The consequence was, that the most sudden and visible good effects were perceived from the use of oranges and lemons; one of… — James Lind Copy Share Image
Bargains are the holy grail of the true stockpicker. The fact that 10 to 30 percent of our net worth is lost… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
We have seen that in certain respects operant reinforcement resembles the natural selection of evolutionary theory. Just as genetic characteristics which arise… — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
The discontinuous 'reduction of the wave packets' which cannot be derived from Schroedinger's equation is ... a consequence of the transition from… — Werner Heisenberg Copy Share Image
What happened with Hurricane Katrina was the American electorate was forced to look at what lay behind the veneer of chest-beating. We… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
Action can only be understood in relation to place; only by staying in place can the imagination conceive or understand action in… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The only difference between an experienced knitter and new knitter is that the experienced knitter makes bigger mistakes faster. Be bold; there… — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Copy Share Image
It was the fashion of the times to attribute every remarkable event to the particular will of the Deity; the alterations of… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
In the US, we consider our foreign policy as something rooted in the protection of American ideals of democracy and human development.… — Ed McBain Copy Share Image
I can't imagine being sixty years of age and playing music I wrote when I was in my twenties. I would rather… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
We are surrounded by the absurd excess of the universe. By meaningless bulk, vastness without size, power without consequence. The stubborn iteration… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
Our work is great; our time is short; the consequences of our labors are infinite. — John Newton Copy Share Image
The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough… — Allyson Schwartz Copy Share Image
The welfare state shields people from the consequences of their own mistakes, allowing irresponsibility to continue and to flourish among ever wider… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Unethical conduct is actually the conduct of destruction and fear; lies are told because one is afraid of the consequences should one… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
No practical biologist interested in sexual reproduction would be led to work out the detailed consequences experienced by organisms having three or… — Ronald Fisher Copy Share Image