Offspring Quotes

165 Offspring quotes by 144 unique authors

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness. — Donald E. Williams, Jr.
My child, seek those things which make for peace. Cease to stir up the King against the Church, and urge upon him a better course… — Eleanor of Aquitaine
Societies that exclude the exoskeleton of religion should reflect carefully to what will happen to them over several generations. We don’t really know, because the… — Jonathan Haidt
Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual… — Charles Darwin
The best antidote for crime is justice. The irony we often fail to appreciate is that the more justice people enjoy, the fewer crimes they… — Gerry Spence
Of the offspring of the gentilman Jafeth, came Habraham, Moyses, Aron and the profettys; and also the kyng of the right line of Mary, of… — Unknown Author
All our knowledge is the offspring of our perceptions. — Leonardo da Vinci
Quantitative work shows clearly that natural selection is a reality, and that, among other things, it selects Mendelian genes, which are known to be distributed… — John B. S. Haldane
Punk is like looking at a mirror. I already have a mirror so I don't need the Offspring to remind me how gorgeous I am. — John Lydon
True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion; it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation. — Hosea Ballou
Let us turn elsewhere, to the wasps and bees, who unquestionably come first in the laying up of a heritage for their offspring. — Jean-Henri Fabre
America is the promised land, because each generation bequeathed to its children a promise, a promise that they might not come to enjoy but which… — Joe Biden
The disenfranchised offspring, along with an entire ageless class of human discards, know only that they are doomed. They are drawn to spikes and pentagrams,… — Adam Parfrey
Good laws are the offspring of bad actions. — Charles Macklin
Doubt is the offspring of knowledge: the savage never doubts at all. — William Winwood Reade
Animals engage in a struggle for existence; for resources, to avoid being eaten and to breed. Environmental factors influence organisms to develop new characteristics to… — Al-Jahiz
I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want… — Emir Kusturica
And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd… — Oliver Goldsmith
Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures. — Unknown Author
Cyborgs are not reverent; they do not re-member the cosmos. They are wary of holism, but needy for connection- they seem to have a natural… — Donna J. Haraway
True emotions and sincere words never perish. The great heart of humanity gladly receives and embalms every true utterance of the humblest of its offspring. — Elias Lyman Magoon
In the beginning of the human race there was no genetic load which would cause undesirable traits such as appear in offspring of marriages between… — Walter Lang
Cot-death is no longer a problem of clinical medicine, but is one of medical politics. We have long had the knowledge and experience as to… — Irwin Stone
I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of… — William Godwin
Modern man receives a large part of his knowledge and general education by way of pictorial impressions, illustrations, photographs, films. Daily newspapers bring more pictures… — Otto Neurath

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