Branch Quotes

433 quotes by 361 authors

Homo sapiens [are] a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree. — Stephen Jay Gould
I was a pebble. I was a leaf. I was the jagged branch of a tree. I was nothing to them and they were everything… — Cheryl Strayed
Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds as if it… — P.J. O'Rourke
Perhaps it was Maggie, perhaps not. In solitary moments magpies will perch on a branch and mutter soft soliloquies of whines and squeals and chatterings,… — Stanley Crawford
He (Branch Rickey) must think I went to the Massachesetts Constitution of Technology. — Dizzy Dean
Statistics is the branch of scientific method which deals with the data obtained by counting or measuring the properties of populations of natural phenomena. — Maurice Kendall
For those who believe executive branch officials will voluntarily interpret their surveillance authorities with restraint, I believe it is more likely that I will achieve… — Ron Wyden
We must eradicate root and branch any fear and dread in our soul concerning the future that is coming towards us... We must develop composure… — Rudolf Steiner
Here is a tree rooted in African soil, nourished with waters from the rivers of Afrika. Come and sit under its shade and become, with… — Robert Sobukwe
The Christian life is not just our own private affair. If we have been born again into God's family, not only has he become our… — John Stott
Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery. — Arthur Machen
For some unknown reason, this [antiabortion] branch of Christianity cherishes the unborn and hates the living person. — Vine Deloria, Jr.
The photographer must bear the responsibility for his work and its effect â€¦[for] photographic journalism, because of its tremendous audience reached by publications using it,… — W. Eugene Smith
I think Ray Guy and John Madden for sure should be in the Hall of Fame and Cliff Branch should be as well. — Jim Otto
In every branch of knowledge the progress is proportional to the amount of facts on which to build, and therefore to the facility of obtaining… — James Clerk Maxwell
Winston worked in the RECORDS DEPARTMENT (a single branch of the Ministry of Truth) editing and writing for The Times. He dictated into a machine… — George Orwell
Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss. — Henning Mankell
Homosexuals now pervade and control American government at every level and branch. Thus, only those churches that support and promote the militant homosexual agenda enjoy… — Fred Phelps
I was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, and no one had ever taught anybody that young, back in those days. — Bernie Worrell
Instruction in academia did not emphasize what I thought of as essential points. I was interested in the broad range of interrelated connections within the… — Jacque Fresco

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