Quotes About Explanation

A ciência pode perfeitamente nos dizer de que maneira as causas produzem seus efeitos, não que finalidades devem ser buscadas; ela observa, explica, mas não julga: o bem e o mal não existem para ela.

I have endeavoured to explain how difficult it is for inexperienced mankind to take to such a government; how much more natural, that is, how much more easy to uneducated men is loyalty to a monarch.

It will not answer to explain what all the things which you describe are not. You must begin by saying what they are.

Science also deems perception to be the source of all our knowledge of external nature. But it regards it as something more, and different. For perception is itself a part of nature, a natural process, the product of antecedent causes, the cause of subsequent effects. It requires, therefore, like other natural facts, to be observed and explained; and it is the business of science to explain it.

You don't seem it." "I am happy." "But you've just given me all the reasons I don't need to have

How could she explain to him what her love was like? That although it was a love stronger than death, it wasn't the kind of love one *did* anything about?

An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

And never - not in a single case - was the explanation, 'I was pressured to do this.' The explanation was very often, 'The limited data we had led one to reasonably conclude this. I now see that there's another explanation for it.'

If you step back a little and say we want to do A.I., then you will realize that A.I. needs knowledge, reasoning, and explanation.

It's simply not bias for a judge to explain her reasoning in a dissent.

I can't stand recipes that don't have background.

Certainly I get a lot personally out of it as well, there's the recognition and things like that but mostly I try to take that as an opportunity to explain why I hope we could see more projects like Apache out there and why it's a good thing for society.

When I first became interested in photography, I thought it was the whole cheese. My idea was to have it recognized as one of the fine arts. Today I don't give a hoot in hell about that. The mission of photography is to explain man to man and each man to himself.

Mainstream dictionary definitions reduce racism to racial prejudice and the personal actions that result. But this definition does little to explain how racial hierarchies are consistently reproduced.

I write about it in the book and, you know, explain that. But that was the technicality that actually got my sentence reduced - that Alan Dershowitz used to have my sentence - it came down eventually to eight years.

An excuse is the handy explanation we offer when we disappoint other people.

I'm very independent, probably quite selfish, and like being able to disappear at the drop of a hat without having to explain myself - most men would find that a pain, wouldn't they?

Creating a clear and engaging video explanation of a complex concept is a great way to demonstrate mastery and to help others understand and love the subject, too.

I am extremely proud of my heritage, and I would never use being Dutch as an excuse but rather an explanation of our cultural differences.

The minister was an honest man so far as he knew himself and honesty, and did not relish this form of submission. But he did not ask himself where was the difference between accepting the word of man and accepting man's explanation of the word of God!

We might say that the three paragraphs we've just read were in service of increased specification.

The landlord was trying to explain that there were a great many English people in his house, all fighting duels or having hysterics.

Well, it was sufficient to explain it all to me,' Carlyon admitted. 'Once a performing bear had entered Nicky's orbit the rest was inevitable.

A village explainer. Excellent if you were a village, but if you were not, not. (on Ezra Pound)