Formation Quotes
218 quotes by 185 authors
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My butterflies are still going strong. I just hope they are flying in formation.
— Larry Mize
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The elementary parts of all tissues are formed of cells in an analogous, though very diversified manner, so that it may be asserted, that there…
— Theodor Schwann
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Lately we have been getting facts pointing to the "oceanic" nature of the floor of so-called inland seas. Through geological investigations it has been definitely…
— Vladimir Belousov
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The probability for the chance of formation of the smallest, simplest form of living organism known is 1 to 10340,000,000.... The size of this figure…
— Harold Morowitz
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The likelihood of the formation of life from inanimate matter is 1 to a number with 40,000 noughts after it (1040,000).... It is big enough…
— Fred Hoyle
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Contrary to the popular notion that only creationism relies on the supernatural, evolutionism must as well, since the probabilities of random formation of life are…
— Chandra Wickramasinghe
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No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws.
— Thaddeus Stevens
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Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control the state by…
— Noam Chomsky
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The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself... Some scholars have…
— Theda Skocpol
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And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of…
— Joseph Smith, Jr.
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There can be no limitation of that authority which is to provide for the defense and protection of the community in any matter essential to…
— Alexander Hamilton
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In talking about human rights today, we are referring primarily to the following demands: protection of the individual against arbitrary infringement by other individuals or…
— Albert Einstein
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In the formation of our constitution the wisdom of all ages is collected-the legislators of antiquity are consulted, as well as the opinions and interests…
— Noah Webster
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The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment, and of giving…
— James Madison
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How much more do they deserve our reverence and praise, whose lives are devoted to the formation of institutions, which, when they and their children…
— Joseph Story
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The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide or genius; for…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I did have an occasion in 1951 to have two days of observation of many flights of them, they were of different sizes, flying in…
— Gordon Cooper
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I wanted to acknowledge my U.S. heritage and to belong to it more closely. Having said that I am certainly British by formation and education…
— Jamie Bamber
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In the Shadow of Slavery covers two and a half centuries of black life in New York City, and skillfully interweaves the categories of race…
— Eric Foner
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Man is really not freeing many aspects. He is dependent on his social circumstances, but he is free in his thinking, and here is the…
— Joseph Beuys
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