Position Quotes

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[In research on bacteria metabolism] we have indeed much the same position as an observer trying to gain an idea of the life of a… — Marjory Stephenson
For it is not cell nuclei, not even individual chromosomes, but certain parts of certain chromosomes from certain cells that must be isolated and collected… — Theodor Boveri
With crystals we are in a situation similar to an attempt to investigate an optical grating merely from the spectra it produces... But a knowledge… — Max von Laue
Science is wonderful at destroying metaphysical answers, but incapable of providing substitute ones. Science takes away foundations without providing a replacement. Whether we want to… — Hilary Putnam
I think that support of this [stem cell] research is a pro-life pro-family position. This research holds out hope for more than 100 million Americans. — Orrin Hatch
There is no such thing as absolute truth and absolute falsehood. The scientific mind should never recognise the perfect truth or the perfect falsehood of… — Henry Augustus Rowland
I am in no position to judge other women, you know. But I mean, why did she get pregnant? It's not good for women to… — Dolores O'Riordan
The gross perversion and destruction of motherhood by the abortionist filled me with indignation, and awakened active antagonism. That the honorable term 'female physician' should… — Elizabeth Blackwell
Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death, there is nothing… — Sun Tzu
A fellow once came to me to ask for an appointment as a minister abroad. Finding he could not get that, he came down to… — Abraham Lincoln
...once the cards are dealt we turn them up in turn, and make two piles each, one red, one black; the winner has the biggest… — G. E. M. Anscombe
It seems to me, and I am personally convinced, that the Church must never speak from a position of strength. [These are shocking words.] It… — Anthony of Sourozh
Arrogance and fanaticism cause the hardening of positions taken and entrenchment can only lead to a dead end. — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
A bona fide spiritual master, under the guidance of authorities, can turn anyone to the Vaisnava cult so that naturally he may come to the… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
They are constantly trying to drive us into a corner because we have an independent position, because we maintain it and because we tell it… — Vladimir Putin
The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an unproved… — L. Harrison Matthews
The position of the planetary bodies at the moment of birth is a musical score done in planetary symbols of the heavenly harmonics and dissonances… — Corinne Heline
I believe in clear-cut positions. I think that the most arrogant position is this apparent, multidisciplinary modesty of "what I am saying now is not… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School, improved and energized, as it can easily be, may become… — Horace Mann
The face of "evil" is always the face of total need. A dope fiend is a man in total need of dope. Beyond a certain… — William S. Burroughs

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