Quotes About Explanation

So multiverse or not, we still have to come to terms with the origin of the laws of nature. And the only viable explanation here is the divine Mind.

Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves

Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.

Whichever theory we adopt to give a rational explanation of human existence, that theory must take into account and explain the mental nature we see at work in all modern communities.

The moment at which music reveals its true nature is contained in the ancient exercise of the theme with variations. The complete mystery of music is explained right there.

It's human nature to find patterns where there are none and to find skill where luck is a more likely explanation (particularly if you're the lucky manager).

The great delusion of modernity, is that the laws of nature explain the universe for us. The laws of nature describe the universe, they describe the regularities. But they explain nothing.

If one should criticize one should always have a meaningful explanation to accompany.

Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.

It is vain philosophy that supposes more causes than are exactly adequate to explain the phenomena of things.

The first business of philosophy is to account for things as they are; and till our theories will do this, they ought not to be the ground of any practical conclusion.

Explanations can't explain love--only deep perception can do that.

When trying to explain anything, I usually find that the Bible, that great collection of magnificent and varied poetry, has said it before in the best possible way.

I did know Ted Hughes and I partly wrote the book to explain to myself and others the complexities of a marriage that was for six years wonderfully productive of poetry and then ended in tragedy.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

I am more or less happy when being praised, not very comfortable when being abused, but I have moments of uneasiness when being explained.

In politics, when you're explaining, you're losing.

I believe that there is an explanation for everything, so, yes, I believe in miracles.

Always remember that you can explain things for people, but you can't comphrend for them.

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.

The power of a theory is exactly proportional to the diversity of situations it can explain.

The fundamental claim of intelligent design is straightforward and easily intelligible: namely, there are natural systems that cannot be adequately explained in terms of undirected natural forces and that exhibit features which in any other circumstance we would attribute to intelligence.

Whenever explaining an event, we must choose from three competing modes of explanation. These are regularity, chance, and design... To attribute an event to design is to say that it cannot reasonably be referred to either regularity or chance.

Insofar as explanation fails to account for some salient fact, it is incomplete and its parsimony can no longer rightly be regarded as an asset. Indeed, the key failing of materialism, as we shall see, is that its parsimony is purchased at the cost of misrepresenting reality.