Celia Green Citas

• I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.

  Celia Green

  Libro, Escritura, Largo

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  46 Copiar cita

• A narrow mind and a wide mouth usually go together.

  Celia Green

  Mind, Together, Mouths

  17 Copiar cita

• When someone says his conclusions are objective, he means that they are based on prejudices which many other people share.

  Celia Green

  Mean, People, Prejudice

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  11 Copiar cita

• Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to the geniuses of the present.

  Celia Green

  Past, Attention, Genius

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

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• In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his way.

  Celia Green

  People, Democracy, Aristocracy

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  37 Copiar cita

• The way to do research is to attack the facts at the point of greatest astonishment.

  Celia Green

  Women, Memorable, Science

  The Decline and Fall of Science Aphorisms (p. 1)

  11 Copiar cita

• Lo extraordinario de la mente humana es su gama de limitaciones.

  Celia Green

  Happiness, Mind, Range

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  8 Copiar cita

• The human race has to be bad at psychology; if it were not, it would understand why it is bad at everything else.

  Celia Green

  Race, Psychology, Humans

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  11 Copiar cita

• The chief difficulty of modern theoretical physics resides not in the fact that it expresses itself almost exclusively in mathematical symbols, but in the psychological difficulty of supposing that complete nonsense can be seriously promulgated and transmitted by persons who have sufficient intelligence of some kind to perform operations in differential and integral calculus.

  Celia Green

  Science, Supposing That, Theoretical Physics

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  12 Copiar cita

• The human race's favorite method for being in control of facts is to ignore them.

  Celia Green

  Race, Facts, Method

  "The decline and fall of science". Book by Celia Elizabeth Green, 1976.

  8 Copiar cita

• One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.

  Celia Green

  Superstitions, Belief, Our Time

  "The Decline and Fall of Science". Book by Celia Green, 1976.

  10 Copiar cita

• It is inconceivable that anything should be existing. It is not inconceivable that a lot of people should also be existing who are not interested in the fact that they exist. But it is certainly very odd.

  Celia Green

  People, Facts, Odd

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  7 Copiar cita

• Lack of clarity is always a sign of dishonesty.

  Celia Green

  Dishonesty, Clarity

  "The Decline and Fall of Science". Book by Celia Green, 1976.

  11 Copiar cita

• Young people wonder how the adult world can be so boring. The secret is that it is not boring to adults because they have learnt to enjoy simple things like covert malice at one another's expense.

  Celia Green

  Simple, People, Secret

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1981). “Advice to clever children”

  8 Copiar cita

• People accept their limitations so as to prevent themselves from wanting anything they might get.

  Celia Green

  People, Might, Accepting

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  8 Copiar cita

• The only important thing to realise about history is that it all took place in the last five minutes.

  Celia Green

  History, Important, Lasts

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  10 Copiar cita

• Physics has never been a comfortable subject for human psychology. The desire to regard everything outside the human race's purview as insignificant, and everything within that purview as firmly under the control of tribal myth and custom, is as strong today as it was in the time of Galileo.

  Celia Green

  Strong, Science, Race

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  10 Copiar cita

• It is easier to study the 'behavior' of rats than people, because rats are smaller and have fewer outside commitments. So modern psychology is mostly about rats

  Celia Green

  Commitment, People, Psychology

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  8 Copiar cita

• Only the impossible is worth attempting. In everything else one is sure to fail.

  Celia Green

  Impossible, Failing, Attempting

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

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• People have been marrying and bringing up children for centuries now. Nothing has ever come of it.

  Celia Green

  Children, People, Century

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  7 Copiar cita

• The charms of money are distinctly under-represented in literature. There are no songs or poems extolling its virtues. This seems on the face of it strange. The claims of money to be celebrated in verse might well seem to be no less than those of faithful dogs, beautiful women, or jugs of wine.

  Celia Green

  Beautiful, Dog, Song

  "The decline and fall of science". Book by Celia Elizabeth Green, 1976.

  7 Copiar cita

• If you stand up to the human race you lose something called their 'goodwill'; if you kowtow to them you gain ... their permission to continue kowtowing.

  Celia Green

  Race, Gains, Conformity

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  6 Copiar cita

• Research is a way of taking calculated risks to bring about incalculable consequences.

  Celia Green

  Risk, Research, Way

  The Decline and Fall of Science Aphorisms (p. 1)

  8 Copiar cita

• La psicología de los comités es un caso especial de la psicología de las turbas.

  Celia Green

  Psychology, Special, Cases

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

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• Es curioso que, mientras que la educación es la parte de la vida sobre cuyas condiciones uno tiene menos control individual, los resultados de la misma se consideran una marca irrevocable.

  Celia Green

  Individual, Curious, Results

  Celia Elizabeth Green (1976). “The decline and fall of science”, Hamish Hamilton

  6 Copiar cita

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