Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis.

The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the

Summary

This quote suggests that when dealing with subjects that are of great significance to us and directly impact our desires and necessities, we are more prone to making mistakes in setting up a framework for examination. It implies that our personal biases and emotional attachments can cloud our judgment and hinder our ability to objectively analyze such subjects. Therefore, our ability to critically evaluate complex and emotionally-charged topics may be compromised, leading to potentially flawed frameworks for understanding and decision-making.

Topics

Analysis

By Stephen Jay Gould

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The architecture of our future is not only unfinished the sc

The architecture of our future is not only unfinished the scaffolding has hardly gone up.

Architecture

The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civi

The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community... that in the operation of human institutions upon social action, self-love and social may be made the same.

John Quincy Adams

Love Government Action Community Self

He kills her in her own humor.

He kills her in her own humor.

William Shakespeare

Humor Funny Shakespeare Taming Of The Shrew

We all fall sometime but it's those that get back up and try

We all fall sometime but it's those that get back up and try again that make the difference.

Inspirational Perseverance

Luke moved as silently as fog, while Maryse's heels sounded

Luke moved as silently as fog, while Maryse's heels sounded like gunshots on the marble floor. Clary wondered if Isabelle's propensity for unsuitable footwear was genetic.

Cassandra Clare

City Of Fallen Angels Isabelle Lightwood Maryse Lightwood

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it

Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)

Storytelling

Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is of

Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today's standards.

Joseph Ratzinger

Attitude

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in re

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.

Famous

A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all

A glorious Church is like a magnificent feast; there is all the variety that may be, but every one chooses out a dish or two that he likes, and lets the rest alone: how glorious soever the Church is, every one chooses out of it his own religion, by which he governs himself, and lets the rest alone.

Religion

[God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who

[God] will not be used as a convenience. Men or nations who think they can revive the Faith in order to make a good society might just as well think they can use the stairs of heaven as a shortcut to the nearest chemist's shop.

God Faith Society

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

Johann von Goethe

Words

Just as certain selections of music will nourish your physic

Just as certain selections of music will nourish your physical body and your emotional layer, so other musical works will bring greater health to your mind.

Hal A. Lingerman

Music