Concepts Quotes
541 quotes by 418 authors
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The aim of science is, on the one hand, as complete a comprehension as possible of the connection between perceptible experiences in their totality, and,…
— Albert Einstein
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The solutions put forth by imperialism are the quintessence of simplicity...When they speak of the problems of population and birth, they are in no way…
— Fidel Castro
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A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises is, the more different kinds of things it relates, and the more…
— Albert Einstein
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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
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Standard mathematics has recently been rendered obsolete by the discovery that for years we have been writing the numeral five backward. This has led to…
— Woody Allen
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We can remove poverty from the surface of the earth only if we can redesign our institutions - like the banking institutions, and other institutions;…
— Muhammad Yunus
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Mathematics is the tool specially suited for dealing with abstract concepts of any kind and there is no limit to its power in this field.
— Paul Dirac
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Liberalism and Western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today, these two concepts have failed. Those with insight can…
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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[Evolution is] one of the best documented, most compelling and exciting concepts in all of science.
— Stephen Jay Gould
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The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and…
— John Shelby Spong
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Man has but little heeded the advice of the wise men. He has been - fatefully, if not willingly - less virtuous, less constant, less…
— Ralph Bunche
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I believe my concepts are more than just business, they are about our culture.
— Minoru Mori
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There are no idealists in the plant world and no compassion. The rose and the morning glory know no mercy. Bindweed, the morning glory, will…
— Hal Borland
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I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is to act in…
— Barry Goldwater
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My whole effort is to help you to disappear. My whole effort is to help you to be so empty: anatta - non-being. Because if…
— Rajneesh
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Most of the world's religions serve only to strengthen attachments to false concepts such as self and other, life and death, heaven and earth, and…
— Laozi
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I served for 42 years on the board of trustees of the largest Presbyterian seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, and we had brilliant people - teachers…
— John Templeton
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I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts.
— John Templeton
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It is an old saying, abundantly justified, that where sciences meet there growth occurs. It is true moreover to say that in scientific borderlands not…
— Frederick Gowland Hopkins
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Students using astrophysical textbooks remain essentially ignorant of even the existence of plasma concepts, despite the fact that some of them have been known for…
— Hannes Alfven
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