Remembering that Eratosthenes of Cyrene, employing mathematical theories and geometrical methods, discovered from the course of the sun, the shadows cast by… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Any method which appears to offer advantages to a nation at war will be vigorously employed by that nation. There is but… — George W. Merck Copy Share Image
How could intelligent beings seek to control a few unwanted species by a method that contaminated the entire environment and brought the… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring… — Hermann Bondi Copy Share Image
The language of judicial decision is mainly the language of logic. And the logical method and form flatter that longing for certainty… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
I have had a number of threatening letters each week, some telling me the actual time and method of my death, and… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
My method seems to change to everything, especially when you get older. You have more of a resonance to be able to… — Jason Patric Copy Share Image
There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Systems, scientific or philosophic, come and go. Each method of limited understanding is at length exhausted. In its prime each system is… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The true historian, therefore, seeking to compose a true picture of the thing acted, must collect facts and combine facts. Methods will… — Augustine Birrell Copy Share Image
Linear programming is viewed as a revolutionary development giving man the ability to state general objectives and to find, by means of… — George Dantzig Copy Share Image
We live in a society that is in transition from oral to written. There are oral stories that are still there, not… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The point I would make is that the novelist and the historian are seeking the same thing: the truth – not a… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
I feel that I, and the people under my command, tried to use all the traditional methods of recruiting agents which were… — Markus Wolf Copy Share Image
Until you recognize the need, the absolute requirement for taking responsibility, you will not succeed. Once you do accept the responsibility, however,… — Pete Egoscue Copy Share Image
The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the… — Stephen Gardiner Copy Share Image
I tend to solicit opinions from all those around me. I like to hear opinions and the rationale behind it from everybody… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
It is well known that no person who regards his reputation will ever kill a trout with anything but a fly. It… — Charles Dudley Warner Copy Share Image
The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
The meaning of life changes as you change dimensional planes. The way human beings perceive the world is only one simple method… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of “Zen” navigation, which was… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
A scientific or technical study always consists of the following three steps: 1. One decides the objective. 2. One considers the method.… — Genichi Taguchi Copy Share Image
Women have been denied access to advanced methods of self discovery throughout the ages. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
ECCENTRICITY, n. A method of distinction so cheap that fools employ it to accentuate their incapacity. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
