Forces Quotes
1982 Forces quotes by 1421 unique authors
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Democracy is not a mere consequence, a certain stage in the development of society. It is the condition on which the survival of productive forces…
— Wei Jingsheng
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I've never found anything to be lacking in a blurry canvas. Quite the contrary: you can see many more things in it than in a…
— Gerhard Richter
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Head knowledge without heart knowledge is worse than useless; but when head and heart join forces, it changes our lives forever.
— David Jeremiah
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From the seed grows a root, then a sprout; from the sprout, the seedling leaves; from the leaves, the stem; around the stem, the branches;…
— Mary Caroline Richards
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To exist without purpose is to be at the mercy of the chance encounter, the chance invitation, the chance phone call, the chance event- always…
— Nathaniel Branden
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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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Mankind's ability to understand and control the forces of nature greatly exceeds our ability to govern ourselves
— George Soros
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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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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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You have to face reality some time. But there's no sense in facing it until somebody forces you to.
— Billy Beane
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Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily…
— Bertrand Russell
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Decisive inventions and discoveries always are initiated by an intellectual or moral stimulus as their actual motivating force, but, usually, the final impetus to human…
— Stefan Zweig
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No one can be certain where a nation which spans two continents, whose history begins in the faint traces of early civilization, a nation now…
— Harrison Salisbury
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Self-recognition is necessary to know one's road, but, knowing the road, the price of the mistakes and perils is worth paying. The following of that…
— Randolph Bourne
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The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while…
— Elihu Root
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I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing…
— Eugenio Montale
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Maybe the Kindle was the Bowflex of bookishness: something expensive that, when you commit to it, forces you to do more of whatever it is…
— Nicholson Baker
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The criteria for serving one's country should be competence, courage and willingness to serve. When we deny people the chance to serve because of their…
— Dianne Feinstein
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But I think the bomb instead constitutes merely a first step in a new control by man over the forces of nature too revolutionary and…
— Henry L. Stimson
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It is, indeed, part of the liberal attitude to assume that, especially in the economic field, the self-regulating forces of the market will somehow bring…
— Friedrich August von Hayek
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