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Four months is a lot of living with that little life in you-thinking about it, eating right for it, nurturing it and all of a sudden, it dies. — Christie Brinkley

Do not say I have no time to read.
Set a daily time (15-20 minutes)for reading.
Reading is rich source of wisdom and knowledge. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Belief may be a regrettably unavoidable biological weakness to be kept under the control of criticism: but commitment is for Popper an outright crime. — Imre Lakatos

The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever. — Imre Lakatos

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind. — Imre Lakatos

Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic. — Imre Lakatos

Intellectual honesty consists in stating the precise conditions under which one will give up one's belief. — Imre Lakatos

Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour. — Terry Goodkind

There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory. — Imre Lakatos

Agression is a trait common to men and new gods. — Emil Cioran

It is not that we propose a theory and Nature may shout NO; rather, we propose a maze of theories, and Nature may shout INCONSISTENT. — Imre Lakatos

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime. — Imre Lakatos

That sometimes clear ... and sometimes vague stuff ... which is ... mathematics. — Imre Lakatos

In degenerating programmes, however, theories are fabricated only in order to accommodate known facts — Imre Lakatos

The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology. — Imre Lakatos

The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies. — Imre Lakatos

Pain has a funny way of focusing the mind. Only what hurts matters. — John C. Wright