Distinct Quotes

409 Distinct quotes by 352 unique authors

Every one who has seriously investigated a novel question, who has really interrogated Nature with a view to a distinct answer, will bear me out… — George Henry Lewes
We celebrate Thanksgiving along with the rest of America, maybe in different ways and for different reasons. Despite everything that's happened to us since we… — Wilma Mankiller
In America, more than anywhere else in the world, care has been taken constantly to trace clearly distinct spheres of action for the two sexes,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
But when the door shuts on us, all that vanishes. The shell-like covering which our souls have excreted to house themselves, to make for themselves… — Virginia Woolf
A single and distinct luminous body causes stronger relief in the objects than a diffused light; as may be seen by comparing one side of… — Leonardo da Vinci
... I don't let Mario appear in just any kind of game. Mario could not appear in Zelda games. They are two distinct game worlds. — Shigeru Miyamoto
Strange though it may seem, there are distinct similarities between the ways of God in revival and in judgment... Because of His very nature, God… — Arthur Wallis
I like to find what's not found at once, but lies within something of another nature, in repose, distinct. — Denise Levertov
Seeing every height crowned with its crater, and the boundaries of most of the lava-streams still distinct, we are led to believe that within a… — Charles Darwin
It is difficult to generalize about Islam. To begin with, the word itself is commonly used with two related but distinct meanings, as the equivalents… — Bernard Lewis
The public psychology of going into debt for gain passes through several more or less distinct phases: (a) the lure of big prospective dividends or… — Irving Fisher
There is no patriarchy or matriarchy in the garden; the two supervise each other. Adam is given no arbitrary power; Eve is to heed him… — Hugh Nibley
We have heard much about the poetry of mathematics, but very little of it has as yet been sung. The ancients had a juster notion… — Henry David Thoreau
Brooke Berman's voice is utterly distinct, and her book, detailing her nomadic artist's journey toward both a successful playwriting career and a home of her… — Maria Dahvana Headley
[From uranium] there are present at least two distinct types of radiation one that is very readily absorbed, which will be termed for convenience the… — Ernest Rutherford
Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is… — Carl von Clausewitz
By the end of this decade, computers will disappear as distinct physical objects, with displays built in our eyeglasses, and electronics woven in our clothing,… — Ray Kurzweil
Happiness is your real nature. You identify with yourself with the body and mind, feel it's limitations, and suffer. Realize your true self in order… — Ramana Maharshi
As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct. — Larry Wall
I realize that having a style would be very beneficial for my practice from a marketing standpoint, but I can't do it. I believe my… — Cesar Pelli

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