The pragmatist turns away from abstraction and insufficiency, from verbal solutions, from bad a priori reasons, from fixed principles, closed systems, and… — William James Copy Share Image
For much of history it was possible to believe that the great diversity of life on Earth was a fixed creation, that… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
When the difficulty of a problem lies only in finding out what follows from certain fixed premises, mathematical methods furnish invaluable wings… — Arthur M. Wellington Copy Share Image
One of the tragic consequences of divorce is that the kids are legally obligated by the courts to spend a fixed amount… — C.D. Payne Copy Share Image
[The doctrine of air] I was led into in consequence of inhabiting a house adjoining to a public brewery, where I at… — Joseph Priestley Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, we used to play basketball in a park that was never shoveled when it snowed. The basketball… — DeForest Soaries Copy Share Image
God's Word must be so strongly fixed in our minds that it becomes the dominant influence in our thoughts, our attitudes, and… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
When all moves equally (says Pascal), nothing seems to move as in a vessel under sail; and when all run by common… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There must be a law if there is to be liberty. Try to play a piano and you will run into laws… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
I never listen to debates. They are dreadful things indeed. The plain truth is that I am not a fair man, and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The two revolutions, I mean the annual revolutions of the declination and of the centre of the Earth, are not completely equal;… — Nicolaus Copernicus Copy Share Image
I became wary of simple interpretations that assumed fixed and final meanings. — John Pfahl Copy Share Image
It is not proper to project our feelings onto things or to attribute our own sensations and passions to them. Can it… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
And that is how Goodwin problems were always fixed. Fix them on the surface but don't go to the root, always ignoring… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Are you one of those people who notices the problems of the world and says ... somebody ought to do something about… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
Even as the unborn babe is in the womb of his mother, these five are fixed as his life destiny: his life… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But I think it's more that when you're young, you're invincible, you're immortal - or at least you think you are. The… — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
A Classical style... is the syllogism of art, the only legitimate process from one world to another. Classicism is not the manner… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
A hunter that is worth his salt does not catch game because he sets his traps, or because he knows the hunting… — Carlos Castaneda Copy Share Image
Simplicity is never a matter of circumstances; simplicity is a matter of focus. So in the midst of educating and parenting our… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
There should always be that leeway because if you think of your character as sort of absolutely fixed, then you just try… — Lenny Abrahamson Copy Share Image
The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society… — Charles Sturt Copy Share Image
I am the Soul. I am the Light Divine. I am Love. I am Will. I am Fixed Design. — Alice Bailey Copy Share Image
We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
![“[The doctrine of air] I was led into in consequence…” quote by Joseph Priestley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/42a/joseph-priestley-17782_air_the-doctrine-of-air-i-was-led-into-in-co_74416.jpg)
