Deductivism Quotes & Sayings

Killing a teenager would be no big deal at all. — Darrell Pitt

Deductivism in mathematical literature and inductivism in scientific papers are simply the postures we choose to be seen in when the curtain goes up and the public sees us. The theatrical illusion is shattered if we ask what goes on behind the scenes. In real life discovery and justification are almost always different processes. — Peter Medawar

it suddenly seems to me that the destruction of what should not be, that is, the destruction of what you people call evil, is less just and desirable than the conversion of this evil into what you call good. — Isaac Asimov

The quality of your awareness determines the quality of life you experience. — Shilpa Menon

And it was not merely tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, but hundreds of millions of people who were the obedient witnesses of this slaughter of the innocent. Nor were they merely obedient witnesses: when ordered to, they gave their support to this slaughter, voting in favour of it amid a hubbub of voices. There was something unexpected in their degree of obedience ... The extreme violence of the totalitarian social systems proved able to paralyse the human spirit throughout whole continents. — Vasily Grossman

Fate is fickle, and the company of unwilling friends short lived. — Brian Jacques

Time shakes the stable tyranny of thrones, And tottering empires rush by their own weight. — John Armstrong