Fixed Quotes

994 quotes by 807 authors

Well, I do not mind telling you I have been at work upon this geometry of Four Dimensions for some time. Some of my results… — H.G. Wells
Yes, thou art ever present, power divine; not circumscribed by time, nor fixed by space, confined to altars, nor to temples bound. In wealth, in… — Hannah More
Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind. — Leonardo da Vinci
Character is, for the most part, simply habit become fixed. — Charles Henry Parkhurst
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. — Laozi
Beauty is an experience, nothing else. It is not a fixed pattern or an arrangement of features. It is something felt, a glow or a… — D. H. Lawrence
Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for… — Oscar Wilde
And to get the work done that I must do, one has to work in isolation and not be readily disturbed... I don't have daily… — Reg Butler
Everything flows and nothing abides; everything gives way and nothing stays fixed... Cool things become warm, the warm grows cool; the moist dries, the parched… — Heraclitus
Cookbooks hit you where you live. You want comfort; you want security; you want food; you want to not be hungry and not only do… — Laurie Colwin
A man rising in the world is not concerned with history; he is too busy making it. But a citizen with a fixed place in… — Malcolm Cowley
The old system where every child was locked away and set into nonstop, daily cut throat competition with every other child for silly prizes called… — John Taylor Gatto
Romeo wants Juliet as the filings want the magnet; and if no obstacles intervene he moves towards her by as straight a line as they.… — William James
In chess the rules are fixed and the outcome is unpredictable, whereas in Putin's Russia the rules are unpredictable and the outcome is fixed. — Garry Kasparov
To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on God and on one's neighbour in relation to God. — C.S. Lewis
I believe there is no source of deception in the investigation of nature which can compare with a fixed belief that certain kinds of phenomena… — William James
A grateful environment is a substitute for happiness. It can quicken us from without as a fixed hope and affection, or as the consciousness of… — George Santayana
The fixed person for the fixed duties who in older societies was such a godsend, in future will be a public danger. — Alfred North Whitehead
Everything flows and nothing abides, everything gives way and nothing stays fixed. — Heraclitus
Everything in nature is the result of fixed laws. — Charles Darwin

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