Metamorphosis Quotes

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The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. — Winston Churchill
Childhood is a complex dialectical process characterized by periodicity, unevenness in the development of different functions, metamorphosis or qualitative transformation of one form into another,… — Lev S. Vygotsky
The features of our face are hardly more than gestures which force of habit made permanent. Nature, like the destruction of Pompeii, like the metamorphosis… — Marcel Proust
With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them. To take them… — James Madison
I went to a restaurant, and I saw a guy wearing a leather jacket, eating a hamburger, drinking a glass of milk. I said, "Dude,… — Mitch Hedberg
I will now direct the attention of scientists to a previously unnoticed cause which brings about the metamorphosis and decomposition phenomena which are usually called… — Justus von Liebig
The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful if they did… — Primo Levi
Change itself is what fascinates me. I am drawn, as a moth to the flame, by edge situations, by situations of metamorphosis. — Annie Proulx
We've found that frogs are counting the number of chemicals in the water. If you expose them to two chemicals, there's a slight delay in… — Tyrone Hayes
Fashion is such a fairytale and it is such a fantasy. And it's about metamorphosis and sort of changing yourself and playing a part that… — Marc Jacobs
Have you ever lost yourself in a kiss? I mean pure psychedelic inebriation. Not just lustful petting but transcendental metamorphosis when you became aware that… — Saul Williams
When listening to the sound material, we metamorphose the inside into an outside. This notion of metamorphosis is one of the principles that leads the… — Bernard Parmegiani
You've got to be like a butterfly and have a metamorphosis. — Mike Markkula
Eva is a story ofÂ repetition. It is a story where our protagonist faces the same situation many times over and determinedly picks himself back… — Hideaki Anno
The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis. — Andre Malraux
Most animals are like the unfortunate Gregor Samsa after metamorphosis. They are Kafka-creatures, organisms with rich thoughts and emotions but no system for translating what… — Marc Hauser
Evolution is evolution - and it's happened before us and will continue after we're gone. But, what's taking place now is much more than change… — Brian Solis
You just don't notice the time of your own metamorphosis. Until you do. Every once in a while time dissolves and you remember what you… — Sloane Crosley
I must confess it was very unexpected and I am very startled at my metamorphosis into a chemist. — Ernest Rutherford
I'd rather be this walking metamorphosis than having that old formed opinion about everything. — Raul Seixas

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