Fall Quotes
10460 quotes by 5768 authors
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Gradually the sunken land begins to rise again, and falls perhaps again, and rises again after that, more and more gently each time, till as…
— Charles Kingsley
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Positivism stands or falls with the principle of scientism, that is that the meaning of knowledge is defined by what the sciences do and can…
— Jurgen Habermas
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Science is dangerous. There is no question but that poison gas, genetic engineering, and nuclear weapons and power stations are terrifying. It may be that…
— Isaac Asimov
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Every chemical substance, whether natural or artificial, falls into one of two major categories, according to the spatial characteristic of its form. The distinction is…
— Louis Pasteur
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A way has to be found to enable everyone to benefit from the fruits of the earth, and not simply to close the gap between…
— Pope Francis
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A discovery is like falling in love and reaching the top of a mountain after a hard climb all in one, an ecstasy not induced…
— Max Perutz
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Men can construct a science with very few instruments, or with very plain instruments; but no one on earth could construct a science with unreliable…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The transfinite numbers are in a sense the new irrationalities [ ... they] stand or fall with the finite irrational numbers.
— Georg Cantor
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The devil does not bring sinners to hell with their eyes open: he first blinds them with the malice of their own sins. Before we…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going.
— Omar Torrijos
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Good angels are fallible ... they sin every day and fall from Heaven like flies.
— Anatole France
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Upon this subject, the habits of our whole species fall into three great classes--useful labour, useless labour and idleness. Of these the first only is…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow [sic] which can be done…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Liberalism and Western-style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today, these two concepts have failed. Those with insight can…
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house of the harlot,…
— Thomas Brooks
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I'm proud to be an atheist - it helps me stand for so much more and fall for so much less.
— Dan Barker
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Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet my axe is restless in…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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Through meditation one has to achieve a dreamless sleep with full alertness. Once this happens, the drop falls into the ocean and becomes the ocean.
— Rajneesh
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The more meditation goes deep, the more you will become master of your own thoughts. You will say, "Stop!" and the mind stops. You will…
— Rajneesh
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The key to looking great in the evening is to look original. Try to look different from others without looking out of place. When everyone…
— Isaac Mizrahi
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