Containing Quotes

140 quotes by 127 authors

I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and containing many rooms, just as… — Teresa of Avila
The face of a lover is an unknown, precisely because it is invested with so much of oneself. It is a mystery, containing, like all… — James A. Baldwin
As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets, the advantage of containing no… — John Desmond Bernal
This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of divine authority, a blasphemy -… — Annie Besant
Wine is a living liquid containing no preservatives. Its life cycle comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death. When not treated with reasonable respect it… — Julia Child
Getting married is like putting one's hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel. — Thomas More
Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not inevitable… — Ronald Knox
On the altar you are looking at the same thing as you saw there last night. You have not heard, however, what this is, what… — Saint Augustine
Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about… — Zbigniew Brzezinski
Having been the discoverer of many splendid things, he is said to have asked his friends and relations that, after his death, they should place… — Archimedes
You propound a complicated arithmetical problem: say cubing a number containing four digits. Give me a slate and half an hour's time, and I can… — George Bernard Shaw
In the case of those solids, whether of earth, or rock, which enclose on all sides and contain crystals, selenites, marcasites, plants and their parts,… — Nicolas Steno
Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of Himself. — Mother Teresa
Everybody has barriers and obstacles. If you look at them as containing fences that don't allow you to advance, then you're going to be a… — Benjamin Carson
Sir,-The Planet [Neptune] whose position you marked out actually exists. On the day on which your letter reached me, I found a star of the… — Johann Gottfried Galle
We read to find out what the world is like, to experience lots of lives, not just the one we live. If it is true… — Ramona Koval
Immense deposits of kimmeridge clay, containing the oil-bearing bands or seams, stretch across England from Dorsetshire to Lincolnshire. [An early political recognition of the native… — Winston Churchill
Chess is a game sufficiently rich in meaning that it is easily capable of containing elements of both tragedy and comedy. — Luke McShane
That bright blue ball rising over the moon's surface, containing everything we hold dear - the laughter of children, a quiet sunset, all the hopes… — Barack Obama
Haemoglobin is a very large molecule by ordinary standards, containing about ten thousand atoms, but the chances are that your haemoglobin and mine are identical,… — Francis Crick

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