“I have taken special interest in these accounts [of UFOs].. I think there may be substance to some of these reports... I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding UFOs and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment on this subject.” PeopleThinkingMayInterestTakenSpecialSubjectsProduceEnlightenmentAccountsSubstanceReportsCredibilityUfoSpecial Interests Author:Gerald R. Ford
“Historic accounts of the lives of great masters have told of rainbows and other special signs, like the rain of flowers, and of special clouds that appeared, witnessed by people on very special occasions and at auspicious events.” PeopleSpecialEventsFlowerMastersRainAccountsCloudsOccasionsRainbowHistoricSpecial Occasion Author:Jamgon Kongtrul
“I think that what one can see from a Darwinian account is how the addition of culture in our species turns us into a very special sort of animal, an animal that can be a moral agent in a way that no other animal can be.” ThinkingWayTurnsCultureAnimalMoralSpecialAccountsSpeciesAgents Author:Daniel Dennett
“There are two keys to productive missionary work -- (1) family-to-family friendshipping (when a member family shares the gospel with a nonmember family) and (2) cooperation between members and the missionaries to reach people...Every member knows of nonmembers he or she can refer to the missionaries. Every father, mother, and youth in this church should share the gospel by giving a Book of Mormon, telling the account of the Prophet Joseph Smith, or inviting our acquaintances to a special meeting.” PeopleKnowsGivingShouldTwoBookMotherFatherChurchShareSpecialYouthKeysMembersAccountsMeetingsProphetProductiveCooperationMissionaryAcquaintanceInvitingFamily FriendsMissionary WorkJoseph SmithFather Mother Author:Spencer W. Kimball
“The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application.” KnowsUseStudySpecialAccountsCommandSignificanceApplicationAppliances Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Therefore, a grotesque account of a period some thousands of years ago is taken seriously though it be built by piling special assumptions on special assumptions, ad hoc hypothesis [invented for a purpose] on ad hoc hypothesis, and tearing apart the fabric of science whenever it appears convenient. The result is a fantasia which is neither history nor science.” YearsPurposeResultsTakenSpecialEvolutionPeriodsBuiltYears AgoAccountsAssumptionAdsFabricHypothesisConvenientGrotesqueFantasiaTearing Apart Author:James Bryant Conant
“..if a special geometry has to be invented in order to account for a falling apple, even Newton might be appalled at the complications which would ensue when really difficult problems are tackled.” IfsProblemMightOrderFallDifficultSpecialAccountsApplesGeometryNewtonComplicationDifficult Problems Author:Oliver Lodge
“Often the features metaphysicians are interested in, like causation, time, and essence, involve features that seem so basic or are so generally embedded in the way we experience the world that it takes special attention and focus to draw them out and develop an account of their nature.” WorldWaySeemsAttentionFocusSpecialDrawsEssenceAccountsFeaturesEmbeddedCausation Author:L.A. Paul
“One of the special beauties of America is that it is the only country in the world where you are not advised to learn the language before entering. Before I ever set out for the United States, I asked a friend if I should study American. His answer was unequivocal. "On no account," he said. "The more English you sound, the more likely you are to be believed."” IfsWorldShouldSaidCountryStatesAmericaLanguageSoundAnswersUnitedUnited StatesStudySpecialTravelAccountsWhere You AreEnteringUnequivocalSpecial Beauty Author:Quentin Crisp
“There is no such thing as a special category of science called applied science; there is science and its applications, which are related to one another as the fruit is related to the tree that has borne it.” ScienceTreeSpecialAccountsFruitRelatedCategoriesApplicationApplied Science Author:Louis Pasteur