Currents Quotes

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The primary rocks, ... I regard as the deposits of a period in which the earth's crust had sufficiently cooled down to permit the existence… — Hugh Miller
It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose.… — Barack Obama
This transformation is already proceeding, and if we want to consciously find these evolutionary currents operating in our own being as well-if we want to… — Ken Wilber
I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context. — Theodore Stevens
Criticism challenges current findings. The effort to defend one's position can lead to deeper insights or consideration of options previously not considered. — Robert Redford
The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes… — Harold Bloom
Why is contemporary China short of works that speak directly? Because we writers cannot speak directly, or rather we can only speak in an indirect… — Murong Xuecun
I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making… — Donald Knuth
The current operating system [culture] is flawed. It actually has bugs in it that generate contradictions. We're cutting the earth from beneath our own feet.… — Terence McKenna
The truth is not a crystal that can be slipped into one's pocket, but an endless current into which one falls headlong. — Robert Musil
I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in the ongoing controversy over campaign… — James L. Buckley
Why cry about missed opportunities when you have the ability to smile at opportunities lived? The past has created who you are NOW, where we… — Greg Plitt
In the current era, more than prodigies in mathematics, science, athletics, or art, I believe we need prodigies of good character and integrity. People who… — Ilchi Lee
I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired. — Richard Wagner
If we are not happy with where our past decisions have led us, then the place to start is with our current thinking process. — Jim Rohn
Daniel Dennett is our best current philosopher. He is the next Bertrand Russell. Unlike traditional philosophers, Dan is a student of neuroscience, linguistics, artificial intelligence,… — Marvin Minsky
Observation over many years has taught us that the chief losses to investors come from the purchase of low-quality securities at times of good business… — Benjamin Graham
The current fashion in belligerent atheism usually involves flinging condemnation around with a kind of gallant extravagance, more or less in the direction of all… — David Bentley Hart
By doing good with his money, a man, as it were, stamps the image of God upon it, and makes it pass current for the… — John Rutledge

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