Every day I shall
Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day. Etty Hillesum
Confirmation
A belief is only
A belief is only a thought that you keep thinking. So as you keep thinking this thought, you keep vibrationally attracting relative to that thought. So you confirm your own beliefs again and again and again and again and again. That’s why someone who believes in cancer can confirm that belief, or someone who believes … Read more
There is no formula.
There is no formula. There are only confirmations to formulas which one has already discovered oneself. Ernst Haas
certain very old people
certain very old people reach an age where every funeral becomes some sort of insane confirmation of strength, rather than of vulnerability, as it is when we are in our thirties or forties and our friends die. Erica Jong
Experimental confirmation of a
Experimental confirmation of a prediction is merely a measurement. An experiment disproving a prediction is a discovery. Enrico Fermi
Then he continues his
Then he continues his rant,saying, \”And even if I didn’t know them, I know their type.\” \”And what type is that?\” she asks,leaning foward in her chair,yearning for confirmation that he gets it,that they are like-minded in their observations of others and the circumspect way they view the world. \”Oh,let’s see,\” he says,rubbing his jaw. … Read more
Between hindsight bias, fake
Between hindsight bias, fake causality, positive bias, anchoring/priming, et cetera et cetera, and above all the dreaded confirmation bias, once an idea gets into your head, it’s probably going to stay there. Eliezer Yudkowsky
When the Senate ceases
When the Senate ceases to engage nominees in meaningful discussion of legal issues, the confirmation process takes on an air of vacuity and farce, and the Senate becomes incapable of evaluating nominees or appropriately educating the public. Elena Kagan
I had the privilege
I had the privilege of chairing Judge Samuel Alito confirmation hearing in 1990. And at that time, he had practiced law for 14 years, but only represented one client, the United States government. Edward Kennedy
The human understanding, when
The human understanding, when any preposition has been once laid down… forces everything else to add fresh support and confirmation; and although more cogent and abundant instances may exist to the contrary, yet it either does not observe them or it despises them, or it gets rid of and rejects them by some distinction, with … Read more