William Whewell Quotes
The present generation finds itself the heir of a vast patrimony of science; and it must needs concern us to know the steps by which these possessions were acquired, and the documents by which they are secured to us and our heirs for ever.
William Whewell
Quotes to Explore
I was Irish; I was a woman. Yet night after night, bent over the table, I wrote in forms explored and sealed by English men hundreds of years before. I saw no contradiction.
Eavan Boland
To see things in the seed, that is genius.
Lao Tzu
We are not afraid of nuclear weapons. The point is that if we had in fact wanted to build a nuclear bomb, we are brave enough to say that we want it. But we never do that.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
I used to pay attention to the clouds in the sky.. .I paid close attention for a month to see if they ever repeated. They don't repeat. And I don't think life does either. It's continually various. That's the truth about life.
Agnes Martin
When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time.
Darius Rucker
Hootie & the Blowfish
When I got hoarse, the manager would say, 'Drink this. Joplin used to drink this,' and I used to say, 'Joplin? Joplin's dead
Cyndi Lauper
Blue Angel
The female form is much more erotic than the male, who doesn't think that?
Christina Aguilera
Our concerns sink into insignificance when compared with the eternal value of human personality - a potential child of God which is destined to triumph over lie, pain, and death. No one can take this sublime meaning of life away from us, and this is the one thing that matters.
Igor Sikorsky
People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of a new and agreeable feeling: that the whole country is their oyster.
Alistair Cooke
The purpose of time management and getting more done in less time is to enable you to spend more face time with the people you care about and doing the things that give you the greatest amount of joy in life.
Brian Tracy
They thought that I did conceive there was a difference between them and Mr. Cotton... I might say they might preach a covenant of works as did the apostles, but to preach a covenant of works and to be under a covenant of works is another business.
Anna Hutchison
It may well be that some composers do not believe in God. All of them, however, believe in Bach.
Bela Bartok
In knowledge of human affairs, we should never allow our minds to be enslaved by others by subjecting ourselves to their whims. We must maintain freedom of thought, and never accept anything of purely human authority into our heads. When we are presented with a diversity of opinions, we must choose, if we can; if we cannot, we must remain in doubt.
Madeleine de Souvre
I've always wanted to do a family movie.
Adam Sandler
Men have slow reflexes. In general it takes several generations later for them to understand.
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Without prayer it is impossible to resist temptations and to keep the commandments.
Alphonsus Liguori
The church is so subnormal that if it ever got back to the New Testament normal it would seem to people to be abnormal.
Vance Havner
I know about technology, about research, scientific applications, culture, civilization, differences between nations of the world, the nature of history.
Mohammed Morsi
