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A.J. Ayer Quotes: We say that a sentence is factually significant to any given person, if, and only if, he knows how to verify the proposition which it purports to express.
         

We say that a sentence is factually significant to any given person, if, and only if, he knows how to verify the proposition which it purports to express.


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No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine.

No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine.



But if science may be said to be blind without philosophy, it is true also that philosophy is virtually empty without science.

But if science may be said to be blind without philosophy, it is true also that philosophy is virtually empty without science.



Even logical positivists are capable of love.

Even logical positivists are capable of love.



Why should you mind being wrong if someone can show you that you are?

Why should you mind being wrong if someone can show you that you are?



I saw a Divine Being. I'm afraid I'm going to have to revise all my various books and opinions.

I saw a Divine Being. I'm afraid I'm going to have to revise all my various books and opinions.



The ground for taking ignorance to be restrictive of freedom is that it causes people to make choices which they would not have made if they had seen what the realization of their choices involved.

The ground for taking ignorance to be restrictive of freedom is that it causes people to make choices which they would not have made if they had seen what the realization of their choices involved.



It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.

It seems that I have spent my entire life trying to make life more rational and that it was all wasted effort.



No moral system can rest solely on authority.

No moral system can rest solely on authority.



It appears, then, that ethics, as a branch of knowledge, is nothing more than a department of psychologyand sociology.

It appears, then, that ethics, as a branch of knowledge, is nothing more than a department of psychologyand sociology.



While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.

While moral rules may be propounded by authority the fact that these were so propounded would not validate them.





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Energy manipulation took place completely in mind, same way believing in telepathy caused telepathic abilities to grow STRONGER.




There is no right time and right place for love... it can happen any time.

There is no right time and right place for love... it can happen any time.



So I say, if you are burning, burn. If you can stand it, the shame will burn away and leave you shining, radiant, and righteously shameless

So I say, if you are burning, burn. If you can stand it, the shame will burn away and leave you shining, radiant, and righteously shameless



In the sea you've got to be constantly sort of alert. It's worse in the sea [than anywhere else in the animal kingdom]. In the sea you've got an enemy behind every rock.

In the sea you've got to be constantly sort of alert. It's worse in the sea [than anywhere else in the animal kingdom]. In the sea you've got an enemy behind every rock.



They're still a subject beholden to special interests, but at least they have a national constituency. At least they have to think about national majorities.

They're still a subject beholden to special interests, but at least they have a national constituency. At least they have to think about national majorities.



I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.

I hope that in some way that I can be some sort of beacon of hope, especially because I am not the typical Hollywood beauty.



It's really hard to get any work done in my apartment when my bed is also in my apartment.

It's really hard to get any work done in my apartment when my bed is also in my apartment.



That's to me what always is compelling about villains. I am much more interested in how they think than in what they even do.

That's to me what always is compelling about villains. I am much more interested in how they think than in what they even do.




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