Ideas Quotes

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[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a… — Marjory Stephenson
It was during my enchanted days of travel that the idea came to me, which, through the years, has come into my thoughts again and… — Hans Cloos
The big idea we start with is: "How is the genome interpreted, and how are stable decisions that affect gene expression inherited from one cell… — Shirley M. Tilghman
[To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and set… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
Indiana Jones: Archaeology is the search for fact... not truth. If it's truth you're looking for, Dr. Tyree's philosophy class is right down the hall.… — Unknown Author
It is clear, then, that the idea of a fixed method, or of a fixed theory of rationality, rests on too naive a view of… — Paul Feyerabend
It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime… — Alexander Fleming
Slavery naturally tends to destroy all sense of justice and equity. It puffs up the mind with pride: teaches youth a habit of looking down… — David Rice
The fine arts, both in those who cultivate and those only who admire them, open and expand the mind to great ideas. They inspire liberal… — Joel Barlow
Religion is a group of scam artists that sell the calming idea that your body is a temple of God, while your mind belongs to… — Unknown Author
Quantum healing is healing the bodymind from a quantum level. That means from a level which is not manifest at a sensory level. Our bodies… — Deepak Chopra
The theory of natural selection is the centerpiece of The Origin of Species and of evolutionary theory. It is this theory that accounts for the… — Douglas J. Futuyma
Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims under ever… — Eugenie Scott
...only we don't call it 'ignorance', we call it 'faith'. What a horrible little word that is - faith - exuding as it does its… — Pat Condell
I had no idea how Stevenson's cases would hold up under close scrutiny. But given what was at stake - nothing less than possible concrete… — Unknown Author
We live in a cultural milieu ... The idea that culture is our ecological niche is still applicable. The impact and force of natural selection… — Unknown Author
I endeavor to make a picture, for instance, exert a positive influence on the observer by its coloring, mood, and compositional idea, encouraging, say, activation,… — Max Bill
Innovation is the process of turning ideas into manufacturable and marketable form. — Watts Humphrey
The roots of effective leadership lie in simple things, one of which is listening. Listening to someone demonstrates respect; it shows that you value their… — John Baldoni
He practiced against Kobe all of last year, so obviously it was sweet revenge for him. We deserved that. We didn't know who he was,… — Phil Jackson
Teach him a certain refinement in sorting out and selecting his arguments, with an affection for relevance and so for brevity. Above all let him… — Michel de Montaigne
To begin with our knowledge grows in spots. ..What you first gain, ... is probably a small amount of new information, a few new definitions,… — William James
I would welcome the passing of the idea of philosophy as defined by a method of conceptual analysis. But that is not the passing of… — Robert Adams
Once we see an aspect of what we or someone else does as something that happens, we lose our grip on the idea that it… — Thomas Nagel
So long as I confine my thoughts to my own ideas divested of words, I do not see how I can be easily mistaken. — George Berkeley

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