Hit Upon Quotes

16 quotes by 16 authors

• If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the good. Will not… — Aristotle
• What a glorious title, Nature, a veritable stroke of genius to have hit upon. It is more than a cosmos, more than a universe. It… — James Joseph Sylvester
• A scientist strives to understand the work of Nature. But with our insufficient talents as scientists, we do not hit upon the truth all at… — Torbern Bergman
• I blame myself for not often enough seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. Somewhere in his journals, Dostoyevky remarks that a writer can begin anywhere,… — Saul Bellow
• One wonders how people in primitive societies, with no knowledge of chemistry or physiology, ever hit upon a solution to the activation of an alkaloid… — Richard Evans Schultes
• Some breakfast food manufacturer hit upon the simple notion of emptying out the leavings of carthorse nose bags, adding a few other things like unconsumed… — Frank Muir
• Calculus, the electrical battery, the telephone, the steam engine, the radio - all these groundbreaking innovations were hit upon by multiple inventors working in parallel… — Steven Johnson
• The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down. — Manfred von Richthofen
• Over immense periods of time the intellect produced nothing but errors. A few of these proved to be useful and helped to preserve the species:… — Friedrich Nietzsche
• Your discovery, as best as I can determine, is that there is an alternative which no one has hit upon. It is that one finding… — Walker Percy
• For instance, I'm always fascinated to see whether, given the kind of fairly known and established form called popular music, whether there is some magic… — Brian Eno
• That mercy towards one set of creatures was cruelty towards another sickened his sense of harmony. As you got older, and felt yourself to be… — Thomas Hardy
• Thus Carol hit upon the tragedy of old age, which is not that it is less vigorous than youth, but that it is not needed… — Sinclair Lewis
• I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry--I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart--God knows what its name was--that tears started… — Charles Dickens
• My best chance is that, in a happy moment, I hit upon St Francis as the subject for a series of plays. Others might have… — Laurence Housman
• All the ideas in the universe can be described by words. Therefore, if you simply take all the words and rearrange them randomly enough times,… — Tamika-leeigh

Who Wrote These Hit Upon Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 16 Hit Upon Quotes as follows:

• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Aristotle
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by James Joseph Sylvester
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Torbern Bergman
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Saul Bellow
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Richard Evans Schultes
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Frank Muir
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Steven Johnson
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Manfred von Richthofen
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Walker Percy
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Brian Eno
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Thomas Hardy
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Sinclair Lewis
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Charles Dickens
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Laurence Housman
• 1 Hit Upon Quote by Tamika-leeigh