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.
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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.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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Religion has a good place and it has its good people.
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I love to see new things, and I love to learn. I always learn so much when I travel - that's the best thing.
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Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.
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Believe in the holy contour of life
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I have sunshine in my heart regardless of conditions around me.
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Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!
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Choose the path of dialogue rather than the path of unilateral decisions.
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I enjoy walking through Nolita and Chinatown, watching the people and the buildings, browsing through shops and stopping at little cafes for a cup of coffee or glass of wine.
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Humor helps ease the tension of race and the differences in society. If there wasn't comedy I don't know if Obama could have ever become president.
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It is one thing to play for your university. It is another to play for your country.
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I don't know if we're doing the optimal things that we can to try and connect different people on the planet with different points of view and not be so angry at each other.
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If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.
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You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that.
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Progress in science comes when experiments contradict theory.
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Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.
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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.
