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“Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.”

Law Term Moral Principles Return Morality Moral Principles Counterproductive Diminishing Returns

Book:Knowledge And Decisions

Source: Knowledge And Decisions

“To discover the laws of operative power in material productions, whether formed by man or brought into being by Nature herself, is the work of a science, and is indeed what we more especially term Science.”

Men Law Science Term Materials Productions Nomenclature

Book:Lectures on the Progress of Arts and Science, Resulting from the Great Exhibition in London ...

Source: Lectures on the Progress of Arts and Science, Resulting from the Great Exhibition in London ...

“At least Manhattan, in terms of danger and eccentricity, is much more of a theme park now. You couldn't really shoot the old Law & Order in New York today. It's a different city.”

Different Today Law Order Term Cities Danger New York Parks Theme Manhattan Eccentricity Theme Parks

Author:Chris Noth

“The law of humanity ought to be composed of the past, the present, and the future, that we bear within us; whoever possesses but one of these terms, has but a fragment of the law of the moral world.”

World Past Law Humanity Term Moral Bears Ought Fragments

Author:Edgar Quinet

“While much of modern behavioral and social science treats individuals as autonomous agents, it is absolutely clear that the way we think and act is enormously influenced by the culture in which we live. It also is clear that the major elements of modern culture-science, technology, law, music, and religion-have evolved over time in a quite concrete sense of the term. Mesoudi makes these arguments very well and his book is a very good read.”

“To forgive the incessant provocations of daily life - to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter, the deceitful son - how can we do it? Only, I think, by remembering where we stand, by meaning our words when we say in our prayers each night, “Forgive our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” We are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it is to refuse God’s mercy for ourselves. There is no hint of exceptions and God means what he says.”

“To be a super-trader, you'll need an edge to overcome the laws of probability and the uncertainty of the marketplace. That edge comes from information flow, the ability to correct your habits in terms of the market's characteristics, and being able to take risks, cut losses, expand your information network, ferret out ideas, and take recommendations.”

Needs Ideas Able Law Term Loss Ability Cutting Risk Information Habit Flow Overcoming Edges Uncertainty Characteristics Probability Marketplace Traders Recommendations Ferrets Information Flow

Author:Ari Kiev

“If one starts with the assumption that, in the absence of specific Congressional authority, a fixed rule of law precludes contracting officers from providing in a Government contract terms reasonably calculated to assure its performance even though there be no money loss through a particular default, there is no problem. But answers are not obtained by putting the wrong question, and thereby begging the real one.”

“In terms of the most astonishing fact about which we know nothing, there is dark matter and dark energy. We don't know what either of them is. Everything we know and love about the universe and all the laws of physics as they apply, apply to four percent of the universe. That's stunning.”

Knows Matter Facts Law Universe Energy Term Dark Four Percent And Love Physics Astonishing Stunning Laws Of Physics Dark Matter Dark Energy

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“So multiverse or not, we still have to come to terms with the origin of the laws of nature. And the only viable explanation here is the divine Mind.”

Mind Stills Law Term Divine Explanation Laws Of Nature Flew Multiverse

Book:Did the Resurrection Happen?: A Conversation with Gary Habermas and Antony Flew

Source: Did the Resurrection Happen?: A Conversation with Gary Habermas and Antony Flew

“All the genres of philosophy, science, high art, athletics and politics were invented by men. But by the Promethean law of conflict and capture, woman has a right to seize what she will and vie with man on her own terms.”

Men Art Philosophy Law Term Conflict Genre Capture Athletics High Art

Book:Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism

Source: Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism

“For as long as men and women have talked about war, they have talked about it in terms of right and wrong. And for almost as long, some among them have derided such talk, called it a charade, insisted that war lies beyond (or beneath) moral judgment. War is a world apart, where life itself is at stake, where human nature is reduced to its elemental forms, where self-interest and necessity prevail. Here men and women do what they must to save themselves and their communities, and morality and law have no place. Inter arma silent leges: in time of war the law is silent.”

Source: Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustrations

“In A Brief History Of Time I used the word "God" like Einstein did as a shorthand for the laws of physics. However, this is not what most people mean by God, so I have decided not to use the term. The laws of physics can explain the universe without the need for a God.”

People Needs Mean Use Law Used Universe Term Decided Physics Laws Of Physics Shorthand

Author:Stephen Hawking

“Women's right-to-know laws are supported by the overwhelming majority, not just of men, but of women, and 70% of the American people favor bans on abortion after the 20th week late term abortions.”

People Knows Men Law Term Week Late Majority Favors Abortion Overwhelming Bans

Author:Ralph E. Reed, Jr.