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It is that of increasing knowledge of empirical fact, intimately combined with changing interpretations of this body of fact hence changing general statements about it and, not least, a changing a structure of the theoretical system.

Quote by Talcott Parsons about knowledge, body

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks...

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Quote by Lev Nicolai Tolstoi about change, world

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about past, fasting, present, society, world

I want to stone these people who have life-changing experiences, and it all happens right away. For me, it has been a process, a long process of learning and study.

Quote by Willie Aames about rightness, life, people

Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit...

Pearl Harbor caused our Nation to wholeheartedly commit to winning World War II, changing the course of our Nation's history and the world's future.

Quote by Joe Baca about nation, world, future, history, war

I think black Americans expect too much from individual...

I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about americans, magic

If you learn one thing from having lived through decades...

If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about things, contentment

If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to...

If we learn the art of yielding what must be yielded to the changing present, we can save the best of the past.

Quote by Dean Acheson about present, past, art, magic

When you are through changing, you are through.

When you are through changing, you are through.

Quote by Bruce Barton about contentment

My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but...

My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me.

Quote by Kim Basinger

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that...

Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about past, future, contentment

The two areas that are changing... are information technology and medical technology. Those are the things that the world will be very different 20 years from now than it is today.

Quote by Bill Gates about technology, things, world

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

We've got to put a lot of money into changing behavior.

Quote by Bill Gates about money

The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed...

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about guvernement, judges, people, public, rightness, good, good luck

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about people, voice, judges, rightness, god

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about waste, knowledge, happiness, nature, human imperfections, life

The probability of forgetting your password is directly...

The probability of forgetting your password is directly proportional to the frequency of changing it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers, forgetness

And when you do get the ones that you want, it's when...

And when you do get the ones that you want, it's when they end up changing their ways, and decide to make the class really hard.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about school, end, contentment

Always keep one bullet in the chamber when changing your...

Always keep one bullet in the chamber when changing your magazine.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war

Ten seconds after you have finished giving a complete bed...

Ten seconds after you have finished giving a complete bed bath and changing the bed, the patient has a giant code brown.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about medicine, contentment

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