Force Quotes
6532 quotes by 3688 authors
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As with any other great force of nature, there is both glory and danger in the stories we tell ourselves. Some are toxic and keep…
— Dawna Markova
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Few persons realize how much of their happiness is dependent upon their work, upon the fact that they are busy and not left to feed…
— John Burroughs
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An inventor's endeavor is essentially lifesaving. Whether he harnesses forces, improves devices, or provides new comforts and conveniences, he is adding to the safety of…
— Nikola Tesla
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Today, the stranglehold of the controlling negative forces upon Earth is extremely advanced and is choking the very life from our planet. The effects of…
— David Icke
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In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece's parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground in my native Hungary, and the National…
— George Soros
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If, as the scientist say, sex is such a driving force, why is so much of it nowadays found parked?
— Henny Youngman
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Figures often beguile me, particularly when I have the arranging of them myself; in which case the remark attributed to Disraeli would often apply with…
— Mark Twain
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Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves
— George Soros
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...a point is reached where the self is so completely aligned with the still-point that it can no longer be moved, even in its first…
— Bernadette Roberts
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The traditional boundaries between various fields of science are rapidly disappearing and what is more important science does not know any national borders. The scientists…
— Sune Bergstrom
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I think the facts leave no doubt that the very mightiest among the chemical forces are of electric origin. The atoms cling to their electric…
— Hermann von Helmholtz
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...where the electron behaves and misbehaves as it will, where the forces tie themselves up into knots of atoms and come united...
— D. H. Lawrence
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I am much occupied with the investigation of the physical causes [of motions in the Solar System]. My aim in this is to show that…
— Johannes Kepler
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The magnetic force is animate, or imitates a soul; in many respects it surpasses the human soul while it is united to an organic body.
— William Gilbert
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Impressed force is the action exerted on a body to change its state either of resting or of moving uniformly straight forward.
— Isaac Newton
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Nevertheless if any skillful Servant of Nature shall bring force to bear on matter, and shall vex it and drive it to extremities as if…
— Francis Bacon
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This drink has a magical power. It strengthens the weak, and revives those who have fainted. Those tired after work and physical activity can return…
— Carl Linnaeus
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Today the human race is a single twig on the tree of life, a single species on a single planet. Our condition can thus only…
— Robert Zubrin
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In our life as a civilized person in the industrial age, we are invaded by objects; how could an object have a "force" when it…
— Gaston Bachelard
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Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.
— A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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