Powerful Quotes

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I was in a garden at the Rodin Museum. For a few minutes I was alone, sitting on a bench between two long hedges of… — Irving Howe
The vibrations of mental forces are the finest and consequently the most powerful in existence. — Charles F. Haanel
The only valid reason to use clichÃ©s is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer does not respect… — Leonard Bishop
Unless a writer lives with a periodic delusion of his greatness, he will not continue writing. He must believe, against all reason and evidence, that… — Leonard Bishop
Wheeler hopes that we can discover, within the context of physics, a principle that will enable the universe to come into existence "of its own… — Paul Davies
One of the principal obstacles to the rapid diffusion of a new idea lies in the difficulty of finding suitable expression to convey its essential… — Arthur Schuster
The most powerful factors in the world are clear ideas in the minds of energetic men of good will. — J. Arthur Thomson
The magic of drama is infinitely more powerful than the magic of trickery. It is as available to the conjurer as it is to the… — Hake Talbot
Great writers arrive among us like new diseases - threatening, powerful, impatient for patients to pick up their virus, irresistible. — Craig Raine
I think film is a very powerful advocate and message carrier. — Estelle Morris, Baroness Morris of Yardley
Gentle words, quiet words, are after all the most powerful words. They are more convincing, more compelling, more prevailing. — Washington Gladden
Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God. — Jane Frances de Chantal
When I close my eyes my vision is even more powerful. — Giorgio de Chirico
You have to love yourself. That's the single most powerful thing. — Nia Peeples
As government regulations grow slowly, we become used to the harness. Habit is a powerful force, and we no longer feel as intensely as we… — Robert Bork
Chemistry is a gibberish of Latin and German; but in Leibig's hands it becomes a powerful language. — Jacob Grimm
Since the beginning of physics, symmetry considerations have provided us with an extremely powerful and useful tool in our effort to understand nature. Gradually they… — Tsung-Dao Lee
I looked for it [heavy hydrogen, deuterium] because I thought it should exist. I didn't know it would have industrial applications or be the basic… — Harold Urey
This example illustrates the differences in the effects which may be produced by research in pure or applied science. A research on the lines of… — Joseph John Thomson
The biogeographic evidence for evolution is now so powerful that I have never seen a creationist book, article, or lecture that has tried to refute… — Jerry A. Coyne

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