Descent Quotes

156 quotes by 141 authors

The rapture will not be secret but open and manifest. Its purpose will not be to whisk the elect away from the earth for a… — R C Sproul
And the worst possible thing we could know â€” worse than knowing of our descent from a mass of microorganisms â€” is that we are… — Thomas Ligotti
The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control capital. Hundreds… — Rutherford B. Hayes
Of great interest to students and teachers of immigrant history as well as to those of Polish descent. — Florian Znaniecki
I find the idea of common descent (that all organisms share a common ancestor) fairly convincing, and have no particular reason to doubt it. — Michael Behe
I believe the evidence strongly supports common descent. But the root question remains unanswered: What has caused complex systems to form? — Michael Behe
So far has Athens left the rest of mankind behind in thought and expression that her pupils have become the teachers of the world, and… — Isocrates
The descent into matter must be complete before the ascent to spirit can commence. — Dion Fortune
Africans and persons of African descent must assume the primary responsibility and leadership in historical research....if we are to continue to leave practically all important… — Chancellor Williams
I am the father of a 9 year-old son whose descent into the world of autism began at the age of 7 months old after… — Rick Rollens
Hope changes everything. It changes winter into summer, darkness into dawn, descent into ascent, barrenness into creativity, agony into joy. — Daisaku Ikeda
My parents were both from extremely different backgrounds. My father's Italian, my mother was of Swedish descent. They're both first-generation Americans. — Susan Lucci
Whereas the health of an individual depends on the ego's regular descent and return to and from the unconscious, a society's longevity depends on actual… — Dan Harmon
Though born in Nova Scotia, I am of almost pure New England descent. — Simon Newcomb
The pleasures of sin exist. We cannot deny them. But we also dare not deny what follows in their wake: a voracious appetite, inflamed with… — Edwin Louis Cole
If your descent is from heroic sires, Show in your life a remnant of their fires. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
If you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your economic security, but… — Ayn Rand
It now seems plain to me that that theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one...the Descent of Man from… — Mark Twain
My life has been one long descent into respectability. — Mandy Rice-Davies
Fifty-thousand were gathered (March,27th,1933) in and around Madison Square Garden, supportive rallies were at that moment waiting in Chicago, Washington, San Francisco, Houston, and about… — Edwin Black

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