Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: knowledge rejection authority Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations from Thomas H. Huxley The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion... or you shall learn nothing. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: science tragedy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion... or you shall learn nothing. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Try to learn something about everything and everything about something. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Science is nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit: and its methods differ from those of common sense only as far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. —Thomas H. Huxley More about this quote Tags: science tragedy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “authority” The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest criminal, breaking every written and natural law, stealing in the form of taxes, killing in the form of war and capital punishment, it has come to an absolute standstill in coping with crime. —Emma Goldman More about this quote Tags: war law apology authority crime taxes capital punishment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things by fighting the powers that be is always, throughout history, the only decision. —Abbie Hoffman More about this quote Tags: history power change authority fighting obedience Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: power authority belief nature Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: authority irony comtempt Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Because children see parents as authority figures and gods, they think that the way you treat them is the way they deserve to be treated: “What you say about me is what I am” is a literal truth to your child. Consequently, when children are treated with respect, they conclude that they deserve respect and hence develop self-respect. —Stephanie Marston More about this quote Tags: truth children parents influence authority respect Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest criminal, breaking every written and natural law, stealing in the form of taxes, killing in the form of war and capital punishment, it has come to an absolute standstill in coping with crime. —Emma Goldman More about this quote Tags: war law apology authority crime taxes capital punishment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I think we are constantly faced with the same decision. The decision to be blindly obedient to authority versus the decision to try and change things by fighting the powers that be is always, throughout history, the only decision. —Abbie Hoffman More about this quote Tags: history power change authority fighting obedience Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime. —Tom Robbins More about this quote Tags: power authority belief nature Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Tags: authority irony comtempt Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Because children see parents as authority figures and gods, they think that the way you treat them is the way they deserve to be treated: “What you say about me is what I am” is a literal truth to your child. Consequently, when children are treated with respect, they conclude that they deserve respect and hence develop self-respect. —Stephanie Marston More about this quote Tags: truth children parents influence authority respect Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email