Origin Quotes

672 quotes by 531 authors

Take the entire 4.5-billion-year history of the earth and scale it down to a single year, with January 1 being the origin of the earth… — Neil Shubin
We were staring at the origin of a piece of our own bodies inside this 375-million-year-old fish. We had a fish with a wrist. — Neil Shubin
I am first and foremost an actress of Indian origin. — Freida Pinto
Christmas is a glorious time of the year, simple in origin, deep in meaning, beautiful in tradition and custom, rich in memories, and charitable in… — Thomas S. Monson
Physicians still retain something of their priestly origin; they would gladly do what they forbid. — Otto von Bismarck
The tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao The name that can be named is not the eternal Name. The unnamable is… — Laozi
Language is of divine origin.. Some may know this but do not realize its implications in their daily family life. Love at home starts with… — Charles A. Didier
...The likelihood of treatment (of any one patient) increases with the length of time since the origin of the disease. ...Those cases in which the… — Hardin B. Jones
Neither had Watt of the Steam engine a heroic origin, any kindred with the princes of this world. The princes of this world were shooting… — Thomas Carlyle
Every gift of noble origin Is breathed upon by Hope's perpetual breath. — William Wordsworth
Because finally, 'the equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his religion according to the dictates of conscience' is held by the… — James Madison
We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference… — Angelo Scola
The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice.… — Pope Leo XIII
There is nothing strange in the circle being the origin of any and every marvel. — Aristotle
Every true revival . . . has had its earthly origin in prayer. — Reuben Archer Torrey
A fly cannot go in unless it stops somewhere; therefore weapons, fuel, food, money will not go to Afghanistan unless the neighbors of Afghanistan are… — Lakhdar Brahimi
The problem is we disagree about the origin. Is this occupied land or not? — Hassan Nasrallah
Our â€¦ reduceth to a single origin and relateth to a single , and maketh contraries to coincide so that there is one primal foundation… — Giordano Bruno
The term 'charisma' will be applied to a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is considered extraordinary and treated as… — Max Weber
As Buddhism moved to the West, one of the big characteristics was the strong place of women. That didn't exist in the countries of origin.… — Pema Chodron

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