Empirically Derived Quotes & Sayings

The one thing that I'm most proud of, during the Second World War, I worked on airplanes in a defense plant. — Ruth Duccini

A discrete series is a series of terms each of which is empirically derived, each one of which is empirically true. And this is the reason for the fragmentary character of those poems. — George Oppen

I'm a skinny, geeky, high school dropout - it works, kids! Sensitive guys always get the girl. You'll get laid 10 times as much as that guy on the football team 'cause he's on steroids and he's gonna get fat. — Dave Grohl

The sea was like another member of the household, a recalcitrant child at times, a soothing aunt at others. She crooned them awake; she crooned them to sleep. Everywhere, there was the smell of salt. — Hala Alyan

I was charging forward too hard, into too many war zones, working too long, drinking too heavily, pushing forward, pushing forward. And who knows, had this not happened, maybe I would have been one of the casualties as a journalist covering the war. Who knows, maybe I would have been captured and tortured somewhere along the line, because I always pushed things to the limit. — Brad Willis

Just so we're clear, I dont' secretly want to have sex with either of my parents.
Me either. I worked through that in college just to make sure. It was touch and go for a while, especially when my father kept asking me if he looked pretty. — Alex Adams

Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can't speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in some way. — Fred D'Aguiar

You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me."
"I was ninety percent sure."
"I see," Clary said. There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put his hands on his cheek, more in surprise than pain.
"What the hell was that for?"
"The other ten percent. — Cassandra Clare

to do with thieves. I don't know, the boy said. They killed the thief — Natalia Smirnova

Never bored, so I'll never get old — David Bowie

Empathy works so well because it does not require a solution. It requires only understanding. — John Medina