William Occam Quotes & Sayings

Most people oversimplify Occam's razor to mean the simplest answer is usually correct. But the real meaning, what the Franciscan friar William of Ockham really wanted to emphasize, is that you shouldn't complicate, that you shouldn't "stack" a theory if a simpler explanation was at the ready. Pare it down. Prune the excess. — Harlan Coben

Time to eliminate things that no longer evolve me. — Erykah Badu

We are all born with genius. It's like our fairy godmother. But what happens in life is that we stop listening to our inner voices, and we no longer have access to this extraordinary ability to create poetry. — Milton Glaser

For me, moving is always a big opportunity. It's just a enough of a shift in outlook that every time I move, it seems to open something up. — John Darnielle

For to keep at the top is harder almost than to get there — James Gibbons

Know what you know. Most people oversimplify Occam's razor to mean the simplest answer is usually correct. But the real meaning, what the Franciscan friar William of Ockham really wanted to emphasize, is that you shouldn't complicate, that you shouldn't "stack" a theory if a simpler explanation was at the ready. Pare it down. Prune the excess. Andrew — Harlan Coben

I observe, I write, I try not to remember the life that I didn't want to loose but lost and have to remember, being here fills my heart with so much joy, even if the joy isn't mine, and at the end of the day I fill the suitcase with old news. — Jonathan Safran Foer

you giver of light.
you lover of love.

you beautiful
beautiful
human being
you. — AVA.

Plurality should not be posited without necessity. — William Of Occam

Life is an incurable disease. — Abraham Cowley

It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer. — William Of Occam