Digested Quotes

47 quotes by 39 authors

No one has yet been found so firm of mind and purpose as resolutely to compel himself to sweep away all theories and common notions,… — Francis Bacon
Facts are of not much use, considered as facts. They bewilder by their number and their apparent incoherency. Let them be digested into theory, however,… — Oliver Heaviside
This boulder seemed like a curious volume, regularly paged, with a few extracts from older works. Bacon tells us that "some books are to be… — Archibald Geikie
Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that… — Brian Jacques
An event experienced is an event perceived, digested, and assimilated into the substance of our being, and the ratio between the number of cases seen… — Wilfred Trotter
If one swallows a cup of chocolate only three hours after a copious lunch, everything will be perfectly digested and there will still be room… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
It has been shown as proof positive that carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant; that it is nourishing and… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Water is the medicine for indigestion; it is invigorating when the food that is eaten is well digested; it is like nectar when drunk in… — Chanakya
The Most Secret Quintessence of Life is an original work filled with rich, new research, relying on important primary literature which has not, until now,… — Anne Fausto-Sterling
The consequences of a plethora of half-digested theoretical knowledge are deplorable. — Alfred North Whitehead
An immense and ever-increasing wealth of knowledge is scattered about the world today; knowledge that would probably suffice to solve all the mighty difficulties of… — H.G. Wells
In order that knowledge be properly digested it must have been swallowed with a good appetite. — Anatole France
Wine is one of the most complex of all beverages: the fruit of a soil, climate, and vintage, digested by a fungus through a process… — Neel Burton
While conversion of sugars to ethanol is the predominant reaction, it is only one of potentially thousands of biochemical reactions taking place during fermentation. As… — Neel Burton
Journeying through secret doors, curving corridors, and connecting rooms into the mountain was like being digested by the different organs of a deity. — Alex Grey
This is the kernel of the problem, as we see it: the Jews comprise a distinctive element among the nations under which they dwell, and… — Leon Pinsker
All passions that suffer themselves to be relished and digested are but moderate. — Michel de Montaigne
Before an affliction is digested, consolation ever comes too soon; and after it is digested, it comes too late. — Laurence Sterne
Americans have never quite digested television. The mystique which should fade grows stronger. We make celebrities not only of the men who cause events but… — Joe McGinniss
It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used… — Sakya Pandita

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