Charles Sanders Peirce Quotes

It will sometimes strike a scientific man that the philosophers have been less intent on finding out what the facts are, than on inquiring what belief is most in harmony with their system.

Charles Sanders Peirce

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 10, 1839 - April 19, 1914

Topics

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The special counsel has not advised Mr. Rove that he is a target of the investigation and affirmed that he has made no decision concerning charges.

Robert Luskin

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You can tell a lot about a person by the people who work for them.

Ann-Marie MacDonald

WorkPeopleYouPersonTellWho

I feel like if you told me I would be having a son, I would be like, 'Yeah, I'm gonna be a parent - I get that.' But when the doctor was like, 'You're gonna have a girl,' I was like, 'What? Who am I?' It's the craziest piece of information that changes who you are. It's sweet.

Andy Grammer

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In Georgia, where I spend much time, the democratically elected pro-western President Mikhail Saakashvili has been beleaguered by a riotous opposition which proposes creating a constitutional monarchy under the Bagrationi dynasty, with a Spanish racing driver, Prince 'Jorge' Bagrationi, as king.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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One does not become fully human painlessly.

Rollo May

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And, uh, I did that, and there was nothing more ridiculous to me than finding the weight of the earth because I didn't care how much the earth weighed.

Rube Goldberg

MeCareFindingEarthNothingMore

I played music my whole life - piano, saxophone.

Miles Teller

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After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

Jean Cocteau

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In Brazil, if you have a son, the first thing you give him is a football. That's the first gift - so my dad was no different.

Diego Costa

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Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Because these credit agencies operate in the dark, they are allowed to be terribly unfair and unaccountable.

Brian Schatz

CreditDarkUnfairBecauseAllowed

So instead of watching TV, we read every night together as a family.

Arne Duncan

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