Concepts Quotes

541 Concepts quotes by 418 unique authors

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
I believe my concepts are more than just business, they are about our culture. — Minoru Mori
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
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
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
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
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
I believe all religions are becoming obsolete, clinging to ancient concepts. — John Templeton
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
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
The progress of science has always been the result of a close interplay between our concepts of the universe and our observations on nature. The… — Tsung-Dao Lee
Words are tools which automatically carve concepts out of experience. — Julian Huxley
I love colors... as much as I love concepts. — Unknown Author
The mechanist is intimately convinced that a precise knowledge of the chemical constitution, structure, and properties of the various organelles of a cell will solve… — Andre Michel Lwoff
What the founders of modern science, among them Galileo, had to do, was not to criticize and to combat certain faulty theories, and to correct… — Unknown Author
... one of the main functions of an analogy or model is to suggest extensions of the theory by considering extensions of the analogy, since… — Mary Hesse
For strictly scientific or technological purposes all this is irrelevant. On a pragmatic view, as on a religious view, theory and concepts are held in… — Unknown Author
In 1975, ... [speaking with Shiing Shen Chern], I told him I had finally learned ... the beauty of fiber-bundle theory and the profound Chern-Weil… — Chen-Ning Yang
The techniques have galloped ahead of the concepts. We have moved away from studying the complexity of the organism; from processes and organisation to composition. — James Black
The ultimate point of view is that there is nothing to understand, so when we try to understand, we are only indulging in acrobatics of… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an unproved… — L. Harrison Matthews
Here's a Challenge: Study a complicated topic in such detail that anyone interested can nod their head and understand as you explain specific concepts within… — Albert Einstein
You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and the… — Anton Chekhov
We cut nature up, organize it into concepts, and ascribe significances as we do, largely because we are parties to an agreement to organize it… — Benjamin Lee Whorf
We talk about democracy as if it's a safeguard for individual rights... Instead, it's become our way of intruding on rights, allegedly in the name… — Jonathan D. Morris

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