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I am aware of the technical distinction between ‘less’ and ‘fewer’, and between ‘uninterested’ and ‘disinterested’ and ‘infer’ and ‘imply’, but none of these are of importance to me. ‘None of these are of importance,’ I wrote there, you’ll notice – the old pedantic me would have insisted on “none of them is of importance”. Well I’m glad to say I’ve outgrown that silly approach to language Stephen Fry
Terry Prachett quote: "Shadwell hated all southerners and, by inference, was standing..."
Shadwell hated all southerners and, by inference, was standing at the North Pole. Terry Prachett
Could there be a slenderer, more insignificant thread in human history than this consciousness of a girl, busy with her small inferences of the way in which she could make her life pleasant? George Eliot
We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order. Asa Gray
There is a class, moreover, by whom all these scientific theories, and more are held as ascertained facts, and as the basis of philosophical inferences which strike at the root of theistic beliefs. Asa Gray
Peter R. Grant quote: "We observe closely related species in sympatry and infer how..."
We observe closely related species in sympatry and infer how they evolved from a common ancestor. Peter R. Grant
And the user may have a higher comfort level deciding what information to provide rather than worrying about what inferences might be made from what they've gathered. Edward Felten
From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. Arthur Conan Doyle
Richard Wright quote: "Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be..."
Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented. Richard Wright
The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior to those who are not, so long as he is the repository of power, and the child inherits the wealth of the parent as a controlling law of society. James F. Cooper
There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are no ideas - the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform. Edward Thorndike
It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from every species such true and well established propositions as may assist us in the solution of metaphysical problems. Maimonides
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the..."
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one..."
Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams. Georg C. Lichtenberg
To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked. Thomas Babington Macaulay

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