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5223 Perhaps quotes by 2996 unique authors

The word "mathematics" is a Greek word and, by origin, it means "something that has been learned or understood," or perhaps "acquired knowledge," or perhaps… — Salomon Bochner
The power which a multiple millionaire, who may be my neighbor and perhaps my employer, has over me is very much less than that which… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Perhaps the single most important therapeutic credo that I have is that the unexamined life is not worth living. — Irvin D. Yalom
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
In trying to evaluate Hopkins' unique contribution to biochemistry it may perhaps be said that he alone amongst his contemporaries succeeded in formulating the subject.… — Marjory Stephenson
I appeal to the contemptible speech made lately by Sir Robert Peel to an applauding House of Commons. 'Orders of merit,' said he, 'were the… — John Joseph Griffin
Man is made for science; he reasons from effects to causes, and from causes to effects; but he does not always reason without error. In… — James Hutton
From the point of view of the pure morphologist the recapitulation theory is an instrument of research enabling him to reconstruct probable lines of descent;… — Unknown Author
It has been said by a distinguished philosopher that England is "usually the last to enter into the general movement of the European mind." The… — Isaac Todhunter
How did Biot arrive at the partial differential equation? [the heat conduction equation] . . . Perhaps Laplace gave Biot the equation and left him… — Clifford Truesdell
The flight of most members of a profession to the high empyrean, where they can work peacefully on purely scientific problems, isolated from the turmoil… — Gerald Holton
Just because something happens to be legal does not make it moral, ethical or right. Abortion is perhaps one of the most dramatic examples of… — Al Barry
The theory of natural selection is the centerpiece of The Origin of Species and of evolutionary theory. It is this theory that accounts for the… — Douglas J. Futuyma
I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating, but the radical and universal consciousness of the death of… — R. J. Hollingdale
When the uncultured man sees a stone in the road it tells him no story other than the fact that he sees a stone ...… — Elisha Gray
As many know, and especially those who may have young sons or daughters at colleges or universities, the last thing you want to hear is… — Vito Fossella
Perhaps losing integrity with yourself is the greatest stress of all, far more hurtful to us than competition, time pressure, or lack of respect. Our… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Perhaps Vanderbilt's most important role in the interest of our free society is to give the world educated men and women of character, possessing a… — Unknown Author
Hence our verdict on these reformulated versions of St. Anselm's argument must be as follows. They cannot, perhaps, be said to prove or establish their… — Alvin Plantinga
Unless we look at a person and see the beauty there is in this person, we can contribute nothing to him. One does not help… — Anthony of Sourozh
Perhaps the deepest reason we are afraid of death is that we do not know who we are. We believe in a personal, unique, and… — Sogyal Rinpoche
Perhaps some have created their own difficulties but don't the rest of us do exactly the same things? Are we not all beggars? — Jeffrey R. Holland
My boat strikes something deep. At first sounds of silence, waves. Nothing has happened; Or perhaps everything has happened. and I am sitting in my… — Unknown Author
Perhaps there is no life after death....there's just Los Angeles. — Unknown Author
I believe God was in Christ, not will be, perhaps, maybe if we're good boys and girls, it's over, it's done, we are one people,… — Unknown Author

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