The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.

The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies.

It would be wrong to assume that one must stay with a research programme until it has exhausted all its heuristic power, that one must not introduce a rival programme before everybody agrees that the point of degeneration has probably been reached.

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.

If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.

Indeed, this epistemological theory of the relation between theory and experiment differs sharply from the epistemological theory of naive falsificationism.

There is no falsification before the emergence of a better theory.

The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.

Einstein's results again turned the tables and now very few philosophers or scientists still think that scientific knowledge is, or can be, proven knowledge.

Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.

The clash between Popper and Kuhn is not about a mere technical point in epistemology.

Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one.

The point is, technology has empowered so many musicians, you know?

Dogs come into our lives to teach us about love, they depart to teach us about loss. A new dog never replaces an old dog, it merely expands the heart. If you have loved many dogs your heart is very big.

The age in which we live can only be characterized as one of barbarism. Our civilization is in the process not only of being militarized, but also being brutalized.

My daughter had carried within her a story that kept hurting her: Her dad abandoned her. She started telling herself a new story. Her dad had done the best he could. He wasn't capable of giving more. It had nothing to do with her. She could no longer take it personally.

You dont shoot to kill you shoot to stay alive.

I don't want to know about the lives of other actors and I don't want people to know too much about me. If we don't know about the private lives of other actors, that leaves us as clean slates when it comes to playing characters. That's the point, they can create these other characters and I can believe them.

I think 'Magneto' is definitely an anti-hero. He's fighting for the right thing, but his methods are far too extreme. He's not above breaking the law, stretching the limits of what is moral and putting evil to work for good.

I've had a love affair with the desert ever since I can remember. No matter what I wrote - contemporary romance, spy thriller, high fantasy - it was going to have a desert in it.

Television has made dictatorship impossible but democracy unbearable.

There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom.

That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it.

And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.

Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.

I like to razz the Trekkies a little bit. Who doesn't? It's trainspotting, isn't it? But they are very well-meaning, actually. I've done a couple of Star Trek conventions, and they've only been really welcoming.

I don't feel like I'm very good at making music.

Private enterprise is ceasing to be free enterprise. Private enterprise indeed became too private. It became privileged enterprise not free enterprise.

Broadcasting is plastic; while it can ape the press, it can also emulate the arts.

To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all - but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing.

It's all about becoming a more well-rounded player and not a one-dimensional player. You might hear someone say, 'Hilton Head sets up well for them.' I don't want that stereotype.

It doesn't need to be that violent and crazy and wild. Having experienced it, you don't belong to yourself anymore. You belong to the passion... It's something you have to go through to learn what passion is about.

The family wage has been eroded by the same developments that have promoted consumerism as a way of life.

Social media companies are a gold rush today, and time will tell if they survive. I have no use for them and can't see why people waste time on them. I much prefer physical meeting with true friends, so have never used the service.

Stop with the stupid messages. I don't need a message that says, 'Go on, you can do it today.' What does that mean?!

The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.