Precursor Quotes
36 quotes by 33 authors
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The World's Fair was the precursor to theme parks like Disneyworld, and the really sort of cheap, superficial promotional architecture that you see everywhere in…
— Sufjan Stevens
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In the critics' vocabulary, the work 'precursor' is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemics or rivalry.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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While approximately one in every 400 children and adolescents have Type I diabetes; recent Government reports indicate that one in every three children born in…
— Tim Holden
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I believe that Jesus realized his oneness with God and he showed, what he attempted to do was show the way to all of us,…
— Eckhart Tolle
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Walkman was the precursor to the cell phone, in terms of your strategy for getting through the urban landscape and the modern experience. Insulate yourself…
— Douglas Rushkoff
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In the critic's vocabulary, the word "precursor" is indispensable, but it should be cleansed of all connotations of polemic or rivalry. The fact is that…
— Jorge Luis Borges
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I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack. I…
— John Connolly
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Discipline isn't a dirty word. Far from it. Discipline is the one thing that separates us from chaos and anarchy. Discipline implies timing. It's the…
— Buck Brannaman
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My parents, grandmother and brother were teachers. My mother taught Latin and French and was the school librarian. My father taught geography and a popular…
— Sam Abell
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What about Jesus Christ? I say that he was a precursor of idealists; a precursor of socialists.
— Mikhail Gorbachev
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I started in time-sharing and networking with packet switching, which was the precursor to what became the Internet. Time-shared use on packet-switch networks, when you…
— Audrey MacLean
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We are taking steps to fight the production of meth on our own soil through limiting access to precursor ingredients, supporting educational efforts and providing…
— Greg Walden
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Every intelligence agency in the world believed that Saddam Hussein had had weapons of mass destruction, precursor chemicals. The inspectors, over a period of ten…
— John Reid
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Prominence is the precursor of obsolescence
— Unknown Author
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Depending on your location in the United States, Declamation might not be an offered event for your league. Or if it is offered it might…
— ARNAV DIXIT
Who Wrote These Precursor Quotes
33 authors contributed a total of 36 Precursor Quotes, led by these top contributors: