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Edward Thorndike Quotes: This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.
         

This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.


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Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.

Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.



Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.

Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.



Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king from the same race.

Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king from the same race.



Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.

Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.



Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods.

Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods.



All that exists, exists in some amount and can be measured.

All that exists, exists in some amount and can be measured.



He who learns and runs away, lives to learn another day.

He who learns and runs away, lives to learn another day.



Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.

Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.



The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.

The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations.



The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.

The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.





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Trust me, my runners aren't going to run one event while looking past it to the second event. When they get on the line for the 10K, that's a do-or-die situation for them.

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When we define ourselves, when I define myself, the place in which I am like you and the place in which I am not like you, I'm not excluding you from the joining - I'm broadening the joining.

When we define ourselves, when I define myself, the place in which I am like you and the place in which I am not like you, I'm not excluding you from the joining - I'm broadening the joining.



You do what you want to for Passion, you do what you have to for Obligation.

You do what you want to for Passion, you do what you have to for Obligation.



I prefer other people to make judgments about the way I play and to characterize me, rather me describe myself.

I prefer other people to make judgments about the way I play and to characterize me, rather me describe myself.



I'm not Sammy Glick. I've never killed anyone. I don't have to. I'm too talented.

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My nature just changes.

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We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.

We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.



It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.

It's a fickle town, a tough town. They getcha, boy. They don't let you escape with minor scratches and bruises. They put scars on you here.




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