143 Quotes About Explanation

We sometimes feel that if a person tromps over us after we've said no, then we must not have been clear. We can get caught in the trap of explaining again and again, meanwhile letting the other person take advantage of us.

In geology the effects to be explained have almost all occurred already, whereas in these other sciences effects actually taking place have to be explained.

One living demonstration of the gospel is far better than a hundred explanations of many sermons.

Less explanation is more convincing than more explanation.

Gradually, then suddenly.

I frown. “Can you please explain this?”He flashes us a grin. “That would ruin the suspense.”He disappears.

To trace the series of these revolutions, to explain their causes, and thus to connect together all the indications of change that are found in the mineral kingdom, is the proper object of a THEORY OF THE EARTH.

The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.

To my sister's eyes, there is nothing which cannot be explained if one has access to a proper reference library.