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My present and most fixed opinion regarding the nature of alcoholic fermentation is this: The chemical act of fermentation is essentially a phenomenon correlative with… — Louis Pasteur
The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities. — Benjamin Cardozo
Once a man gets a fixed idea, there's nothing to be done. — Anton Chekhov
The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically… — Wallace D. Wattles
In short, the early receivers of the new money in this market chain of events gain at the expense of those who receive the money… — Murray Rothbard
In my studies of astronomy and philosophy I hold this opinion about the universe, that the Sun remains fixed in the centre of the circle… — Galileo Galilei
Botany is based on fixed genera. — Carl Linnaeus
Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas; he that reads books of science, thogh without any fixed… — Samuel Johnson
At the moment I am occupied by an investigation with Kirchoff which does not allow us to sleep. Kirchoff has made a totally unexpected discovery,… — Robert Bunsen
I do not wish to be misunderstood upon this subject of slavery in this country. I suppose it may long exist, and perhaps the best… — Abraham Lincoln
One orbit, with a radius of 42,000 kilometers, has a period of exactly 24 hours. A body in such an orbit, if its plane coincided… — Arthur C. Clarke
Communion is mutual trust, mutual belonging; it is the to-and-fro movement of love between two people where each one gives and each one receives. Communion… — Jean Vanier
It is a moot question whether the origin of any kind of property is derived from nature at all. It is agreed by those who… — Thomas Jefferson
The grateful mind is constantly fixed upon the best. Therefore it tends to become the best. It takes the form or character of the best,… — Wallace D. Wattles
Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill suit the wishes… — Joseph Story
War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula — George S. Patton
It is when things go hardest, when life becomes most trying, that there is greatest need for having a fixed goal. — B. C. Forbes
In the field one has to face a chaos of facts, some of which are so small that they seem insignificant; others loom so large… — Bronislaw Malinowski
In contrast to ethical relativism, Christianity sets forth a system of absolute moral values and affirms that God has placed within the very structure of… — Martin Luther
With our eyes fixed on the future, but recognizing the realities of today, we will achieve our destiny to be as a shining city on… — Ronald Reagan

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