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Explain Quotes
On the limits of words, science, and self-justification.
This collection weighs how much science can truly describe versus simply participate in, alongside a terse motto favoring silence over self-justification. Related reading lives under Explanation quotes.
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- Witchcraft
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I can't explain witchcraft.
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I don't really like to explain my songs.
- Nature
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Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves.
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Never explain, never complain.
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The breaking of a wave cannot explain the whole sea.
- Imagine
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I imagine explaining a work of art to my grandmother in five minutes, and if I can't explain it in five minutes, then it's too obtuse or esoteric.
- Parents
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My parents were second cousins. That is enough to explain all of my peculiarities.
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The scientist should treasure the riddles he can't solve, not explain them away at the outset.
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If I could explain it to the average person, it wouldn't have been worth the Nobel Prize.
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