“In my experience, you always think you know what you're doing; you always think you can explain, but you always discover, years later, that you didn't and you couldn't. This leads me to suspect that the principal function of human reason is to rationalize what your lizard brain demands of you. That's my idea.” ThinkingKnowsYearsHumansIdeasReasonBrainDemandFunctionSuspectsPrincipalDoing YouLeading MeRationalizeLizardsHuman Reason Author:Dave Hickey
“I suspect losing paper maps but gaining GPS and online maps is a similar step function: maps still exist, but they're vastly more useful, not to say permanently up to date, in their new form. Again, I won't be shedding any tears, but I'll keep a paper road atlas in the back of my car for another few years, I think, Just In Case.” ThinkingYearsStillsFormStepsCasesCarTearsPaperLosingFunctionOnlineMapsSuspectsAtlasUp To DateGps Author:Charles Stross
“I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.” ImportantPlayHelpingCommunityRolesSupportGroupsFunctionLocalsCorporationsFundSuspectsDischarge Author:David Rockefeller
“...I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.' What do you mean, babe? You a fine boy with a good education.' Employers sense in me a denial of their values.' He rolled over onto his back. 'They fear me. I suspect that they can see that I am forced to function in a century I loathe. This was true even when I worked for the New Orleans Public Library.” MeanValuesWorkBoysDoubtCenturyFineFunctionLibraryDenialSuspectsNew OrleansEmployersBabeLoathePublic LibraryGood EducationFear Me Book:A Confederacy of Dunces Source: A Confederacy of Dunces
“employers sense in me a denial of their values...they fear me. i suspect that they can see that i am forced to function in a century which i loathe.” ValuesCenturyFunctionDenialSuspectsEmployersLoatheFear Me Author:John Kennedy Toole
“You can't argue with someone who believes, or just passionately suspects, that the poet's function is not to write what he must write but, rather, to write what he would write if his life depended on his taking responsibility for writing what he must in a style designed to shut out as few of his old librarians as humanly possible.” IfsWritingBelieveResponsibilityStylePoetFunctionArguingSuspectsTaking ResponsibilityLibrarian Author:J. D. Salinger
“Words don't change their shape, they change their meaning, their function...They don't have a meaning of their own any more, they refer to other words that you don't know, that you've never read or heard...you've never seen their shape, but you feel...you suspect...they correspond to...an empty space inside you...or in the universe.” KnowsFeelsUniverseSpaceHeardShapesEmptyFunctionSuspectsDon't ChangeEmpty Space Book:Summer rain Source: Summer rain
“The spirit of philosophy is one of free inquiry. It suspects all authority. Its function is to trace the uncritical assumptions of human thought to their hiding places, and in this pursuit it may finally end in denial or a frank admission of the incapacity of pure reason to reach the ultimate reality.” HumansMayEndsReasonPhilosophyRealitySpiritPureAuthorityUltimateFunctionPursuitDenialAssumptionSuspectsHidingFrankInquiryAdmissionHuman ThoughtHiding PlaceIncapacityUltimate Reality Author:Muhammad Iqbal