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I still love him. And here's the worst part. I want him back. - Ree — Susane Colasanti

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

While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do. — Quintilian

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

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

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

Darkly, deeply, beautifully blue - the sky — George Byron Gordon

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

To introduce to people a radically difference paradigm for life is to give the best response — Sunday Adelaja

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

Burdens are for shoulders strong enough to carry them. — Margaret Mitchell

It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine
simply because it resembled the counterfeit. — Dallas Willard

The borrowers will always be willing to take a great deal for themselves. It's up to the lenders to show restraint, and when they lose it, watch out. — Michael Burry

Every world forms its own people, and every person his own world. The two live within one another as best they can. — Menyhert Lakatos

Do not be merciful, but be just, for mercy is bestowed upon the guilty criminal, while Justice is all that the innocent man requires. — Khalil Gibran