“The classical argument for why a supposedly decent and moral creature like Homo sapiens can mistreat and even extirpate other species rests upon an extreme position in a continuum. The Cartesian tradition, formulated explicitly in the seventeenth century, but developed in "folk" and other versions throughout human history no doubt, holds that other animals are little more than unfeeling machines, with only humans enjoying "consciousness," however defined.” HumansLittlesEnjoyAnimalConsciousnessMoralDoubtCenturyPositionCreaturesArgumentTraditionMachinesSpeciesFolksExtremesVersionsDefinedDecentNo DoubtHuman HistoryHomo SapiensContinuumUnfeelingMistreat Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Chicago's downtown seems to me to constitute, all in all, the best-looking twentieth-century city, the city where contemporary technique has best been matched by artistry, intelligence, and comparatively moderated greed. No doubt about it, if style were the one gauge, Chicago would be among the greatest of all the cities of the world.” IfsWorldSeemsWould BeCitiesDoubtCenturyStyleGreedArchitectureTechniqueContemporaryNo DoubtChicagoTwentieth CenturyArtistryDowntownMatchedAll The BestGauges Book:Locations Source: Locations
“There is no doubt about it that it is more difficult for a woman to follow a career than for a man. Through the centuries his time has been considered more valuable, and he has consequently been excused from wrestling with many of 'life's minor damnabilities.” MenHas BeensDifficultCareersDoubtCenturyValuableNo DoubtSexismWrestlingMinors Author:Alice Hegan Rice
“I have no doubt that historians will conclude that we of the twentieth century had intelligence enough to create a great civilization but not the moral wisdom to preserve it.” EnoughMoralDoubtCenturyCivilizationPreservesNo DoubtHistorianTwentieth Century Author:Aiden Wilson Tozer
“I have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago.” IfsWarEnergySunSuccessfulDoubtEnvironmentCenturyWeaponsEnvironmentalNo DoubtBeing SuccessfulPollutionEcologyRenewable EnergySave Mother EarthSunbeamsSolar EnergyEco FriendlySolar PowerEnergy ConservationGreen WorldNatural Energy Author:George Porter
“The recent period has been marked by a transformation to an economy that is more productive as competitive forces become increasingly intense and new technologies raise the efficiency of our businesses...While these tendencies were no doubt in train in the "old," pre-1990s economy, they accelerated over the past decade as a number of technologies with their roots in the cumulative innovations of the past half-century began to yield dramatic economic returns.” Has BeensPastForceNumbersHalfTechnologyEconomyDoubtEconomicCenturyReturnPeriodsRootsTransformationInnovationRaisesTrainDecadesIntenseTendenciesDramaticNo DoubtProductiveYieldEfficiencyOver The PastNew TechnologyCumulative Author:Alan Greenspan
“Both the 18th and the early 20th centuries, however, feature brilliant attacks on originality, and it's no doubt one of the hallmarks of romanticism to care about originality and suppose with a sometimes naive spontaneity that it's all that matters.” SometimesMatterCareDoubtCenturyBrilliantFeaturesNo DoubtOriginality20th CenturyNaiveSpontaneityRomanticismHallmark Author:Paul Fry