Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher, Rationalist
"Speculation, like nature, abhors a vacuum."
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Speculation
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Thomas Jefferson
Politician, Founding Father
"Rejecting all organs of informationbut my senses, I rid myself of the Pyrrhonisms with which an indulgence in speculations hyperphysical and antiphysical so uselessly occupy and disquiet the mind."
Lauren London
Actress
"I struggle with deciding when to answer or ignore the constant speculation about my private life, because I feel like that doesn't belong to anybody but me."
Albert Einstein
Physicist
"Intuitive powers played a central role in my scientific work, not wild speculation, yet a valued resource when no other approach was available."
Louisa May Alcott
Novelist, Poet
"Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -"
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"one of the most mysterious of semi-speculations is, one would suppose, that of one Mind's imagining into another"
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"If you're doing a good job as author, then you get the reader to engage in whatever speculation might be called for. And it's much more meaningful for the reader, if he or she comes up with the questions."
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"Consciously paying more for a stock than its calculated value - in the hope that it can soon be sold for a still-higher price - should be labelled speculation"
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"These are questions for action, not speculation, which is idle."
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