Conceived Quotes

369 quotes by 324 authors

My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived. — John Adams
A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up and dies of old age… — Jim Bishop
I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I… — Jacqueline Bisset
God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch. — Samuel Butler
We are a nation conceived, born and nurtured by faith... Our faith is declared in our Constitution, on our currency and in our lives. — Bob Dole
Only Christ could have conceived Christ. — Joseph Parker
But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be… — Ulrich Beck
Living, as I do, in an educated and scientific atmosphere, I could not have conceived that the first principles of zoology were so little known.… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Heart's ease of pansy, pleasure or thought, Which would the picture give us of these? Surely the heart that conceived it sought Heart's ease. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
I have never conceived that having been in public life required me to belie my sentiments, or to conceal them. Opinion and the just maintenance… — Thomas Jefferson
That diabolical Hell conceived principle of persecution rages amoung some and to their eternal Infamy the Clergy can furnish their Quota of Imps for such… — James Madison
Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into the study of ultimate (evolutionary)… — Ernst Mayr
All authentic art is conceived at a sacred moment and nourished in a blessed hour; an inner impulse creates it, often without the artist being… — Caspar David Friedrich
Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some… — F. H. Bradley
Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual… — Mary McCarthy
Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin... Bankers own the Earth. Take it away from them but leave them the power to create… — Josiah Stamp
I conceived and developed a new geometry of nature and implemented its use in a number of diverse fields. It describes many of the irregular… — Benoit Mandelbrot
It is the nature of an hypothesis, when once a man has conceived it, that it assimilates every thing to itself, as proper nourishment; and,… — Laurence Sterne
I have conceived a higher opinion of the natural capacities of the black race than I had ever before entertained. Their apprehension seems as quick,… — Benjamin Franklin
There is nothing harder to learn than painting and nothing which most people take less trouble about learning. An art school is a place where… — Gilbert K. Chesterton

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