Grain Quotes

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A great discovery solves a great problem, but there is a grain of discovery in the solution of any problem. Your problem may be modest,… — George Polya
Distrust even Mathematics; albeit so sublime and highly perfected, we have here a machine of such delicacy it can only work in vacuo, and one… — Anatole France
Writers begin with a grain of sand, and then create a beach. — Robert Black
Only about seventy years ago was chemistry, like a grain of seed from a ripe fruit, separated from the other physical sciences. With Black, Cavendish… — Justus von Liebig
Wherever there is a grain of loyalty there is a glimpse of freedom. — Algernon Charles Swinburne
Bakers of bread rolls and pastry cooks will not buy grain before eleven o'clock in winter and noon in summer. — Cardinal Richelieu
I think I have been much of my life an irritant. But some people say that something good came out of my research, something valuable… — Nicholas Kurti
Such pretensions to nicety in experiments of this nature, are truly laughable! They will be telling us some day of the WEIGHT of the MOON,… — Unknown Author
Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair. — Elias Canetti
Who then can calculate the path of the molecule? how do we know that the creations of worlds are not determined by the fall of… — Victor Hugo
I'm not nearly the saint some of my fans imagine and I'm nowhere near the devil my detractors wish, so you simply take both of… — Ken Wilber
Nature is no sentimentalist, - does not cosset or pamper us. We must see that the world is rough and surly, and will not mind… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mankind . . . possesses two supreme blessings. First of these is the goddess Demeter, or Earth whichever name you choose to call her by.… — Euripides
An increase of two or three degrees wouldn't be so bad for a northern country like Russia. We could spend less on fur coats, and… — Vladimir Putin
In the Middle East, where populations are growing fast, the world is seeing the first collision between population growth and water supply at the regional… — Lester R. Brown
All which happens through the whole world happens through hope. No husbandman would sow a grain of corn if he did not hope it would… — Martin Luther
Why did you make it so hard for me? I'd rather empty the ocean with a sieve. I do it for you. Or count the… — Grant Morrison
Those who surrender to the service of the poor through love of Christ, will live like the grains of wheat that dies. It only apparently… — Oscar Romero
A grain of devotion is more valuable thank tons of faithlessness. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
We are witnessing the beginning of one of the great tragedies of history. The United States, in a misguided effort to reduce its oil insecurity… — Lester R. Brown

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