Mechanism Quotes

366 Mechanism quotes by 316 unique authors

Armament should be an illegality everywhere, and some sort of international force should patrol a treaty-bound world. Partial armament is one of those absurdities dear… — H.G. Wells
In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained… — Georges Canguilhem
At first glance, the rhythm may be confused with gaiety, but when you look more closely at the mechanism of social life and the painful… — Federico Garcia Lorca
There are no such men today. We have created a mechanism that makes it practically impossible for a real genius to appear. In my own… — Erwin Chargaff
If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will… — Edward Bernays
Money is a mechanism for control. — David Korten
Natural selection is a mechanism for generating an exceedingly high degree of improbability. — Ronald Fisher
There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen by the Howard… — Tony Abbott
A man with a so-called character is often a simple piece of mechanism; he has often only one point of view for the extremely complicated… — August Strindberg
I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense - about… — Toru Takemitsu
Dr. A.Q. Khan's part is only enriching the uranium to weapons grade, ... He does not know about making the bomb, he does not know… — Pervez Musharraf
What is a fish without a river? What is a bird without a tree to nest in? What is an Endangered Species Act without any… — Jay Inslee
Remember that your thoughts are the primary cause of everything. So when you think a sustained thought it is immediately sent out into the Universe.… — Jack Canfield
By mastering both aspects of our being we remember not only how to think, but what to think. What I'm clear about now is that… — Neale Donald Walsch
It is prima facie highly implausible that life as we know it is the result of a sequence of physical accidents together with the mechanism… — Thomas Nagel
It is prima facie highly implausible that life as we know it is the result of a sequence of physical accidents together with the mechanism… — Thomas Nagel
I am interested in the study of music and the discipline of music and the experience of music and music as a esoteric mechanism to… — Anthony Braxton
The aim of Wikileaks is to achieve just reform around the world and do it through the mechanism of transparency. — Julian Assange
The first point one has to get straight in discussions like this, is that ID is not the opposite of evolution. Rather, it is the… — Michael Behe
People are tied together and yet isolated from each other by invisible threads of rhythm and hidden walls of time. Time is... a primary organizer… — Edward T. Hall
It is not necessary for the politician to be the slave of the public's group prejudices, if he can learn how to mold the mind… — Edward Bernays
Evolution, as a mechanism, can be and must be true. But that says nothing about the nature of its author. For those who believe in… — Francis Collins
Guilt? It's this mechanism we use to control people. It's an illusion. It's a kind of social control mechanism -- and it's very unhealthy. It… — Ted Bundy
I hold that we have a very imperfect knowledge of the works of nature till we view them as works of God,— not only as… — James McCosh
An accident, a random change, in any delicate mechanism can hardly be expected to improve it. Poking a stick into the machinery of one's watch… — Theodosius Dobzhansky

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