Appear Quotes

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In the course of individual development, inherited characters appear, in general, earlier than adaptive ones, and the earlier a certain character appears in ontogeny, the… — Ernst Haeckel
If we can combine our knowledge of science with the wisdom of wildness, if we can nurture civilization through roots in the primitive, man's potentialities… — Charles Lindbergh
We have already considered with disfavour the possibility of the universe having been planned by a biologist or an engineer; from the intrinsic evidence of… — James Jeans
When the aggregate amount of solid matter transported by rivers in a given number of centuries from a large continent, shall be reduced to arithmetical… — Charles Lyell
Every creature alive on the earth today represents an unbroken line of life that stretches back to the first primitive organism to appear on this… — George Wald
I learnt to distrust all physical concepts as the basis for a theory. Instead one should put one's trust in a mathematical scheme, even if… — Paul Dirac
Perspective is a most subtle discovery in mathematical studies, for by means of lines it causes to appear distant that which is near, and large… — Leonardo da Vinci
"Pieces" almost always appear 'as parts' in whole processes. ... To sever a "'part" from the organized whole in which it occurs-whether it itself be… — Max Wertheimer
It seems perfectly clear that Economy, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science. There exists much prejudice against… — William Stanley Jevons
To a mind of sufficient intellectual power, the whole of mathematics would appear trivial, as trivial as the statement that a four-footed animal is an… — Bertrand Russell
The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of… — Elias Canetti
How beggarly appear arguments before a defiant deed! — Walt Whitman
What could be more foolish than to base one's entire view of life on ideas that, however plausible at the time, now appear to be… — Francis Crick
What has been said of [God] is either unintelligible or perfectly contradictory; and for this reason must appear impossible to every man of common sense. — Baron d'Holbach
I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is… — Bertrand Russell
Lincoln's appeal to 'the better angels of our nature' failed to avert a fratricidal war. But the compassionate wisdom of Lincoln's first and second inaugurals… — Felix Frankfurter
We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to pick up a temporary knowledge… — James Boswell
A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective. — Sun Tzu
If you are strong, appear weak. But if you are weak, appear strong. — Sun Tzu
In a sense, each of us is an island. In another sense, however, we are all one. For though islands appear separate, and may even… — Goswami Kriyananda

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