First Principles Quotes

43 quotes by 35 authors

History will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected by joining in… — Benjamin Franklin
We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything that… — Ronald Reagan
Donâ€™t just follow the trend. You may have heard me say that itâ€™s good to think in terms of the physics approach of first principles.… — Elon Musk
I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy. — Johann Heinrich Lambert
A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence… — Niccolo Machiavelli
For a truly effective social campaign, a brand needs to embrace the first principles of marketing, which involves brand definition and consistent storytelling. — Simon Mainwaring
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy. — Elon Musk
'Think simple' as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first… — Frank Lloyd Wright
When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks, they just planted… — Larry Wall
A man's minor actions and arrangements ought to be free, flexible, creative; the things that should be unchangeable are his principles, his ideals. But with… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
He was an artist when he saw society: it never crossed his mind that society had to be like this; had any right, had any… — Martin Amis
Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. — Confucius
Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles. — Chris Cleave
It is really wonderful how much resilience there is in human nature. Let any obstructing cause, no matter what, be removed in any way, even… — Bram Stoker
To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
I enjoyed mathematics from a very young age. At the beginning of college, I had this illusion, which was kind of silly in retrospect, that… — Erez Lieberman Aiden
I think that Apple has revolutionized every other consumer industry; why not television? The complexity of the experience of using the television gets more and… — John Sculley
Biology has tended to be an observational science, and deriving things from first principles has not been possible in the past, but I hate to… — Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Various religious systems have been given to humanity at different times, each suited to meet the spiritual needs of the people among whom it was… — Max Heindel
There is no arguing with one who denies first principles — Latin Proverb

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