Obtained Quotes

287 Obtained quotes by 237 unique authors

Euclid avoids it [the treatment of the infinite]; in modern mathematics it is systematically introduced, for only then is generality obtained. — Arthur Cayley
It is the triumph of civilization that at last communities have obtained such a mastery over natural laws that they drive and control them. The… — Henry Ward Beecher
Forests and trees make significant direct contributions to the nutrition of poor households ... [as] rural communities in Central Africa obtained a critical portion of… — Frances Ford Seymour
I have learnt that all our theories are not Truth itself, but resting places or stages on the way to the conquest of Truth, and… — Justus von Liebig
If then the prosperity of the commercial classes, will most certainly lead to accumulation of capital, and the encouragement of productive industry; these can by… — David Ricardo
The idea of making a fault a subject of study and not an object to be merely determined has been the most important step in… — Unknown Author
[Modern science] passed through a long period of uncertainty and inconclusive experiment, but as the instrumental aids to research improved, and the results of observation… — Thomas George Bonney
Beware of the problem of testing too many hypotheses; the more you torture the data, the more likely they are to confess, but confessions obtained… — Unknown Author
Anyone who has had actual contact with the making of the inventions that built the radio art knows that these inventions have been the product… — Edwin Howard Armstrong
As a progressive discipline [biochemistry] belongs to the present century. From the experimental physiologists of the last century it obtained a charter, and, from a… — Frederick Gowland Hopkins
My experiments with single traits all lead to the same result: that from the seeds of hybrids, plants are obtained half of which in turn… — Gregor Mendel
I do not believe that the present flowering of science is due in the least to a real appreciation of the beauty and intellectual discipline… — Derek Barton
There was, I think, a feeling that the best science was that done in the simplest way. In experimental work, as in mathematics, there was… — Unknown Author
Over the last century, physicists have used light quanta, electrons, alpha particles, X-rays, gamma-rays, protons, neutrons and exotic sub-nuclear particles for this purpose [scattering experiments].… — Unknown Author
[A]ny desired additional nicotine 'kick' could be easily obtained through pH regulation. — R. J. Reynolds
I doubt that Fleming could have obtained a grant for the discovery of penicillin on that basis [a requirement for highly detailed research plans] because… — Hans Selye
Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance; they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust in it is how belief… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Discipline can only be obtained when all the officers are imbued with the sense of their awful obligation to their men and to their country… — George S. Patton
The heart becomes sick, as the body becomes sick, and its remedy is al-Tawbah (repentance) and protection [from transgression]. It becomes rusty as a mirror… — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty.… — Mark Twain
Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each… — Norman Douglas
If you establish a democracy, you must in due time reap the fruits of a democracy. You will in due season have great impatience of… — Benjamin Disraeli
When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed, and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God,… — Charles Spurgeon
What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers… — James Madison
Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor. — Thomas a Kempis

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