Quotes About Explanation

Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist.

We can measure the fine structure constant with very great precision, but so far none of our theories has provided an explanation of its measured value. One of the aims of superstring theory is to predict this quantity precisely. Any theory that could do that would be taken very seriously indeed as a potential 'Theory of Everything'.

Most of his pals did not understand how it was possible to have a friend who was a girl but not actually a girlfriend. Theo had grown weary of trying to explain this. It was complicated.

plan. You've got to explain to the judge or whoever that this is all a mistake. I'm

We must do away with all explanation and allow only description in its place".

After all, there's no mansplaining like white mansplaining 'cause white mansplaining don't stop.

What a phrase that is: "that explains everything!" I know better than to think that anything "explains everything" today.

It was a reaction bred into her from childhood. That was an explanation, not an excuse. The reaction shamed her, and yet she seemed powerless to banish it or keep it from affecting her behavior.

The test of a good theory lies in its ability to explain the past, for only if it does can we trust what it may tell us about the future.

Democracy is interactive... It's a constant job of information, education, explanation, listening, and interactive communication.

I can tell you from personal experience it gets a little tiring having to make the rounds on cable shows to explain 'what's up with black folks.'

Explanation is not half as strong as experience but experience is not half as strong as experience and understanding

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.

Understanding sometimes is not enough to explain something. Only faith is sufficient.

That's the thing about faith. If you don't have it you can't understand it. And if you do no explanation is necessary.

Silence has a deep explanation in every situation, it's either you truly don't care anymore... or you're pretending to be unaffected... but deeply hurt.

Don't ask me why I love you, because I will have to explain to you why I live!

How will I explain it all Ã¢â'¬Â¦ to everybody?" "You know, people don't have to explain things nearly as much as you think they do.

Why is the sky blue?" - A fair enough question, and one I have learned the answer to several times. Yet every time I try to explain it to someone or remember it to myself, it eludes me. Now I like to remember the question alone, as it reminds me that my mind is essentially a sieve, that I am mortal.

Atrocity cannot be its own explanation. Violence cannot be allowed to speak for itself, for violence is not its own meaning. To be made thinkable it needs to be historicized.

Yo no le había puesto nombre. No tenía palabras. Creía que si no hablaba no existía. Las cosas que no se nombran se olvidan o desaparecen. Por eso me costaba tanto explicárselo a alguien

What I'm trying to explain to my sulky little cousin is that we are doing things backwards. We are going from the end of the river to the start of the river. And endings are always sad. We are doing the sad bit first, which is wrong. Strange.

O último poema Assim eu quereria o meu último poema. Que fosse terno dizendo as coisas mais simples e menos intencionais Que fosse ardente como um soluço sem lágrimas Que tivesse a beleza das flores quase sem perfume A pureza da chama em que se consomem os diamantes mais límpidos A paixão dos suicidas que se matam sem explicação.