First Principles Quotes

43 quotes by 35 authors

• The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and… — Henry Bolingbroke
• The sceptic ultimately undermines democracy (1) because he can see no significance in death and such things of a literal equality; (2) because he introduces… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
• In the discovery of lemmas the best aid is a mental aptitude for it. For we may see many who are quick at solutions and… — Proclus
• Living, as I do, in an educated and scientific atmosphere, I could not have conceived that the first principles of zoology were so little known.… — Arthur Conan Doyle
• We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know first principles, and… — Blaise Pascal
• The things best to know are first principles and causes, but these things are perhaps the most difficult for men to grasp, for they are… — Aristotle
• We recipients of the boon of liberty have always been ready, when faced with discomfort, to discard any and all first principles of liberty, and,… — David Mamet
• Conscientious and careful physicians allocate causes of disease to natural laws, while the ablest scientists go back to medicine for their first principles. — Aristotle
• Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless… — George Washington
• Bills of attainder, ex-post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to… — James Madison
• Life is infinite energy coupled with limitless creative imagination. It is the invisible essence and substance of every visible form. Its nature is goodness, truth,… — Ernest Holmes
• The first principles of the universe are atoms and empty space; everything else is merely thought to exist. — Democritus
• Those who assume hypotheses as first principles of their speculations.....may indeed form an ingenious romance, but a romance it will still be. — Roger Cotes
• I think it's important to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. The normal way we conduct our lives is we reason by analogy.… — Elon Musk
• Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want - an honest party dedicated to common sense, fiscal responsibility… — Tom Coburn
• Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins is an essential covenant to make with the Lord. Faith and repentance precede this ordinance. Confirmation and… — A. Theodore Tuttle
• Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting. — Eustace Budgell
• It is my firm belief that all successful languages are grown and not merely designed from first principles — Bjarne Stroustrup
• Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, because they want to comprehend at a glance and are… — Blaise Pascal
• Every government is perpetually degenerating towards corruption, from which it must be rescued at certain periods by the resuscitation of its first principles, and the… — Samuel Johnson

Who Wrote These First Principles Quotes

35 authors contributed a total of 43 First Principles Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 3 First Principles Quotes by Elon Musk
• 2 First Principles Quotes by Gilbert K. Chesterton
• 2 First Principles Quotes by Blaise Pascal
• 2 First Principles Quotes by Aristotle
• 1 First Principles Quote by Martin Amis
• 1 First Principles Quote by Confucius
• 1 First Principles Quote by Chris Cleave
• 1 First Principles Quote by Bram Stoker
• 1 First Principles Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
• 1 First Principles Quote by Erez Lieberman Aiden
• 1 First Principles Quote by John Sculley
• 1 First Principles Quote by Henry Bolingbroke
• 1 First Principles Quote by Jeremiah P. Ostriker
• 1 First Principles Quote by Max Heindel
• 1 First Principles Quote by Proclus
• 1 First Principles Quote by Latin Proverb
• 1 First Principles Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 1 First Principles Quote by David Mamet
• 1 First Principles Quote by George Washington
• 1 First Principles Quote by James Madison
• 1 First Principles Quote by Ernest Holmes
• 1 First Principles Quote by Democritus
• 1 First Principles Quote by Roger Cotes
• 1 First Principles Quote by Tom Coburn
• 1 First Principles Quote by A. Theodore Tuttle