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“Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard or misapplied words with little or no meaning have, by prescription, such a right to be mistaken for deep learning and height of speculation, that it will not be easy to persuade either those who speak or those who hear them, that they are but the covers of ignorance and hindrance of true knowledge.”

Littles Long Hard Form Speak Language Easy Knowledge Mystery Ignorance Speech Abuse Mysterious Height Vague Mistaken Speculation Prescriptions Hindrance True Knowledge Deep Learning

Author:John Locke

“I think that only daring speculation can lead us further and not accumulation of facts.”

Thinking Inspirational Facts Wisdom Decision Knowledge Daring Speculation Accumulation

Author:Albert Einstein

“The fear of speculation, the ostensible rush from the theoretical to the practical, brings about the same shallowness in action that it does in knowledge. It is by studying a strictly theoretical philosophy that we become most acquainted with Ideas, and only Ideas provide action with vigour and ethical meaning.”

Doe Ideas Philosophy Action Energy Knowledge Study Practicals Significance Ethical Speculation Theoretical Shallowness

Author:Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

“With increasing distance, our knowledge fades, and fades rapidly. Eventually, we reach the dim boundary-the utmost limits of our telescopes. There, we measure shadows, and we search among ghostly errors of measurement for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. The search will continue. Not until the empirical resources are exhausted, need we pass on to the dreamy realms of speculation.”

Knows Needs Science Knowledge Limits Shadow Resources Distance Errors Boundaries Observation Realms Fades Exhausted Speculation Measurement Telescopes Dreamy Landmarks

Book:The Realm of the Nebulæ

Source: The Realm of the Nebulæ

“Surgical knowledge depends on long practice, not from speculations.”

Knows Long Science Knowledge Practice Depends Speculation

Author:Marcello Malpighi

“The end of knowledge is power ... the scope of all speculation is the performing of some action or thing to be done.”

Ends Done Action Science Knowledge Power Performing Speculation Scope Knowledge Is Power Knowledge And Power

Book:The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury

Source: The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury

“A man who is all theory is like "a rudderless ship on a shoreless sea." ... Theories and speculations may be indulged in with safety only as long as they are based on facts that we can go back to at all times and know that we are on solid ground.”

Knows Men May Long Facts Science Knowledge Sea Theory Safety Ships All Time Speculation

Book:Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science

Source: Nature's Miracles: Familiar Talks on Science

“A pin lies in wait for every bubble. And when the two eventually meet, a new wave of investors learns some very old lessons: First, many in Wall Street (a community in which quality control is not prized) will sell investors anything they will buy. Second, speculation is most dangerous when it looks easiest.”

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Author:Warren Buffett