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“The scientist is not much given to talking of the riddle of the universe. "Riddle" is not a scientific term. The conception of a riddle is "something which can he solved." And hence the scientist does not use that popular phrase. We don't know the why of anything. On that matter we are no further advanced than was the cavedweller. The scientist is contented if he can contribute something toward the knowledge of what is and how it is.”

Ifs Knows Doe Matter Use Science Universe Given Term Talking Knowledge Scientist Phrases Conception Riddle

Author:Charles Proteus Steinmetz

“Pure mathematics consists entirely of assertions to the effect that, if such and such a proposition is true of anything, then suchand such another proposition is true of that thing.... Thus mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true.”

Ifs Knows May Talking Knowledge Subjects Effects Pure Mathematics Defined Propositions Assertion True Knowledge

Author:Bertrand Russell

“Know what you are talking about.”

“A grain of real knowledge, of genuine controllable conviction, will outweigh a bushel of adroitness; and to produce persuasion there is one golden principle of rhetoric not put down in the books-to understand what you are talking about.”

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Author:John Robert Seeley

“All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.”

Wish Pay Talking Knowledge Willing Price Pay The Price Thirst For Knowledge Hungry For Knowledge

Author:Juvenal

“I am entitled to say, if I like, that awareness exists in all the individual creatures on the planet-worms, sea urchins, gnats, whales, subhuman primates, superprimate humans, the lot. I can say this because we do not know what we are talking about: consciousness is so much a total mystery for our own species that we cannot begin to guess about its existence in others.”

Source: A Long Line of Cells Collected Essays

“I think if you've suffered, if you've experienced loss, you're probably more open to understanding it and more comfortable talking about it and experiencing it.”

Ifs Thinking Understanding Loss Talking Knowledge Comfortable Losing Experience

Author:Anderson Cooper

“To be sure, mathematics can be extended to any branch of knowledge, including economics, provided the concepts are so clearly defined as to permit accurate symbolic representation. That is only another way of saying that in some branches of discourse it is desirable to know what you are talking about.”

Knows Way Talking Knowledge Concepts Economics Mathematics Including Math Defined Mathematical Branches Permit Accurate Representation Discourse Desirable Another Way Symbolic

Book:The World of Mathematics

Source: The World of Mathematics