Origin Quotes

672 quotes by 531 authors

Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin. — Antonio Gaudi
Fire is the origin of stone.By working the stone with heat, I am returning it to its source. — Andy Goldsworthy
The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and… — Clarence Darrow
We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp… — Charles Darwin
Something pretty mysterious had to give rise to the origin of the universe. — Richard Dawkins
Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have… — Roger Ebert
Poetry carries its history within it, and it is oral in origin. Its transmission was oral. — James Fenton
Lyric poetry is, of course, musical in origin. I do know that what happened to poetry in the twentieth century was that it began to… — James Fenton
Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm… — Eric Hoffer
Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say. — Mahalia Jackson
All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination. — Carl Jung
In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance. — Franz Liszt
Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery. — Horace Mann
Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade… — Ludwig von Mises
The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in… — Albert J. Nock
Tax dollars intended for science education must not be used to teach creationism as any sort of real explanation of nature, because any observation or… — Bill Nye
I read five books on the Constitution. My favorite was 'Plain, Honest Men' by Richard Beeman. I went on a science jag in the same… — Denis O'Hare
My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his… — Yoko Ono
What sense would it make or what would it benfit a physician if he discovered the origin of the diseases but could not cure or… — Paracelsus
All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition. — Cesare Pavese

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