“[Kepler] had to realize clearly that logical-mathematical theoretizing, no matter how lucid, could not guarantee truth by itself; that the most beautiful logical theory means nothing in natural science without comparison with the exactest experience. Without this philosophic attitude, his work would not have been possible.” MeanHas BeensMatterPhilosophyBeautifulScienceRealizingNaturalAttitudeTheoryPhilosophicalMathematicalGuaranteesComparisonLogicalNatural SciencePhilosophicKepler Author:Albert Einstein
“A sense of humor has been linked with longevity. It is a possibility that the mental attitude reflected in a lively sense of humor is an important factor predisposing some people toward long life.” PeopleLongHas BeensImportantHumorAttitudePossibilityFactorsSense Of HumorLongevityLinkedLong LifeLivelyMental Attitude Author:Raymond Moody
“A wish is an attitude of mind to which wings have been attached. You wish and you dream, and your whole nature focuses to bring your wishes and dreams to pass.” MindHas BeensWholeDreamWishAttitudeWingsOptimistic Author:Norman Vincent Peale
“One special advantage of the skeptical attitude of mind is that a man is never vexed to find that after all he has been in the wrong.” MenMindHas BeensAttitudeSpecialAdvantageSkeptical Book:The Quotable Osler Source: The Quotable Osler
“I was well on the way to forming my present attitude toward politics as it is practiced in the United States; it is a beautiful fraud that has been imposed on the people for years, whose practitioners exchange gelded promises for the most valuable thing their victims own: their votes. And who benefits the most? The lawyers.” PeopleWayYearsWellsHas BeensStatesBeautifulUnitedAttitudeUnited StatesPromiseBenefitsVoteVictimValuableLawyerFraudValuable Things Author:Shirley Chisholm
“The Theatre of the Absurd ... can be seen as the reflection of what seems to be the attitude most genuinely representative of our own time.  The hallmark of this attitude is its sense that the certitudes and unshakable basic assumptions of former ages have been swept away, that they have been tested and found wanting, that they have been discredited as cheap and somewhat childish illusions.” Has BeensSeemsAgeFoundAttitudeIllusionReflectionTheatreAbsurdFormerAssumptionRepresentativesTestedHallmarkSwept AwayUnshakableCertitude Author:Martin Esslin