Alteration Quotes

76 quotes by 70 authors

An occupying power has no right to make significant alterations in the character of the occupied society, to change the laws all around, without a… — Juan Cole
A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein… — Francis Crick
I try to do much of the necessary alteration on the black and white [cartoons] rather than leave it to be done on the paintings. — E. J. Hughes
A well-composed song strikes the mind and softens the feelings, and produces a greater effect than a moral work, which convinces our reason, but does… — Napoleon Bonaparte
The act of creation, making anything, is an alteration. We cannot eliminate the medium or ourselves from the process, and both are limited. We create… — John Paul Caponigro
My being consists of matter and form, that is, of soul and body; annihilation will reach neither of them, for they were never produced out… — Marcus Aurelius
Contentment is never the outcome of fulfillment, of achievement, or of the possession of things; it is not born of action or inaction. It comes… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written.… — G I Gurdjieff
Love is not love that alters when it alteration finds. — William Shakespeare
Both for the production on a mass scale of this communist consciousness, and for the success of the cause itself, the alteration of men on… — Karl Marx
Evolution is not a genetically controlled distortion of one adult form into another; it is a genetically controlled alteration in a developmental program. — Richard Dawkins
Our lives are about development, mutation and the possibility of change; that is almost a definition of what life is: change... If you disable change,… — Iain Banks
Reading alters the appearance of a book. Once it has been read, it never looks the same again, and people leave their individual imprint on… — Paul Theroux
I have listened to many tales in my life, and told a few of my own. If this has taught me anything, it is that… — Juliet Marillier
For those who feel their lives are a grave disappointment to God, it requires enormous trust and reckless, raging confidence to accept that the love… — Brennan Manning
Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive. — John Bradshaw
The feeling of righteousness is the core mood alteration among religious addicts. Religious addiction is a massive problem in our society. It may be the… — John Bradshaw
The fairy tale is in a perpetual state of becoming and alteration. To keep to one version or one translation alone is to put robin… — Philip Pullman
An invention that is quickly accepted will turn out to be a rather trivial alteration of something that has already existed. — Edwin Land
All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals… — Hans Kung

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