Ian Hacking Quotes

I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many different sciences, and historians will tell different stories corresponding to different things.

Ian Hacking

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SciencePeopleStoryThinkSayTrue

Well, I'm a big believer in 'never say never.'

Jim Parsons

SayNeverBigNever Say NeverWell

I dispute the idea that we turn into our parents. These children who have come into my life are unique beings. I don't think I am teaching my children anything, frankly. I think they are teaching me.

Andrew Lincoln

LifeChildrenI AmParentsMeThink

I would like Albert Brooks to have received the Oscars for best actor, best director and best screenplay for 'Modern Romance.' I love that movie.

Andy Kindler

LoveBestActorDirectorRomance

The single most important thing in a child's performance is the quality of the teacher. Making sure a child spends the maximum amount of time with inspirational teachers is the most important thing.

Michael Gove

InspirationalTeacherTimeQuality

I definitely script things out. I definitely write things down and try to write jokes. Often, they're terrible. I often write terrible, terrible jokes.

Michael Ian Black

DownTryWriteOutJokesThings

I always support British athletes of all sports, including Tyson Fury. I think he's a great boxer. However, if he's calling out UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez, then quite frankly, he's living in a fantasy world and needs to come back to reality.

Michael Bisping

SportsGreatSupportWorldChampion

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.

Ronald Knox

ResponsibilityEndNo SenseNoise

In Europe and America, you never see a director pick up a camera. They all sit behind monitors.

Michelle Yeoh

AmericaCameraYouNeverSeeEurope

If you made me the national commissioner of football, I'd tell you one thing that I would mandate. The second Saturday in September, we're going to have conference day. Everybody from the SEC plays a Big 12 team. Everybody from the Big Ten is going to play the ACC. Everybody from the Big East is going to play the Pac-10.

Lou Holtz

DayFootballMeTeamSaturdayYou

The people who hold that our culture is an oppressive patriarchy, they don't want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on competence.

Jordan Peterson

CulturePeopleAdmitWantCompetence

You're isolated as a writer, so I always envied people who could get up early and drive to work and fit into society.

Aram Saroyan

WorkPeopleSocietyDriveYouEarly

I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I know. But I write songs about people or after I meet them and they're somewhat biographical - they're fiction but also non-fiction.

Nile Rodgers

PeopleWritingKnowMeetWriteGuy

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