19 quotes found
“There has to be new words to explain new worlds.”
“People struggling with life in a fallen world often want explanations when what they really need is imagination.”
“In ancient times people weren't just male or female, but one of three types: male/male, male/female, or female/female. In other words, each person was made out of the components of two people. Ever...”
“Sometimes Silence Is Better In Explaining Something Than Words....”
“You may ask why I write. And yet my reasons are quite many. For it is not unusual in human beings who have witnessed the sack of a city or the falling to pieces of a people to desire to set down wh...”
“Ah, well, when you explain it like that, it seems obvious," said Mudge. "Of course, it always seems obvious once it's been explained.”
“Science proceeds by inference, rather than by the deduction of mathematical proof. A series of observations is accumulated, forcing the deeper question: What must be true if we are to explain what ...”
“Putting it into words will destroy any meaning.”
“Love is an endless mystery, because there is no reasonable cause that could explain it.”
“Every pedagogical situation can be thought of as a kind of triangle among three parties: the student, the teacher, and the world that student and teacher investigate together.”
“An overly complex explanation began with an unsophisticated assumption.”
“I love it," I say. "So I learned it." It's an explanation that leaves a lot out. But I learned a long time ago that people don't really want explanations.”
“Right, you see that girl over there, the one in that group that keeps looking right at you?'...'Right, let's say I'm convinced she's wearing black knickers - she looks like a black knickers kind of...”
“too much explanation can take the pleasure out of any poetry.(Preface, vii)”
“Someone responding to intuition, to chance and fortune, often can't explain himself well.”
“The longer the explanation, the bigger the lie.... Always remember that.”
“For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.”
