All mammals undergo a certain degree of diversification. Darwin knew that. When he drew a family tree, it had many branches on… — Donald Johanson Copy Share Image
Burning the small dead branches broke from beneath thick spreading whitebark pine. A hundred summers snowmelt rock and air hiss in a… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
Better extirpate the whole breed, root and branch. And this, unless the German people come to their senses, is what we propose… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
“Out of the trunk, the branches grow; out of them, the twigs. So, in productive subjects, grow the chapters.” — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
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A sloth once whispered in my ear and told me that when he is clinging to branches he closes his eyes and… — Ann Burton Copy Share Image
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People in Congress are willing to shut down the entire government or to make it impossible for a Supreme Court nominee to… — George Packer Copy Share Image
In communist society, where nobody has one exclusive sphere of activity but each can become accomplished in any branch he wishes, society… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
With the increase of missionary work throughout the world, there must be a comparable increase in the effort to make every convert… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Someone who knows enough to become the owner of a tree, and gives thanks to you for the benefits it brings him,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The [engineer] should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
One bit of advice: it is important to view knowledge as sort of a semantic tree - make sure you understand the… — Elon Musk Copy Share Image
So far as Feminism seeks to adjust the legal position of woman to that of man, so far as it seeks to… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Last night I had rinsed out my sari strip and briefs in the sea. I walked down naked to where they hung… — Lucy Irvine Copy Share Image
The act of the soul, in surrendering itself into the hands of Christ, forms a connecting bond between Him as the Vine… — Gardiner Spring Copy Share Image
I have read so many books. And yet, like most Autodidacts, I am never quite sure of what I have gained from… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Journey’s end In western lands beneath the Sun The flowers may rise in Spring, The trees may bud, the waters run, The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The grey nurse resumed her knitting as Peter Walsh, on the hot seat beside her, began snoring. In her grey dress, moving… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Look, Gail." Roark got up, reached out, tore a thick branch off a tree, held it in both hands, one fist closed… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I've just been playing the Trout Quintet on the phonograph. Listening to the andantino makes me want to be a trout myself.… — Sophie Scholl Copy Share Image
It seems a miracle that young children easily learn the language of any environment into which they were born. The generative approach… — Niels Kaj Jerne Copy Share Image
Photography - the supreme form of travel, of tourism - is the principal modern means for enlarging the world. As a branch… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I knew, of course, that trees and plants had roots, stems, bark, branches and foliage that reached up toward the light. But… — Edward Steichen Copy Share Image
Learning is to a man as the leaves and branches are to a tree, and it can be said that he should… — Takeda Shingen Copy Share Image
The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government… — Charles W. Pickering Copy Share Image
To those in the executive branch who say ‘just trust us’ when it comes to secret and warrantless surveillance of domestic communications,… — Eric Holder Copy Share Image
Every man has a different idea of what's beautiful, and it's best to take the gesture, the shadow of the branch, and… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Maintaining checks and balances on the power of the Judiciary Branch and the other two branches is vital to keep the form… — Todd Tiahrt Copy Share Image
One way to find food for thought is to use the fork in the road, the bifurcation that marks the place of… — William Irwin Thompson Copy Share Image
Our age is bent on trying to make the barren tree of skepticism fruitful by tying the fruits of truth on its… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
My father is an economist who specialized in foreign food policy, and my mother worked for AID, a branch of the State… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
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I stand above the tree level I am a tree I catch wind storm breaths My branches claw I drink sky It… — Marie Ponsot Copy Share Image
Unless the chemist learns the language of mathematics, he will become a provincial and the higher branches of chemical work, that require… — Alexander Crum Brown Copy Share Image
For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Thank God for the founding fathers, who set up three separate branches of government. And the media acting as the Fourth Estate. — Andre Carson Copy Share Image
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