William Stanley Jevons Quotes

Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in a parallel manner, and enable us to infer of one class of phenomena what we know of another. It has thus happened on several occasions that the discovery of an unsuspected analogy between two branches of knowledge has been the starting point for a rapid course of discovery.

William Stanley Jevons

William Stanley Jevons

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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.

Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Great
- Artist
- Poetry
Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.

Taylor Dayne
- Nature
- Control
- Paranoid
I don't think anything I've written has been done in under six or eight drafts. Usually it takes me a few years to write a book. 'World's Fair' was an exception. It seemed to be a particularly fluent book as it came. I did it in seven months. I think what happened in that case is that God gave me a bonus book.

E. L. Doctorow
- World
- God
- Done
It's important to study and understand your responsibilities within any profession, but it's particularly important for military officers to read, think, discuss, and write about the problem of war and warfare so they can understand not just the changes in the character of warfare but also the continuities.

H. R. McMaster
- Important
- Character
- War
When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.

N. R. Narayana Murthy
- People
- Men
- Society
I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.

Harrison Birtwistle
- Music
- Attitude
- Look