Conception Quotes

459 quotes by 382 authors

I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've… — K D Lang
God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus given utterance, but he is in himself pure Life. — Johann Gottlieb Fichte
I am much occupied with the investigation of the physical causes [of motions in the Solar System]. My aim in this is to show that… — Johannes Kepler
But a good patriot, and a true politician, always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition,… — Edmund Burke
Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just… — Elihu Root
The central conception of Man in the Gospels is that he is an unfinished creation capable of reaching a higher level by a definite evolution… — Maurice Nicoll
When people grow gradually rich their requirements and standard of living expand in proportion, while their present-giving instincts often remain in the undeveloped condition of… — Hector Hugh Munro
As I said, I believe life starts at conception. — Todd Akin
Our lives are programmed at conception and are endowed with purpose and meaning. — Jeane Dixon
The Germans are incapable of any conception of greatness: proof Schumann. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Just as a physicist has to examine the telescope and galvanometer with which he is working; has to get a clear conception of what he… — Hermann von Helmholtz
I fell into writing, I suppose, being one of those awful children who wrote verses. I went to a convent in New York-the Blessed Sacrament...… — Dorothy Parker
I just filmed a movie with my boyfriend, an indie film called 'Conception.' And it's kind of like an R-rated version of 'Valentine's Day.' So… — Sarah Hyland
I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority. This… — Stanley Milgram
To modern educated people, it seems obvious that matters of fact are to be ascertained by observation, not by consulting ancient authorities. But this is… — Bertrand Russell
An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole garment in which… — Eleanor Robson Belmont
Am I becoming more and more in love with God as a holy God, or with the conception of an amiable Being who says, â€œOh… — Oswald Chambers
No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody. — Jane Alexander
It is this conception of the unity of the human career which is perhaps the greatest achievement of historical study, since it gained a place… — James Henry Breasted
That is a secondary teacher conception - the writer as an observer. — Peter Bichsel

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