Modifies Quotes

15 quotes by 13 authors

Each generation exercises power over its successors: and each, in so far as it modifies the environment bequeathed to it and rebels against tradition, resists… — C.S. Lewis
Every writer creates his own precursors. His work modifies our conception of the past, as it will modify the future. — Jorge Luis Borges
If the genius of invention were to reveal to-morrow the secret of immortality, of eternal beauty and youth, for which all humanity is aching, the… — Nikola Tesla
Some people who experience a religious conversion seem to undergo a personality change. They can be quite congenial and easygoing when talking about mundane things,… — Darrel Ray
But unless some great revolution in nature modifies the present relative level between land and sea, it may safely be maintained that the present outer… — Louis Agassiz
A novel is based on evidence, + or -x, the unknown quantity being the temperament of the novelist, and the unknown quantity always modifies the… — E. M. Forster
The canvas you are working on modifies the previous ones in an unending, baffling chain which never seems to finish. What sympathy is demanded of… — Philip Guston
Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment… — William James
In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is that… — Jorge Luis Borges
The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of… — A. S. Byatt
Saw you walking barefoot taking a long look at the new moon's eyelid later spread sleep-fallen, naked in your dark hair asleep but not oblivious… — Adrienne Rich
Passing time adds false memories and modifies real ones. — Stephen King
The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the… — Jorge Luis Borges
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak
Nature takes the decision first, man agrees, reconciles, modifies, refutes, contradicts etc., subsequently. It means the application of reason, the discretionary power of a man,… — Thiruman Archunan

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13 authors contributed a total of 15 Modifies Quotes as follows: