Science is a river with two sources, the practical source and the theoretical source.


Alfred North Whitehead

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With how good our league is, we still might be able to get a bye in the first round of the state tou...
BILL WHITEHEAD
I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time in Vi...
JOHN WHITEHEAD
It's an eye-opener for people to see how vulnerable they are.
CARL WHITEHEAD
But one of the things to note is in the FBI, we not only need to have that capability, we have to ha...
CARL WHITEHEAD
The threats we face are more diverse than ever.
CARL WHITEHEAD
That will really help with information sharing and investigations.
CARL WHITEHEAD
It's been a long time coming, and I think this will be a very positive thing for us and for the comm...
CARL WHITEHEAD
Unfortunately in Florida, we have our share of those types of cases where children are victims of th...
CARL WHITEHEAD
This is unfortunately a serious problem. It is a pervasive problem.
CARL WHITEHEAD
As time went on, we learned to arm ourselves in our different ways. Some of us with real guns, some ...
COLSON WHITEHEAD
It was because of [Bishop's] abilities to get out and move the puck up the ice.
TIM WHITEHEAD
It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing i...
COLSON WHITEHEAD
Ultimately, the teams will help us to develop a truly compelling design for the World Trade Center s...
JOHN WHITEHEAD
Under the English legal system you are innocent until you are shown to be Irish.
TED WHITEHEAD
A firefly blinked into existence, drew half a word in the air. Then gone. A black bug secret in the ...
COLSON WHITEHEAD
memory has a palette and broad brush.
COLSON WHITEHEAD
in the slow motion that is the speed of humiliation.
COLSON WHITEHEAD
Two people, two hands, and two songs, in this case "Big Shot" and "Bette Davis Eyes." The lyrics of ...
COLSON WHITEHEAD
Life! What Inscrutable Card Shall Ye Throw Next Upon the Soft Felt of Our Days?
COLSON WHITEHEAD
He told me three weeks ago not to send anything else.
PAUL WHITEHEAD
Yet we still have no idea what happened or where it even started, not even a description of a suspec...
KIMBERLEY WHITEHEAD
Older cars had those old vacuum windshield wiper systems, and when they went bad it was almost impos...
ROBBY WHITEHEAD
Tonight came down to the last whistle and we are fortunate to have advanced. We had our hands full t...
TIM WHITEHEAD
We didn't want to cry wolf. But I don't think the public generally realizes the predicament we're in...
RONALD WHITEHEAD
I can't blame modern technology for my predilection for distraction, not after all the hours I've sp...
COLSON WHITEHEAD
He might have been the best player among both teams. He is so strong on the puck. He's great at keep...
TIM WHITEHEAD
And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes--believes with all...
COLSON WHITEHEAD
There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to ...
COLSON WHITEHEAD