Derived Quotes

319 quotes by 279 authors

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense… — Thucydides
That these are our grievances which we have thus laid before his majesty, with that freedom of language and sentiment which becomes a free people… — Thomas Jefferson
Though we [Humanists] take a strict position on what constitutes knowledge, we are not critical of the source of ideas. Often intuitive feelings, hunches, speculation,… — Fred Edwords
Today courts wrongly interpret separation of church and state to mean that religion has no place in the public arena, or that morality derived from… — Dinesh D'Souza
The soldier is on friendlier terms than other men with his stomach and intestines. Three-quarters of his vocabulary is derived from these regions, and they… — Erich Maria Remarque
There is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has been obtained from experience, or derived in some… — William Harvey
America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture. — Woodrow Wilson
Rather, the master question from which the mission of education research is derived: What should be taught to whom, and with what pedagogical object in… — Jerome Bruner
I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived from the constitution.… — Joe Biden
We are whirling through endless space, with and inconceivable speed, all around everything is spinning, everything is moving, everywhere there is energy. There must be… — Nikola Tesla
There is, it seems to us, At best, only a limited value In the knowledge derived from experience. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Statistics may be defined as the discipline concerned with the treatment of numerical data derived from groups of individuals. — Peter Armitage
The solid wealth of insurance companies and the success of those who organsie gambling are some indication of the profits to be derived from the… — Edward de Bono
American farmers produced 600 more calories per person per day in 2000 than they did in 1980. But some calories got cheaper than others: Since… — Michael Pollan
Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal. — Lamar S. Smith
The conversation, like many others I had with people on trains, derived an easy candour from the shared journey, the comfort of the dining car,… — Paul Theroux
The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership of… — Amartya Sen
In our totality we are born of the Earth. Our spirituality itself is earth-derived... If there is no spirituality in the earth, then there is… — Thomas Berry
The word â€˜sinâ€™ is derived from the Indo-European root â€˜es-,â€™ meaning â€˜to be.â€™ When I discovered this etymology, I intuitively understood that for a [person]… — Mary Daly
Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of… — Charles Lyell

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