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New Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes
- What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while…
- Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last,…
- If truth were not often suggested by error, if old implements could not be adjusted to new uses, human progress would be slow
- Old books, you know well, are books of the world's youth, and new books are the fruits of its age.
- Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimension.
- One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
- Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
- A man's mind stretched by a new idea can never go back to its original dimensions.
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- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
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- Research is creating new knowledge. — Neil Armstrong
- I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. — Neil Armstrong
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...' — Isaac Asimov
- The most extraordinary thing about trying to piece together the missing links in the evolutionary story is that when you do find… — David Attenborough
- I think every age lives in a blend of technology so there's always older ones mixed in with newer ones, and when… — Margaret Atwood
- Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart. — Kevyn Aucoin