Origin Quotes

672 quotes by 531 authors

Many of the received models of modern architecture and planning owe their ultimate origin to the building code and public health reform movements of the… — Kenneth Frampton
People have contemplated the origin and evolution of the universe since before the time of Aristotle. Very recently, the era of speculation has given way… — George Smoot
It is necessary to suppress any extremist actions, on all sides, regardless of their origin. — Vladimir Putin
Most gravity has no known origin. Is it some exotic particle? Nobody knows. Is dark energy responsible for expansion of the universe? Nobody knows. — Neil deGrasse Tyson
I think Yandex is something in between two different cultures. One originated from the old Soviet culture of the scientific institute. It was a free… — Arkady Volozh
All religions, all indigenous traditions, all origin stories provide a large map of where you are. — David Christian
Stuart Hall was an utterly unique figure. Although he arrived at the age of 19 from Jamaica and spent the rest of his life here,… — Martin Jacques
Today, the origin of 90% of all the edible food Gambians consume are from places they have never heard of. — Yahya Jammeh
A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea. It… — C. V. Raman
One of the great issues in biology is the origin of altruism - of why you would do something for someone else that could hurt… — Isabella Rossellini
What should be the aim of management? What is their job? Quality is the responsibility of the top people. Its origin is in the boardroom.… — W. Edwards Deming
The United States gave me opportunities that my country of origin could not: freedom of the press and complete freedom of expression. — Jorge Ramos
There is nothing more inimical to writing than the spirit of fundamentalism. Fundamentalism abhors the play of signs, the endlessness of writing. Fundamentalism means nothing… — J M Coetzee
The Constitution of the United States, like all systems of government which are permanent, had its origin in the history and necessities of the people… — Samuel Freeman Miller
To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of… — Gilbert Newton Lewis
There may be men who think they are attacking Christianity when they investigate the historical origin or the morality of some dogma; I do not… — Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to… — John Newton
I have always held those political opinions which point to the universal brotherhood of man, no matter in what rank of life he may have… — Alexander Mackenzie
Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure… — Adam Ferguson
It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them. — Arthur Eddington

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