“When we seek a textbook case for the proper operation of science, the correction of certain error offers far more promise than the establishment of probable truth. Confirmed hunches, of course, are more upbeat than discredited hypotheses. Since the worst traditions of "popular" writing falsely equate instruction with sweetness and light, our promotional literature abounds with insipid tales in the heroic mode, although tough stories of disappointment and loss give deeper insight into a methodology that the celebrated philosopher Karl Popper once labeled as "conjecture and refutation.” GivingWritingStoriesLightCertainCoursesLiteratureLossCasesWorstPromiseOffersToughTraditionErrorsPhilosopherDisappointmentDeeperInsightTalesOperationsHeroicInstructionEstablishmentSweetnessHypothesisTextbooksCorrectionsMethodologyHunchesConjectureInsipidUpbeatRefutation Book:Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History Source: Bully for Brontosaurus: Reflections in Natural History
“Certain management policies-stretching of credit resources, for example-may lead to great progress in good conditions; but, like the Grand Prix car in comparison with the Land Rover, they may not be robust enough to survive when the going gets tough.” MayEnoughCertainProgressLandConditionsCarPolicyExampleToughResourcesManagementCreditComparisonStretchingRobustGoing Gets ToughGrand PrixGreat Progress Author:Anthony Stafford Beer
“You have to be pretty tough to be an actor, and you have to be pretty certain what you want. You can't waffle through this business.” WantCertainActorsToughWhat You WantWaffles Author:Anthony Hopkins
“The transitional period was tough, I won't kid you. You go from a certain family dynamic to adjusting to a completely new one. It took a few months for us all to fi nd our feet.” KidsCertainFeetMonthsPeriodsToughAdjusting Author:Donna Air
“Dieter Dengler was an amazing man. Who knows what he would've been had he not ever been tested in this way? It's a question that I certainly have myself. What would I be able to do in certain situations? He came out, obviously, looking like a true hero, but he didn't go in looking like that. He was not your typical image of somebody that you would think would be the tough guy who was able to endure. His lighthearted attitude, this sort of dorkiness, and naivete; it ended up being the finest tool for his survival.” ThinkingKnowsMenWayWould BeAbleGuyCertainAttitudeSituationHeroSurvivalToughToolsEndureTypicalFinestTestedTough GuyNaiveteTrue HeroAmazing Man Author:Christian Bale
“I don't walk into a room with an authoritative stance. I tend to be a little more submissive, even though I think I have a certain amount of strength. So, it's tough for me to play authority without feeling uncomfortable.” ThinkingLittlesPlayFeelingsCertainWalksRoomsAmountAuthorityToughUncomfortableStanceSubmissive Author:Kristin Kreuk
“Clipper took a relatively simple problem, encryption between two phones, and turned it into a much more complex problem, encryption between two phones but that can be decrypted by the government under certain conditions and, by making the problem that complicated, that made it very easy for subtle flaws to slip by unnoticed. I think it demonstrated that this problem is not just a tough public policy problem, but it's also a tough technical problem.” ThinkingMadeTwoProblemGovernmentCertainEasySimpleConditionsPolicyToughComplexesPhonesComplicatedMade ItSubtleFlawsSlipsUnnoticedPublic PolicyEncryptionComplex Problems Author:Matt Blaze
“Put the strong, masculine figure in a school with tough kids and you have a certain control. It's very demeaning to the kids and very demeaning to the tough, black guy, but that's how they worked it.” KidsSchoolGuyCertainStrongBlackFiguresToughMasculineDemeaningBlack Guys Author:Lynne Stewart
“I think there was something about being in a tough environment that gave me a certain drive.” ThinkingCertainEnvironmentTough Author:Alicia Keys
“And it took to "The Devil Wears Prada" to play someone tough, who had to make hard decisions, who was running an organization, and sometimes that takes making tough decisions for a certain kind of man to empathize. That's the word - empathize. Feel the story through her. And that's the first time anybody has ever said that they felt that way.” MenWayFeelsFirstsKindSaidSometimesHardPlayStoriesRunningCertainFeltDecisionDevilToughFirst TimeOrganizationTough DecisionsHard DecisionPradaMaking Tough DecisionsDevil Wears Prada Author:Meryl Streep
“Being a teen can be tough. Just try to surround yourself with really good friends that really have your back, and also be a really good friend to those who really care about you. If you're not sure about certain things, talk to your friends that you trust and your family.” IfsTryingCareCertainToughNot SureSurroundGood FriendSurround YourselfReally Good Friends Author:Victoria Justice
“I felt violated after certain scenes in the movie [Stone]. She [Lucetta] is a tough character. The choices she makes, especially her sexual choices... it was hard for me to put myself out there like that.” HardCharacterCertainChoicesFeltSceneToughStones Author:Milla Jovovich
“Last season I scored 27 goals but still lost out against Robert Lewandowski. This season has started very well for me, but again I have some tough opponents, most notably with Anthony Modeste from FC Koln. I texted him the other day: "Keep calm, my friend." I am happy for him to be so successful. And in a certain way it even helps me. The better the other strikers are, the more I have to work to be to be ahead of them.” WayWellsStillsHelpingLastsCertainLostGoalSuccessfulMy FriendsToughSeasonsCalmOpponentsHelp MeStrikers Author:Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
“I think for a chef, to have a signature dish is a tough question to answer. On one, you don't want to be associated necessarily with just one thing that you think you might do well. On the other side, you've got to commit to owning up to certain things.” ThinkingWantWellsMightCertainSidesAnswersOne ThingToughCommitJust OneDishesChefSignaturesTough Questions Author:Chuck Hughes