In every science certain things must be accepted as first principles if the subject matter is to be understood; and these first… — Nicholas of Cusa Copy Share Image
We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“If there are no self-evident first principles, as a foundation for reasoning to conclusions that are not immediately apparent, how can you… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“The way Elon talks about this is that you always need to start with the first principles of a problem. What are… — Ashlee Vance Copy Share Image
I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy. — Johann Heinrich Lambert Copy Share Image
Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Without commerce, advanced social orders can’t evolve, so we’re stuck in the primitive state where every nerd fabricates everything from first principles.” — Brad Cox Copy Share Image
“[...] One chief difference between the medieval "scientist" and the scientist of to-day[1948] lies in the nature of the first principles accepted… — Leon Roth Copy Share Image
We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers. — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
I think that Apple has revolutionized every other consumer industry; why not television? The complexity of the experience of using the television… — John Sculley Copy Share Image
The things best to know are first principles and causes, but these things are perhaps the most difficult for men to grasp,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who are quick… — Proclus Copy Share Image
“Philosophers can never hope finally to formulate these metaphysical first principles. Weakness of insight and deficiencies of language stand in the way… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
Economists get impatient with philosophy. They are often trained as skilled mathematicians. They don't like going back to ordinary language and first… — Martha C. Nussbaum Copy Share Image
One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. — Chris Cleave Copy Share Image
Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly, but take every building to pieces, and challenge every feature. Learn to distinguish the… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
Life is infinite energy coupled with limitless creative imagination. It is the invisible essence and substance of every visible form. Its nature… — Ernest Holmes Copy Share Image
I love to try to understand first principles and be guided by that. But then, enrich them, because they won't last forever,… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
The man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into… — Orison Swett Marden Copy Share Image
It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in… — Bram Stoker Copy Share Image
The works of nature and the works of revelation display religion to mankind in characters so large and visible that those who… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want - an honest party dedicated to common… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Living, as I do, in an educated and scientific atmosphere, I could not have conceived that the first principles of zoology were… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
