Examining Quotes

165 quotes by 155 authors

This dragonfly came up to me. He was hovering right in front of my face, and I was really examining him, thinking, How does he… — Ziggy Marley
This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives and an equal amount of time ignoring his fundamental… — Desmond Morris
The Bible is the ultimate authority and infallible, not the pastor and not the elders. And it doesn't mean that you believe everything he says… — John Piper
Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen. — Samantha Power
There is a widespread difficulty in the Muslim world, which has to do with how the people are taught about examining their own history. A… — Salman Rushdie
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining… — Bertrand Russell
In examining witnesses, I learned to ask general questions so as to elicit details with powerful sensory associations: the colors, the sounds, the smells that… — Sonia Sotomayor
Reaching a conclusion has to start with what the parties are arguing, but examining in all situations carefully the facts as they prove them or… — Sonia Sotomayor
It is difficult to write about any form of mental disease, especially your own, without sounding as if you were examining a bug under glass. — Gene Tierney
With a host of proposals on the table and a President examining new ideas for health reform, we have an obligation to give real reform… — Ron Wyden
Ahenny (adj.) - The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves. — Douglas Adams
The way to find out about our place in the universe is by examining the universe and by examining ourselves - without preconceptions, with as… — Carl Sagan
Whenever you are examining someone else's belongings, you are bound to learn many interesting things about the person of which you were not previously aware. — Daniel Handler
I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition [Christianity] one redeeming feature. — Thomas Jefferson
Im haunted a little this evening by feelings that have no vocabulary and events that should be explained in dimensions of lint rather than words.… — Richard Brautigan
I paused, only just now realizing that the subject was hitting a little close to home. "You know, getting hurt. Putting herself out there, opening… — Sarah Dessen
He spent six hours examining things, trying to find a difference from their appearance on the previous day in the hope of discovering in them… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Amy, Dan, and Nellie were sitting at a table in a conference room, examining reproductions of Franklin documents-some so rare, the librarians told her, the… — Rick Riordan
Cats have a sort of game they play when they meet. A player alternates between watching the strange cat and ignoring her, grooming or examining… — Kij Johnson
In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life. — Oliver Sacks

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