Germs Quotes

151 quotes by 138 authors

The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow)… — Thomas Jefferson
Someone might have a germ of talent, but 90 percent of it is discipline and how you practice it, what you do with it. ...… — Cate Blanchett
By creating an artificial environment, we're not stimulating our immune system enough. Germs are immune-stimulants. They challenge you to be prepared. — Deepak Chopra
Living as if the world out there were somehow separate from us opens the door to the belief system of judgement and the chemical expressions… — Gregg Braden
If only one country, for whatever reason, tolerates a Jewish family in it, that family will become the germ center for fresh sedition. If one… — Adolf Hitler
Christianity contains within itself a germ hostile to the Church (Dietrich Bonhoeffer) — Eric Metaxas
It is, of course, one of the miracles of science that the germs that used to be in our food have been replaced by poisons. — Wendell Berry
The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealth, the germs of empires. — Joseph Conrad
Apparent failure may hold in its rough shell the germs of a success that will blossom in time, and bear fruit throughout eternity. — Frances Harper
In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly open,… — Thomas Jefferson
A harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ. — Florence Scovel Shinn
The "germ," wherever gathered, has ever been for me, "the germ of a story," and most of the stories strained to shape under my hand… — Henry James
Much of the geographical work of the past hundred years... has either explicitly or implicitly taken its inspiration from biology, and in particular Darwin. Many… — David Stoddart
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed… — Joseph Joubert
The art of doing mathematics consists in finding that special case which contains all the germs of generality — David Hilbert
Almost no germ is unconditionally dangerous to man; its disease-producing ability depends upon the body's resistance. — Hans Selye
Every corner in a house, every angle in a room, every inch of secluded space in which we like to hide, or withdraw into ourselves,… — Gaston Bachelard
When all is said, its atmosphere [England's] still contains fewer germs of aggression and brutality per cubic foot in a crowded bus, pub or queue… — Arthur Koestler
The germ of creation lies in violence. — Rudolfo Anaya
Man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to… — Thomas Jefferson

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