Ground Quotes

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To the solid ground Of Nature trusts the mind which builds for aye. — William Wordsworth
I remember vividly my student days, spending hours at the light microscope, turning endlessly the micrometric screw, and gazing at the blurred boundary which concealed… — Albert Claude
If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground. — Dorothy L. Sayers
We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised… — James Madison
The Wright brothers didn't contemplate the staying on the ground of things. Alexander Graham Bell didn't contemplate the noncommunication of things. Thomas Edison didn't contemplate… — Wayne Dyer
I wish to propose for the reader's favourable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is… — Bertrand Russell
... superstitions, which, being unable to defend themselves on fair ground, raise these intangling brambles to cover and protect their weakness. Chased from the open… — David Hume
When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people… — Bertrand Russell
Starting a business is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. In mid air, the entrepreneur begins building a parachute and hopes it… — Robert Kiyosaki
But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that these… — Amartya Sen
Having kids has been great for me. I have two beautiful step- kids, as well as my own new daughter. They've really helped me to… — Matt LeBlanc
Meditation is not your doing. You simply make the effort, but it is not your doing. Your effort is needed to prepare the ground. As… — Rajneesh
Meditation, witnessing, silently sitting and looking at the mind, will be of much help. Not forcing, simply sitting and looking. Not doing much, just watching… — Rajneesh
Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development of the total awareness of… — Marshall McLuhan
How do I take a step? How do I lift my foot off the ground, move it through the air a little bit and then… — Jonah Lomu
Golf is the art of driving hard, avoiding the rough, surmounting traps and hazards, aiming straight, and arriving on the green at last, only to… — Rick Bayan
After you plant a seed in the ground, you don't dig it up every week to see how it is doing — Unknown Author
Natural knowledge has not forgone emotion. It has simply taken for itself new ground of emotion, under impulsion from and in sacrifice to that one… — Charles Scott Sherrington
I feel like giving myself a pat on the back. We can create history tonight. We can bid goodbye to 10 years of (Liberal-Conservative) government… — Helle Thorning-Schmidt
We need only view a Dissection of that large Mass, the Brain, to have ground to bewail our Ignorance...We admire...the Fibres of every Muscle, and… — Nicolas Steno
My girlfriend is a great support, and I've got a big circle of mates who keep my feet on the ground. — Rob James-Collier
Men who pride themselves on their ancestry are like the potato plant, the most part of which is under ground. — William Tyler
The latest developments in Iraq are deeply troubling, but as the United States considers military and diplomatic responses to the actions of the Islamic State… — Sean Patrick Maloney
We're losing ground. This planet is losing ground. So things need to happen and they need to happen quick. Our message should be-loud and clear-there… — Unknown Author
No citizen of this nation is worthy of the name unless he bears unswerving loyalty to the system under which he lives, the system that… — John A. Hannah

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