Not every statement by a scientist is a statement of science.
I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness.
Budgets are nothing if not statements of priorities.
There can be no ultimate statements science: there can be no statements in science which can not be tested, and therefore none which cannot in principle be refuted, by falsifying some of the conclusions which can be deduced from them.
It is inherent in any definition of science that statements that cannot be checked by observation are not really saying anything or at least they are not science.
A second type of direct evidence is formed by statements, whether as formal legends or personal information, regarding the age or relative sequence of events in tribal history made by the natives themselves.
I hear people say they're going to write. I ask, when? They give me vague statements. Indefinite plans get dubious results. When we're concrete about our writing time, it alleviates that thin constant feeling of anxiety that writers have - we're barbecuing hot dogs, riding a bike, sailing out in the bay, shopping for shoes, even helping a sick friend, but somewhere nervously at the periphery of our perception we know we belong somewhere else - at our desk!
Our choice of partners is one of the clearest statements about our choice of values.
Certainty always produces questions, uncertainty statements. It is a balancing law of nature.
I am very, very incredulous about what I see. I can't throw caveats in. I don't make blanket statements.
I have lots of CDs that came out at one time or another, and according to the statements I've gotten, no one's buying them. I figured there's no need making a new CD. There are plenty of mine out there, and none of them are selling.