Occurrence Quotes

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Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon. — Sidney Altman
The sad events that occur in my life are the sad events that happen to everybody, with losing friends and family, but that is a… — Sergio Aragones
The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training that take place there; and… — William James
We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives - that prayer which is rather a habit of lifting up the… — Elizabeth Ann Seton
Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.... A man full of faith is simply one who has… — H. L. Mencken
Finally, imagine that you've really worked hard on yourself and become a level 10 person. Now, is this same level 5 problem a big problem… — T. Harv Eker
Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of such catastrophes, we are authorized… — Charles Lyell
If this being is omnipotent, then every occurrence, including every human action, every human thought, and every human feeling and aspiration is also His work;… — Albert Einstein
In fact, nothing in science as a whole has been more firmly established by interwoven factual information, or more illuminating than the universal occurrence of… — E. O. Wilson
The occurrence of any event where the chances are beyond one in ten followed by 50 zeros is an event which we can state with… — Emile Borel
If you invent two or three people and turn them loose in your manuscript, something is bound to happen to them -- you can't help… — Mark Twain
Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty,… — George Boole
But the individual butterfly or earthquake remains just the unique existence which it is. We forget in explaining its occurrence that it is only the… — John Dewey
A dream that is not understood remains a mere occurrence; understood it becomes a living experience. — Carl Jung
Journalism wishes to tell what it is that has happened everywhere as though the same things had happened for every man. Poetry wishes to say… — Archibald MacLeish
Scientific knowledge scarcely exists amongst the higher classes of society. The discussion in the Houses of Lords or of Commons, which arise on the occurrence… — Charles Babbage
Who said that justice is what you imagine? Can you be sure that you know it when you see it, that you will live long… — Mark Helprin
The very general occurrence of the homosexual in ancient Greece, and its wide occurrence today in some cultures in which such activity is not taboo… — Alfred Kinsey
There is a fundamental spiritual quality to gratitude that transcends religious traditions. Gratitude is a universal human experience that can seem to be either a… — Angeles Arrien
The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence. — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

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