I know very well that many scientists consider dowsing as they do astrology, as a type of ancient superstition. According to my… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
America did not need to be discovered because quite simply America had the American-Indians. There were whole groups of people that already… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
When you enter a grove peopled with ancient trees, higher than the ordinary, and shutting out the sky with their thickly inter-twined… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Oh, ancient god, whatever your name," whispered Ahmed. "Help this lost son of a good father, this evil boy who meant no… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
We are in the dark places of the earth," said Madman. "Where all the ancient and most dangerous secrets are kept. There… — Simon R. Green Copy Share Image
The Christian god can easily be pictured as virtually the same god as the many ancient gods of past civilizations. The Christian… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Many theories of the ancient world seem terribly childish today, a hodge-podge of fables and false comparisons.But our theories will seem childish… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by… — Uta Hagen Copy Share Image
We have no adequate conception of the perfection of the ancient tragic dance. The pleasure which the greeks received from it had… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the roles are… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I think that G-O-D is like the answer to a formula for creating life. Or some kind of energy or antigravity. It's… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
To put it in a terminology that hearkens back to the more brutal age of ancient empires, the three grand imperatives of… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
Besides, I'd seen a really nice pair of shoes yesterday in the mall and I wanted them for my own. I can't… — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
We do not worship the Prophet. We worship God our Eternal Father and the risen Lord Jesus Christ. But we acknowledge the… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
Magic is that which it is; it is by itself, like the mathematics; for it is the exact and absolute science of… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
To some extent, mythology is only the most ancient history and biography. So far from being false or fabulous in the common… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The wilderness is near as well as dear to every man. Even the oldest villages are indebted to the border of wild… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
According to Herodotus, the ancient Persians felt that what was necessary in the background of a young man entering adulthood was his… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
I read mostly historical fiction - lots of stuff set in ancient Rome and ancient Greece. I also liked sci-fi and fantasy:… — Henry Cavill Copy Share Image
If you really want to be a good archaeologist, you have to understand ancient DNA; you have to understand chemical analysis to… — Sarah Parcak Copy Share Image
[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Brothers and Sisters: Our ancient homeland is spotted today with an array of chemical dumps. Along the Niagara River, dioxin, a particularly… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
Alternative explanations are always welcome in science, if they are better and explain more. Alternative explanations that explain nothing are not welcome...… — Victor J. Stenger Copy Share Image
If I tell you my character has grey hair, you will not see her. If I tell you she has a tiny… — Pat Schneider Copy Share Image
“Have you ever had a dream that you were certain was real, only to wake up and realize that everyone and everything… — Joseph P. Kauffman Copy Share Image
We look at the ancient Greeks with their gods on a mountain top throwing lightning bolts and say, 'Those ancient Greeks. They… — Paul Provenza Copy Share Image
I don't know if I've come of age, but I'm certainly older now. I feel shrunken, as if there's a tiny ancient… — Joe Dunthorne Copy Share Image
My own feeling about JJ, without knowing anything about him, was that he might have been a gay person, because he had… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Three of the four elements are shared by all creatures, but fire was a gift to humans alone. Smoking cigarettes is as… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Pompeii, especially, with its grand murals and its flourishing gardens haunted by the dark shadow of Vesuvius, has always suggested uncomfortable parallels… — Eleanor Antin Copy Share Image
“What is this power of words? In our everyday routine, we use words to carry out all our transactions. If someone praises… — Harsha Yardi Copy Share Image
At some time in the recent past someone had decided to brighten the ancient corridors of the University by painting them, having… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Our minds thus grow in spots; and like grease-spots, the spots spread. But we let them spread as little as possible: we… — William James Copy Share Image
One interesting thing I found was that if you take an affluent modern society and collapse it during a crisis, like a… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
Dialectic, which is the parent of logic, came itself from rhetoric. Rhetoric is in turn the child of the myths and poetry… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or… — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
I never feel like I am "using" a voice, rather I am listening to a voice and recording it as faithfully as… — Micheline Aharonian Marcom Copy Share Image
Since I was 18 years old, I have taught the Bible. For the last fifteen or twenty years, I have taught every… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The Calormens have dark faces and long beards. They wear flowing robes and orange-colored turbans, and they are a wise, wealthy, courteous,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
![“[All the ancient wisdom] tells us that work is necessary to us, as much a part of our condition as mortality; that good work is our salvation and our joy; that shoddy or dishonest or self-serving work is our curse and our doom. We have tried to escape the sweat and sorrow promised in Genesis…” quote by Wendell Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7c1/wendell-berry-236_america_all-the-ancient-wisdom-tells-us-that-wor_1212112.jpg)
