Foundations Quotes

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We come now to the question: what is a priori certain or necessary, respectively in geometry (doctrine of space) or its foundations? Formerly we thought… — Albert Einstein
Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice. — Mike DeWine
We have now gone beyond 100 in number, and the desire to join seems rather to increase, though it was thought the foundations would retard… — Catherine McAuley
There is something in this universe that justifies the biblical writer in saying, "You shall reap what you sow." This is a law-abiding universe. This… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our world hinges on moral foundations. God has made it so. God has made the universe to be based on a moral law. So long… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesirable than to have the foundations give way just as the work is finished. I was put… — Gottlob Frege
Could the waters of the Atlantic be drawn off, so as to expose to view this great sea-gash, which separates continents, and extends from the… — Matthew Fontaine Maury
The question for the ultimate foundations and the ultimate meaning of mathematics remains open; we do not know in which direction it will find its… — Hermann Weyl
This is an extraordinary book of unique psychological power. It reveals not only scholarship and sophistication of the author, but deep and intimate knowledge of… — Stanislav Grof
Progress is built, in effect, upon the foundations of necessary failure.Â That is the essential paradox of expert performance. — Matthew Syed
Vary the pace... is one of the foundations of all good acting. — Ellen Terry
Because Jesus Christ has prepared Himself from the foundations of the world we can trust Him as one uniquely qualified through the fullness of His… — David Wright
The moral consequences of totalitarian propaganda...are destructive of all morals because they undermind one of the foundations of all morals: the sense of and respect… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and… — Herbert Hoover
Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the… — Nicolas Chamfort
We've already gotten a significant grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a university consortium. I think the whole sector of Foundations, potentially with… — Mitchell Kapor
Insanity consists of building major structures upon foundations which do not exist. — Norman Mailer
We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism-and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The… — Che Guevara
The Jew continues to monopolize money, and he loosens or strangles the throat of the state with the loosening or strengthening of his purse strings...He… — Franz Liszt
There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in… — Queen Elizabeth II

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