Quotes About Validity

That I am a man and not a woman can be verified, but if I were to say I was a woman, and then tried to explain the error by saying I hadn't checked the statement, the explanation would not be accepted.

A good objection helps one forward, a shallow objection, even if it is valid, is wearisome. ... The objection does not seize the matter by its root, where the life is, but so far outside that nothing can be rectified even if it is wrong. A good objection helps directly towards a solution, a shallow one must first be overcome and can, from then on, be left to one side. Just as a tree bends at a knot in the trunk in order to grow on.

An army of scientists had been called to evaluate the trial of Jonas Salk's vaccine in American back in 1955. But to evaluate the design and execution of the hugest vaccine trial of all time, and the validity of the results, there was just her (Dorothy Horstmann). No pressure, whatsoever.

A life of total dedication to the truth also means a life of willingness to be personally challenged. The only way that we can be certain that our map of reality is valid is to expose it to the criticism and challenge of other map-makers.

I think that all artists, regardless of degree of talent, are a painful, paradoxical combination of certainty and uncertainty, of arrogance and humility, constantly in need of reassurance, and yet with a stubborn streak of faith in their own validity no matter what.

Maybe the job of the artist is to see through all of this strangeness to what really is, and that takes a lot of courage and a strong faith in the validity of the artistic vision even if there is not a conscious faith in God.

I can afford to be wrong, because I am more right—that's all.

Everything I ever said to you was true and is true.

Anything thrice affirmed is true.

All generalizations are questionable.

Its not bragging if its true.

Nie mo?emy mówi? o autorytecie tam, gdzie nie ma nic, prócz dowodów.

But never being wrong is no proof that the method of testing is sound for all cases

La coherencia es el mejor marcador de la verdad del que disponemos, por imperfecto que sea.

Assuming scientists are human, you would expect lots of peer-reviewed studies to be flawed.

That's what makes reality reality, the fact that it just keeps being true no matter how much you argue with it.

I'm not really a director. I'm a man who believes in the validity of a person's inner desires. And I think those inner desires, whether they're ugly or beautiful, are pertinent to each of us and are probably the only things worth a damn. I want to put those inner dreams on the screen so we can all look and think and feel and marvel at them.

There is a world of difference between inference and conjecture, and imagination must not roam at the cost of authenticity. Paul

You can't prove that something doesn't exist. You can only prove that something does exist.

the soundness of an argument depends on its content and logical structure rather than on who offers it.

An idea develops its validity simply because everybody seems to believe it, despite the absence of hard facts.

It's a law of life - check it and you'll see it holds true in every situation of life.

But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If it is valid, it can not be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.

All or certain human rights, and such others, become restricted and invalid whenever the duties and discipline of institutions overrule and prevail.