Analogous Quotes

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Next to the word 'Nature,' 'the Great Chain of Being' was the sacred phrase of the eighteenth century, playing a part somewhat analogous to that… — Arthur Oncken Lovejoy
Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in the… — Sigmund Freud
It seems sensible to discard all hope of observing hitherto unobservable quantities, such as the position and period of the electron... Instead it seems more… — Werner Heisenberg
The generation of seeds ... is therefore marvelous and analogous to the other productions of living things. For first of all an umbilicus appears. ...… — Marcello Malpighi
Another source of conviction in the existence of God, connected with the reason and not with the feelings, impresses me as having much more weight.… — Charles Darwin
Walking also enables us to watch a hole unfold in front of us. To walk a course is analogous to driving a long distance rather… — Lorne Rubenstein
The elementary parts of all tissues are formed of cells in an analogous, though very diversified manner, so that it may be asserted, that there… — Theodor Schwann
The principal result of my investigation is that a uniform developmental principle controls the individual elementary units of all organisms, analogous to the finding that… — Theodor Schwann
The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure. — Nicholas Meyer
Attributing global climate change to human COâ‚‚ production is akin to trying to diagnose an automotive problem by ignoring the engine (analogous to the Sun… — Timothy Ball
Whether a man chooses to tell the truth in long sentences or short jokes is a problem analogous to whether he chooses to tell the… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The piano has eighty-eight keys, and you have to be able to play all of them. And the range of white to black is analogous… — Ansel Adams
Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a… — Brian Aldiss
Problems, however, are rarely solved on the spur of the moment. They must be organized and dissected, then key issues isolated and defined. A period… — William Redington Hewlett
We must not put pressure on people, but by providing information on the population and the environments, and appropriate contraception for everyone...doctors should help bring… — John Guillebaud
I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive… — Alfred North Whitehead
The popular mind often pictures gigantic flying machines speeding across the Atlantic carrying innumerable passengers in a way analogous to our modern steam ships. .… — William Henry Pickering
For the Persian poet Rumi, each human life is analogous to a bowl floating on the surface of an infinite ocean.Â As it moves along,… — Bill Viola
Colors close together on the color wheel are analogous and will make a calm room. Colors that are farther apart are complementary and add drama. — David Bromstad
So I have no grounds to complain; on the contrary, writers should consider the condition of permanent controversiality to be invigorating, part of the risk… — Gunter Grass

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