Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings

Research Database of Quotes

It is sometimes difficult to be inspired when trying to write a persuasive essay, book report or thoughtful research paper. Often of times, it is hard to find words that best describe your ideas. Paper-Research now provides a database of over 150,000 quotations and proverbs from the famous inventors, philosophers, sportsmen, artists, celebrities, business people, and authors that are aimed to enrich and strengthen your essay, term paper, book report, thesis or research paper.

Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.

Browse Keywords

(Click a letter to view the keywords)
A B C D E F G
H
I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

hypotheses

«A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.»
«There's two possible outcomes: if the result confirms the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery. If the result is contrary to the hypothesis, then you've made a discovery.»
«Truth in science can be defined as the working hypothesis best suited to open the way to the next better one.»
Author: Konrad Lorenz (Zoologist) | About: Science, Truth | Keywords: hypotheses, hypothesis, suited
«In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.»
«There are many hypotheses in science which are wrong. That's perfectly all right; they're the aperture to finding out what's right. Science is a self-correcting process. To be accepted, new ideas must survive the most rigorous standards of evidence and scrutiny.»
«The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience»
«The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.»
«The word ''belief'' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it -I don't need to believe it.»
«It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of reading, and the adoption of theological or metaphysical hypotheses, and that Spiritual Principles can be apprehended by this method.»
«Humanism . . . is not a single hypothesis or theorem, and it dwells on no new facts. It is rather a slow shifting in the philosophic perspective, making things appear as from a new centre of interest or point of sight.»

Pages: 1 2 Next »