Quotes About Validity

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Truth lies in the hands of its editor.

Only the right name gives beings and things their reality,' she said. 'A wrong name makes everything unreal.

The smaller the sample size, the more likely that it is unrepresentative of the wider population.

Assumptions are maintained by the hug of history. Yet, history does not guarantee their validity, nor does it ever reassess their validity.

No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And if you do, and it's just a gimmick, it's going to fall apart anyway.

What does that mean, 'real'? Amn't I real, you? If you cut me, do I not bleed? If you piss me off, will I not kick you up the arse?

We say we want the truth; what we mean is that we want to be correct. —Mihnea Moldoveanu

Information that fits with everything else we know has a leg up on feeling true. Just

There's a point where anecdotal evidence becomes truth

And in most queer communities, regardless of one's sex or identity, people who are more masculine in gender expression are almost always viewed as more valid and attractive than their feminine counterparts.

Working out whether or not the claims you make in your premises are true, while important, is simply not enough to ensure that you draw true conclusions. People make this mistake all the time. They forget that you can begin with a set of entirely true beliefs but reason so poorly as to end up with entirely false conclusions. The problem is that starting with truth doesn't guarantee ending up with it.

This means that being in opposition to "the world" is, to them, itself proof of the validity of their claims. Moreover, criticism and even ridicule from "the world" becomes further evidence confirming their position.

I love it when my justifications for avoiding housework are actually legitimate.

I like to let them talk things out, but fact isn't a democratic process; if a thing isn't true it isn't true, even if everybody votes that it is.

Simply because something is factually wrong doesn't make it untrue.

fact isn't a democratic process; if a thing isn't true it isn't true, even if everybody votes that it is.

but fact isn't a democratic process;

I'm the only P.M. of which that can be said - 'His legislation was never declared invalid in the High Court.'

In my opinion, he who invalidates is himself invalid.

Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.

We seek ecological validity in our studies and follow the advice of Uexküll, Lorenz, and Imanishi, who encouraged human empathy as a way to understand other species. True empathy is not self-focused but other-oriented. Instead of making humanity the measure of all things, we need to evaluate other species by what they are.

The power structure draws its validity and strength solely from the existence of the people's struggle. In practice it is the people who choose a power structure of their own free will and not the power structure that suffers the people. (139)

It's all just in our heads." "Who cares if it's all in our heads?" Finally she looked at me, frowning. "Who cares?" I said. "Yes, it's all in my head. But pain is 'all in my head' too. Love is 'all in my head.' All the things that matter in life are the things you can't measure! The things our brains make up! Being made-up doesn't make them unimportant.

Not contradicting a point and proving it are different things.