Modified Quotes

129 quotes by 119 authors

Men come and go, cities rise and fall, whole civilizations appear and disappear-the earth remains, slightly modified. The earth remains, and the heartbreaking beauty where… — Edward Abbey
The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people's miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered more. Pain and… — Azar Nafisi
In an era of stress and anxiety, when the present seems unstable and the future unlikely, the natural response is to retreat and withdraw from… — Alan Moore
I locked the door, for what good it would do me, and went to bed. The Browning Hi-Power was in its second home, a modified… — Laurell K. Hamilton
A person whose desires and impulses are his ownâ€”are the expression of his own nature, as it has been developed and modified by his own… — John Stuart Mill
Man, wow, there's so many things to do, so many things to write! How to even begin to get it all down and without modified… — Jack Kerouac
The only thing that guarantees an open-ended collaboration among human beings, the only thing that guarantees that this project is truly open-ended, is a willingness… — Sam Harris
Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Satanism advocates practicing a modified form of the Golden Rule. Our interpretation of this rule is: "Do unto others as they do unto you"; because… — Anton Szandor LaVey
In his extreme youth Stoner had thought of love as an absolute state of being to which, if one were lucky, one might find access;… — John Edward Williams
I'd sit at my kitchen table and start scanning help-wanted ads on my laptop, but then a browser tab would blink and I'd get distracted… — Robin Sloan
Romeo wants Juliet as the filings want the magnet; and if no obstacles intervene he moves towards her by as straight a line as they.… — William James
We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us..... The old "manifest destiny" idea ought to be… — Francis John McConnell
Seeing this gradation and diversity of structure in one small, intimately related group of birds, one might really fancy that from an original paucity of… — Charles Darwin
The history of science shows that theories are perishable. With every new truth that is revealed we get a better understanding of Nature and our… — Nikola Tesla
Genetically modified foods are good. — James D. Watson
The residue of religion in my work appears as a modified transcendentalism, and the positivist scientific side of my thought appears as concreteness and realism.… — Louis Dudek
Increase your consumption of healthful fats like extra virgin olive oil, avocado, grass-fed beef, wild fish, coconut oil, nuts and seeds. At the same time,… — David Perlmutter
Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of… — Zac Goldsmith
All the food we eat, whether Brussels sprouts or pork bellies, has been modified by mankind. Genetic engineering is only one particularly powerful way to… — Michael Specter

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