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There is something in such laws that takes the breath away. They are not discoveries or inventions of the human mind, but exist independently of… — M.C. Escher
As we crossed the Malakand Pass I saw a young girl selling oranges. She was scratching marks on a piece of paper with a pencil… — Malala Yousafzai
Today, it is imperative to end this hysteria, to refute the rhetoric of the Cold War and to accept the obvious fact: Russia is an… — Vladimir Putin
Paleontologists [fossil experts] have paid an exorbitant price for Darwin's argument. We fancy ourselves as the only true students of life's history, yet to preserve… — Stephen Jay Gould
When students of other sciences ask us what is now currently believed about the origin of species, we have no clear answer to give. Faith… — William Bateson
Let a man fear, above all, me, his God, and so much the gentler will he become toward my creatures and animals, on whom, on… — Bridget of Sweden
Around the world, we can see the results of exploitation which destroys much without taking future generations into account. Today, all men have a duty… — Pope John Paul II
When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account. — Haniel Long
All persons possessing any portion of power ought to be strongly and awfully impressed with an idea that they act in trust, and that they… — Edmund Burke
I look upon statistics as the handmaid of medicine, but on that very account I hold that it befits medicine to treat her handmaid with… — Karl Pearson
The wisest man is he who can account for his actions. — Umar
Neglect not your time, nor use it haphazardly; on the contrary you should bring yourself to account. Structure your litanies and other practices during each… — Al-Ghazali
The course of my long life hath reached at last in fragile bark over a tempestuous sea the common harbor, where must rendered be account… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
...the global surface albedo [surface whiteness] and greenhouse gas changes account for practically the entire global climate change. — James Hansen
Well, I have my own article on where the heck is global warming?...The fact is that we can't account for the lack of warming at… — Kevin E. Trenberth
Under true peer-review...a panel of reviewers must accept a study before it can be published in a scientific journal. If the reviewers have objections the… — Richard Lindzen
I have come to the conclusion that my subjective account of my motivation is largely mythical on almost all occasions. I don't know why I… — John B. S. Haldane
If I like many photographers, and I do, I account for this by noting a quality they share - animation. They may or may not… — Robert Adams
I look upon the People and the Nation as handed on to me as an responsibility conferred upon me by God, and I believe, as… — Wilhelm II
In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or… — Paul von Hindenburg

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