Once data are ruled out as arbiters among theories, those theories become pointless, just another clever intellectual game. Massimo Pigliucci
If a philosophic theory is once ruled out of court, no one can tell when it will appear again. Morris Raphael Cohen
What, are you, crazy?' 'It's a possibility I haven't ruled out yet', said Zaphod quietly. 'I know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good. Douglas Adams
I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business. Colin Baker
All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore. Isla Fisher
I was haunted by a bear attack that happened in Algonquin Park in 1991. The problem was that I don't believe in ghosts, so that ruled out an exorcism. My other choice was to start writing. Claire Cameron