Preliminary Quotes

73 Preliminary quotes by 67 unique authors

Doubt, the essential preliminary of all improvement and discovery, must accompany the stages of man's onward progress. The faculty of doubting and questioning, without which… — Albert Pike
The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials of… — John Polkinghorne
I consider criticism merely a preliminary excitement, a statement of things a writer has to clear up in his own head sometime or other, probably… — Ezra Pound
At various times over 20 years, I did preliminary designs for aircraft like the Stratolaunch. For that whole time I was encouraging us to do… — Burt Rutan
Religion is the state of being grasped by an ultimate concern, a concern which qualifies all other concerns as preliminary and which itself contains the… — Paul Tillich
Sometimes a technology is so awe-inspiring that the imagination runs away with it - often far, far away from reality. Robots are like that. A… — Daniel H. Wilson
I am Psmith," said the old Etonian reverently. "There is a preliminary P before the name. This, however, is silent. Like the tomb. Compare such… — P.G. Wodehouse
Perhaps, in retrospect, there would be little motivation even for malevolent extraterrestrials to attack the Earth; perhaps, after a preliminary survey, they might decide it… — Carl Sagan
Well.. Is that all you've got?.. I hope not..cuz you haven't finished entertaining me yet.. -Gaara to Rock Lee during the Chunin preliminary — Masashi Kishimoto
Her failure was a useful preliminary to success. — Edith Wharton
Cleaning me up is just a preliminary step to determining my new look. With my acid-damaged hair, sunburned skin, and ugly scars, the prep team… — Suzanne Collins
Doing what you wanted to do was the only training, and the only preliminary, needed for doing more of what you wanted to do. — Kingsley Amis
Colonel Otto, do you have a, perhaps, fuller and more detailed account than your preliminary one of why my Imperial Security building is now largely… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Preliminary drawings or sketches in oil or pastel often have an immediacy and emotional appeal far greater than the final canvas. — Paul Mellon
After preliminary research, I zero in on an idea, and then I spend at least four months exploring the topic and in plot-building. I jot… — Ashwin Sanghi
The start-up life kept me busy and surfaced the problem of not being able to stay on top of my personal finances, which led me… — Aaron Patzer
The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission… — James Mooney
On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act. — Albert Bushnell Hart
There is a preliminary belief that Tuolumne River water could be captured by other reservoirs that are downstream from Hetch Hetchy, the Cherry and Don… — Matt Gonzalez
A sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities - is an… — Arnold Bennett
They say lightening doesnt strike twice at the same location how the hell does that explain me getting struck by lightening two times at two… — Unknown Author
This hearing came about very quickly. I do have a few preliminary comments, but I suspect you're more interested in asking questions, and I'll be… — David Kay
My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea. — Edward Weston

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67 authors contributed a total of 73 Preliminary Quotes, led by these top contributors: