Aristotle... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The human passions transform man from a mere thing into a hero, into a being that in spite of tremendous handicaps tries… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I have performed my duty to my God, my country, and my family. I have nothing to fear in approaching death. To… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
Prayer is no mere exercise of words or of the ears, it is no mere repetition of empty formula. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Nowadays we can do computer experiments using Mathematica, and even solve a system of 42 equations. This offers another route to knowledge,… — John Forbes Nash Copy Share Image
It is mere rubbish thinking, at present, of origin of life; one might as well think of origin of matter. — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
Talk of belief in these animals is not some kind of anthropomorphism. We simply cannot explain the kinds of problem solving and… — Hilary Kornblith Copy Share Image
What labor and pains worldlings take to obtain the vain things of this life-to obtain the poor things of this world, which… — Thomas Brooks Copy Share Image
We're not mere spectators, or a cosmic accident, or some sideshow, or the Greek chorus to the main event. The human experience… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I'm not a racist.It would had also go for Swedish people, for Australian people.Of course that would apply with anybody for any… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
Nowadays the field naturalist-who is usually at all points superior to the mere closet naturalist-follows a profession as full of hazard and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A learned person will become noble only when he or she has put into real practice what has been learned, instead of… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We may note in passing that He (Jesus) was never regarded as a mere moral teacher. He did not produce that effect… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the… — Jacques Charles Copy Share Image
The Australian sees itself not as a mere newspaper, but as a player in the game of national politics, calling upon the… — Robert Manne Copy Share Image
Swear words and profanities are mere abbreviations of speech, similar to the abbreviations in writing. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope… — William Bolitho Copy Share Image
In our Richmond there is much fanaticism, but chiefly among the women. They have their night meetings and prayer parties, where, attended… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Ever since roughly 1890, when snot poets first decided that rhyme was confining and unnecessary, every idiot with a pen fancied hisself… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
Music is mere tuning a song with words; to some degree you have a beautiful endeavor of cosigning God's blank checks and… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
Order is not sufficient. What is required, is something much more complex. It is order entering upon novelty; so that the massiveness… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
In the same way the eminence attaching to the mere possession of great wealth disappoints us nine times out of ten, especially… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
I do not expect that the mere fact that I was once an evangelical apologist and now see things differently should itself… — Robert M. Price Copy Share Image
Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. There are many things below it, but there… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
