Leonardo da Vinci Quotes
Science, knowledge of the things that are possible present and past; prescience, knowledge of the things which may come to pass.
Quotes to Explore
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Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.
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However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However bad a Constitution may be, if those implementing it are good, it will prove to be good.
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Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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I wish I had the billions of dollars that George Soros has that he has used to fund Democratic causes in the past.
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I've got pretty good knowledge about pass rushing. But I know I have a lot to work on.
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When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes.
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Tokyo in the late 1960s seemed to be like one of the futures that science fiction presents. Here was the proto- super-technology of the future, electronically, robotically, blahblahblah, intercut with traditional Japanese cultural patterns, Shinto patterns.
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It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.
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I don't like the road. I love being on the track. I like being indoors and the fact I'm not battling past 200 other riders.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.
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The usefulness of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.
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Anniversaries are like birthdays: occasions to celebrate and to think ahead, usually among friends with whom one shares not only the past but also the future.
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We should not have a petty regard for God's gifts, though we may and should despise our own imperfections.
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
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The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
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When it comes to America's economy, the truth is that Mitt Romney believes that the key to our country's economic future lies in the failed policies of the past, the same ones that put banks before people, Wall Street before Main Street, plunging us into recession and devastating the middle class.
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The past is a kind of future that has already happened.
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I can put tweets on a map to show who is saying what where, which could be used for marketing or social research.
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One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.
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In the ten years leading up to 2013, quinoa prices nearly tripled on the back of skyrocketing international demand for the latest 'superfood'. The grain had traditionally been cultivated in the high Andean plateau, principally for household consumption. But as prices rose, farmers' incentive to sell it as a cash crop grew.
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Science, knowledge of the things that are possible present and past; prescience, knowledge of the things which may come to pass.
