Applicable Quotes

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When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down… — Jimmy Carter
I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons… — Samuel Alito
The History of Evolution is the real source of light in the investigation of organic bodies. It is applicable at every step, and all our… — Karl Ernst von Baer
... on these expanded membranes [butterfly wings] Nature writes, as on a tablet, the story of the modifications of species, so truly do all changes… — Henry Walter Bates
I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put into my body,… — Alexander Shulgin
At its most dynamic, faith evolves into powerful applicable knowledge. — Aberjhani
The good old maxims of the Bible are applicable, and truly applicable to human affairs, and in this as in other things, we may say… — Abraham Lincoln
[About Pierre de Fermat] It cannot be denied that he has had many exceptional ideas, and that he is a highly intelligent man. For my… — Rene Descartes
I have tried to read philosophers of all ages and have found many illuminating ideas but no steady progress toward deeper knowledge and understanding. Science,… — Max Born
The scientific method of examining facts is not peculiar to one class of phenomena and to one class of workers; it is applicable to social… — Karl Pearson
[Science] is not perfect. It can be misused. It is only a tool. But it is by far the best tool we have, self-correcting, ongoing,… — Carl Sagan
For the better part of my last semester at Garden City High, I constructed a physical pendulum and used it to make a "precision" measurement… — Steven Chu
The power of nonviolence is not circumstance-specific. It is as applicable to the problems that confront us now, as to problems that confronted generations in… — Marianne Williamson
That no generally applicable law of the formulation and development of hybrids has yet been successfully formulated can hardly astonish anyone who is acquainted with… — Gregor Mendel
[Pitchblende] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, pitch-blende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be supplied by another… — Martin Heinrich Klaproth
I love mathematics not only because it is applicable to technology but also because it is beautiful. — Rozsa Peter
We live in a cultural milieu ... The idea that culture is our ecological niche is still applicable. The impact and force of natural selection… — C. Loring Brace
But it is my total conviction that all the trappings of good leadership are generic and widely applicable whether you are standing in a khaki… — Peter Cosgrove
Truth and non-violence are not cloistered virtues but applicable as much in the forum and the legislatures as in the market place. — Mahatma Gandhi
It is an error to believe that Christ did not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and to all men, but… — Pope Pius X

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