Persistent Quotes

271 quotes by 236 authors

Our mind is a machine, it is not a mystery. And the mind always wants to know the how, the why. And because of this… — Rajneesh
It is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical quest for truth. — Karl Popper
The absence of fossil evidence for intermediary stages between major transitions in organic design, indeed our inability, even in our imagination, to construct functional intermediates… — Stephen Jay Gould
I went to my doctor and asked for something for persistent wind. He gave me a kite. — Les Dawson
Follow your interests, get the best available education and training, set your sights high, be persistent, be flexible, keep your options open, accept help when… — Mildred Dresselhaus
A key impact of recent events was a very persistent, if not permanent shock in the oil supply. This was caused as the oil industry… — Michael Kumhof
Unity must be won, and only the workers, the class-conscious workers themselves can win it - by stubborn and persistent effort. — Vladimir Lenin
It would be one thing if we could say the system works [in Illinois], and that individuals followed procedures and were found innocent, but in… — Jan Schakowsky
Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output. Since most of our exogenous tax changes are in… — Christina Romer
The radiation of radium was "contagious"-Contagious like a persistent scent or a disease. It was impossible for an object, a plant, an animal or a… — Eve Curie
The purpose of affirmative action is to give our nation a way to finally address the systemic exclusion of individuals of talent on the basis… — William J. Clinton
There are no boundaries in the real Planet Earth. No United States, no Soviet Union, no China, no Taiwan...Rivers flow unimpeded across the swaths of… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
When you study the lives of all great achievers-those who have had the greatest influence on others, those who have made things happen-you will find… — Stephen Covey
Strange, that some of us, with quick alternate vision, see beyond our infatuations, and even while we rave on the heights, behold the wide plain… — George Eliot
By persistent hard work you will rise to success, but ultimately your accomplishments will be measured by how you treated your loved ones on the… — Wes Fesler
In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is therapeutic, nor because… — Robert Shaw
It takes someone pretty persistent to stick it out with me. — Jessalyn Gilsig
Software is largely a service industry operating under the persistent but unfounded delusion that it is a manufacturing industry — Eric S. Raymond
One way or another, if youâ€™re persistent, fortune always smiles on you. — Charlton Heston
One thing of the many things that I know about Jesse Jackson, he is persistent. — Jackie Jackson

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