quotes about Speculation
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Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.
-- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaSource : A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1976). “Bhagavad-Gita as it is: Abridged edition with translations and elaborate purports”
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Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.
-- Anna Julia CooperSource : Anna Julia Cooper, Charles C. Lemert, Esme Bhan (1998). “The Voice of Anna Julia Cooper: Including A Voice from the South and Other Important Essays, Papers, and Letters”, p.194, Rowman & Littlefield
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You cannot exist as a $20 billion company with speculation.
-- Eike Batista -
Painting, because of its universality, becomes speculation.
-- El Greco -
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In practical life the wisest and soundest people avoid speculation.
-- George Earle Buckle -
Speculation is perfectly all right, but if you stay there you've only founded a superstition. If you test it, you've started a science.
-- Hal Clement -
I understand the gist of your speculation,' said Rhialto. 'It is most likely nuncupatory.
-- Jack VanceSource : Jack Vance (2000). “Rhialto the Marvellous”, p.601, Macmillan
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The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.
-- James Cook -
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Speculations apparently the most unprofitable have almost invariably been those from which the greatest practical applications have emanated.
-- John HerschelSource : Sir John Frederick William Herschel, William Whewell, George Henry Lewes, Hermann von Helmholz, James Clerk Maxwell (1996). “The Origins of Modern Philosophy of Science, 1830-1914: Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy”
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Let us descend now therefore from this top Of speculation.
-- John Milton -
He that has doctrinal knowledge and speculation only, without affection, never is engaged in the business of religion.
-- Jonathan Edwards -
I struggle with deciding when to answer or ignore the constant speculation about my private life, because I feel like that doesn't belong to anybody but me.
-- Lauren LondonSource : "‘Under My Skin’ Exclusive Interview w/ Lauren London". Interview with Kathleen Cross, kathleencross.com. May 27, 2011.
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Celebrity watching and speculation is almost like a sport
-- Marc Anthony -
Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties.
-- Michael FaradaySource : The Homiletic Review, April 1896.
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The single most effective way to get rid of rumor and speculation is to be transparent.
-- Phil Cooke -
Instead of indulging in mere speculation, devote yourself here and now to the search for the Truth that is ever within you.
-- Ramana Maharshi -
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Many of the concepts we once thought belonged to speculation or science fiction are now part of our understood reality.
-- Michael Helm -
If you're doing a good job as author, then you get the reader to engage in whatever speculation might be called for. And it's much more meaningful for the reader, if he or she comes up with the questions.
-- Russell Freedman