The course of history as a whole is no object of experience; history has no eidos, because the course of history extends into the unknown future. Eric Voegelin Eric Voegelin (1987)
Economists live in a world of economic data, facts and opinions informed by their experiences. Brent Budowsky In shock poll, Libertarian Johnson beats Trump among economists (2016)
The great extension of our experience in recent years has brought light to the insufficiency of our simple mechanical conceptions and, as a consequence, has shaken the foundation on which the customary interpretation of observation was based. Niels Bohr
The Bible talks of purposeful creation. What we have, however, is an amazing amount of order; and when we see order, in our experience it normally reflects purpose. Arno Allan Penzias The Voice of Genius : Conversations with Nobel Scientists and Other Luminaries (1995)
“How did you do that?”The Hymenopt inclined her head. “With respect, Professor Lang, great intellectual power, even at the level you possess it, is not always a substitute for humble practical experience.” Charles Sheffield Convergence (1997)
It is no longer possible for lyric poetry to express the immensity of our experience. Life has grown too cumbersome, too complicated. We have acquired values which are best expressed in prose. Boris Pasternak
Man has three ways of acting wisely. First, on meditation; that is the noblest. Secondly, on imitation; that is the easiest. Thirdly, on experience; that is the bitterest. Confucius
If you wanted to get yourself killed, there was no better way than to think you knew all the tricks. It took experience to make you realize that the universe could always pull another one out of the bag and throw it at you. Charles Sheffield Resurgence (2002)
Primarily, it (2020 Kiribati presidential election) has been about the Taiwan-China issue. In my experience, it's the most aggressive campaign that I've seen. Anote Tong Anote Tong (2020)
I had perceived by experience, how that it was impossible to stablish the lay people in any truth, except the scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue, that they might see the process, order, and meaning of the text. William Tyndale Preface to The Pentateuch (1530)
I find no reason to reverse the standard assumption of physics... what we experience can be explained by the assumption of an external world governed by law. Julian Barbour Bit from It (2011)
In the end, Above the Clouds is not about what I have achieved but about what I have experienced, about feeling at peace with my values when I do something and embracing the possibility of change and failure as a reward for my soul. Kílian Jornet Burgada Above the Clouds (2020)
I'm not attacking anyone. I have no animosity towards Lana, I was just trying to put things in perspective from personal experience Frances Bean Cobain
What I feel or believe or experience is my business, and what I do is all our businesses; and reward or punish me according to whether I play the game well — ethically and rightly — or unethically. Timothy Leary Harvard Law School Forum (1966)
The way to recover the meaning of life and the worthwhileness of life is to recover the power of experience, to have impulse voices from within, and to be able to hear these impulse voices from within — and make the point: This can be done. Abraham Maslow Attributed
There is no such thing as vicarious experience. Mary Parker Follett Attributed to Follett in: Michele Barrett (1991)