book in that the Virgin Mary states she will never come to earth in apparition again. It is one of the most meaningful messages given at Medjugorje.

Testing using a ping of another device on the LAN can quickly confirm whether the LAN can pass packets and frames. Specifically, a working ping rules out many possible root causes of a problem. For instance, Figure 23-7 shows the ICMP messages that occur if R1 issues the command ping 172.16.1.51, pinging host A, which sits on the same VLAN as R1.

If the ping works, it confirms the following, which rules out some potential issues: The host with address 172.16.1.51 replied. The LAN can pass unicast frames from R1 to host

For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.

Fatigue is the physical confirmation of superior effort.

La probabilidad de un evento raro será sobrestimada (a menudo, no siempre) debido al sesgo confirmatorio de la memoria. Si pensamos en ese evento, intentaremos hacerlo verdadero en nuestra mente.

Contrary to the rules of philosophers of science, who advise testing hypotheses by trying to refute them, people (and scientists, quite often) seek data that are likely to be compatible with the beliefs they currently hold. The confirmatory bias of System 1 favors uncritical acceptance of suggestions and exaggeration of the likelihood of extreme and improbable events. If

people believe a conclusion is true, they are also very likely to believe arguments that appear to support it, even when these arguments are unsound.

when people believe a conclusion is true, they are also very likely to believe arguments that appear to support it

Contrary to the rules of philosophers of science, who advise testing hypotheses by trying to refute them, people (and scientists, quite often) seek data that are likely to be compatible with the beliefs they currently hold.

SO WE SEE THAT THERE ARE MORE COMPELLING REASONS TO view the Jesus story as confirmation of the roots of Christianity from its early sources than there is proof of a well-rooted Jesusanity in this earliest period.

Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.

You're sure?" Newt prodded,

All normative judgments about worship must be avoided. Attempts to use biblicism as a guideline, as we shall see, tend to be abandoned in the course of time or lead to biblicism of only certain portions of scripture. After all, there is more biblical authority for snake handling (Mark 16:18) than there is for confirmation! Historically, attempts to deduce norms for worship from scripture fail because the Bible was not written for such a purpose.

How sad to see a worthless man who claims to know God confirm by running back to the road of self-righteousness that he never met Him.

Just because you've discerned doesn't mean that you shouldn't look to reality for some real-life confirmation. As one Jesuit said, "Trust your heart but use your head, too.

He's gonna be fine," I confirmed. Can we see him?" Iggy asked. Ig, I hate to break it to you, but you're blind.

Tell them what they already know. There's a good chance the interviewer already has a few ideas about your weaknesses and is keen to have those ideas confirmed or contextualized.