Owing Quotes
114 quotes by 105 authors
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Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent…
— Robert Benchley
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He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which…
— Edmund Burke
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Nationalist Socialist Germany wants peace because of its fundamental convictions. And it wants peace also owing to the realization of the simple primitive fact that…
— Adolf Hitler
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I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to the height you…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I would by all means have men beware, lest Æsop's pretty fable of the fly that sate [sic] on the pole of a chariot at…
— Francis Bacon
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Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or that they do not exist, nor what sort of form they…
— Protagoras
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One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity…
— Bertrand Russell
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The number of laws is constantly growing in all countries and, owing to this, what is called crime is very often not a crime at…
— P D Ouspensky
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The proof given by Wright, that non-adaptive differentiation will occur in small populations owing to "drift," or the chance fixation of some new mutation or…
— Julian Huxley
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The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that a…
— John Milton
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to…
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
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A grateful mind/ By owing owes not, but still pays, at once/ Indebted and discharg'd.
— John Milton
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The impossibility of separating the nomenclature of a science from the science itself, is owing to this, that every branch of physical science must consist…
— Antoine Lavoisier
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Further, the same Arguments which explode the Notion of Luck, may, on the other side, be useful in some Cases to establish a due comparison…
— Abraham de Moivre
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Perhaps bacteria may tentatively be regarded as biochemical experiments; owing to their relatively small size and rapid growth, variations must arise much more frequently than…
— Marjory Stephenson
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The mechanist is intimately convinced that a precise knowledge of the chemical constitution, structure, and properties of the various organelles of a cell will solve…
— Andre Michel Lwoff
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The experiment left no doubt that, as far as accuracy of measurement went, the resistance disappeared. At the same time, however, something unexpected occurred. The…
— Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
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The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they will…
— Sun Tzu
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The Galilean is not a favorite of mine. So far from owing him any thanks for his favor, I cannot avoid confessing that I owe…
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in…
— Belle Boyd
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