The wise legislator will only rarely initiate a new rule of behaviour; more usually he will confine himself to affirming in law what has already become the custom of the people.
Gregory BatesonNumber is different from quantity. This difference is basic for any sort of theorizing in behavioral science, any sort of imagining of what goes on between organisms or inside organisms as part of their processes of thought.
Gregory BatesonScience, like art, religion, commerce, warfare, and even sleep, is based on presuppositions.
Gregory Bateson