Initial Quotes

266 quotes by 249 authors

Death and its associates, after the initial shock, produce callousness. — R.K. Narayan
The third error leading to the assumption that there is nothing to be learned about love lies in the confusion between the initial experience of… — Erich Fromm
Passions are merely ideas in their initial stage. — Mikhail Lermontov
Code wants to be simple... I had to give up the idea that I had the perfect vision of the system to which the system… — Kent Beck
Words have no single fixed meaning. Like wayward electrons, they can spin away from their initial orbits and enter a wider magnetic field. No one… — David Lehman
In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn't the initial cost, it's the humidity. — Sinclair Lewis
Having a book is somewhat like having a baby, as many woman writers have observed before me: the conception, the long preparation, the wait, the… — Doris Grumbach
But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that… — Herbie Mann
Non-participation gives us hardening of the attitude. Life goes on, and if we do not participate, life still goes on. If a negative attitude is… — Marsha Petrie Sue
Science advances by trial and error. When mistakes are made, the peer-review publication process usually roots them out. Cuccinelli's version of the scientific process would… — Scott Mandia
[Seeds Are Small.] Becoming a force of nature doesn't mean that all of our aspirations must be "grand." First steps are often small, and initial… — Peter Senge
Creativity is the generation and initial development of new, useful ideas. Innovation is the successful implementation of those ideas in an organization. Thus, no innovation… — Teresa Amabile
True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of… — Willard Libby
When one looks back over human existence however, it is very evident that all culture has developed through an initial resistance against adaptation to the… — Beatrice M. Hinkle
We expect to make about 500,000-600,000 more. Our initial goal was one million, but in reality we will probably make a bit less. — Eric Friedman
Adamson feels that drug developers are unreasonably concerned about rare events. The reality is children tolerate phase I therapy new agents being tested to find… — Peter Adamson
Sometimes you walk into things, that, if you were paying attention, vibrationally, you would know right from the beginning that it wasn't what you are… — Esther Hicks
The truly gifted negotiator, then, is one whose initial position is exaggerated enough to allow for a series of concessions that will yield a desirable… — Robert Cialdini
The initial organization of the brain does not depend that much on experience. Nature provides a first draft, which experience then revises. — Jonathan Haidt
Our entire case as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rests on the validity of this glorious First Vision. ... Nothing… — Gordon B. Hinckley

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