Fixed Quotes

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The number of fixed stars which observers have been able to see without artificial powers of sight up to this day can be counted. It… — Galileo Galilei
Can it be of less consequence that the meaning of a Constitution should be fixed and known, than a meaning of a law should be… — James Madison
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
Be that as it may, there is fixed in my mind a certain opinion of long [21] standing, namely that there exists a God who… — Rene Descartes
The hard soil and four months of snow make the inhabitants of the northern temperate zone wiser and abler than his fellow who enjoys the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
. . . for until that God who rules all the region of the sky . . . has freed you from the fetters of… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We fixed on No. 4, Queen Street Place, for our City offices, and it was from there that so many of my patented inventions were… — Henry Bessemer
One characteristic of Americans is that they have no toleration at all of anybody putting up with anything. We believe that whatever is going wrong… — Margaret Mead
That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. It is the ordinary state of affairs.… — Pema Chodron
I don't think I'm fixed. People think that you're like a car in a body shop. You go in, they fix you, and you're out.… — Demi Lovato
I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take the… — Roger Ebert
Reality even when it is sad is better than illusions. Illusions are at the mercy of any winds that blow. Real happiness must come from… — Helen Keller
If you keep your eyes so fixed on heaven that you never look at the earth, you will stumble into hell. — Austin O'Malley
Earth and high heaven are fixed of old and founded strong. — A. E. Housman
RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it. — Ambrose Bierce
It has often been said that, to make discoveries, one must be ignorant. This opinion, mistaken in itself, nevertheless conceals a truth. It means that… — Claude Bernard
As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents… — George Washington
Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been grateful, the formation of fixed habits… — Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
A good teacher can never be fixed in a routine... each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting. A teacher… — Bruce Lee
The faces and the tactics of the leaders may change every four years, or two, or one, but the people go on forever. The people-… — Paul Robeson

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