Presents Quotes

514 quotes by 444 authors

The science of mathematics presents the most brilliant example of how pure reason may successfully enlarge its domain without the aid of experience — Immanuel Kant
The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the… — Lewis H. Lapham
At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I can't say no… — Goran Ivanisevic
Theory has nothing to do with a work of art. Pictures which are interpretable, and which contain a meaning, are bad pictures. A picture presents… — Gerhard Richter
There's a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side. Half the dogs in America will receive… — Michael Pollan
Young women need to know that abortion rights and abortion access are not presents bestowed or retracted by powerful men (or women) - Presidents, Supreme… — Katha Pollitt
A single good government becomes... a blessing to the whole earth, its welcome to the oppressed restraining within certain limits the measure of their oppressions.… — Thomas Jefferson
St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under… — Unknown Author
Made up of a dozen billion microscopic nerve-cell units interconnected by millions upon millions of conducting nerve-threads weaving incredibly intricate patterns, the brain, as an… — Unknown Author
One cannot get through life without pain...What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents to us. — Bernie Siegel
But, the truth is and we can argue about whether this is right or not as long as we want to, but the fact is… — Cokie Roberts
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. Your children need your presence more… — Jesse Jackson
When we trace the part of which this terrestrial system is composed, and when we view the general connection of those several parts, the whole… — James Hutton
It is hard to hide our genes completely. However devoted someone may be to the privacy of his genotype, others with enough curiosity and knowledge… — Unknown Author
Science gains from it [the pendulum] more than one can expect. With its huge dimensions, the apparatus presents qualities that one would try in vain… — Leon Foucault
The investigation of causal relations between economic phenomena presents many problems of peculiar difficulty, and offers many opportunities for fallacious conclusions. Since the statistician can… — Unknown Author
Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time. — Douglas Coupland
The image that fiction presents is purged of the distractions, confusions and accidents of ordinary life. — Robert Penn Warren
The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction. — Oscar Wilde
God help the teacher, if a man of sensibility and genius, when a booby father presents him with his booby son, and insists on lighting… — Robert Burns

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