Primary Quotes

959 Primary quotes by 761 unique authors

The mechanism of primary emotions does not describe the full range of emotional behaviors. They are, to be sure, the basic mechanism. However, I believe… — Antonio Damasio
One of the effects of a safe and civilized life is an immense over sensitiveness which makes all the primary emotions somewhat disgusting. — George Orwell
The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure… — Ayn Rand
The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments. — Mercy Otis Warren
A sound Physics of the Earth should include all the primary considerations of the earth's atmosphere, of the characteristics and continual changes of the earth's… — Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
The aim of science is, on the one hand, as complete a comprehension as possible of the connection between perceptible experiences in their totality, and,… — Albert Einstein
It was a great step in science when men became convinced that, in order to understand the nature of things, they must begin by asking,… — James Clerk Maxwell
On all levels primary, and secondary and undergraduate - mathematics is taught as an isolated subject with few, if any, ties to the real world.… — Morris Kline
Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force… — George Washington
The objects of this primary education . . . would be . . . to form the statesmen, legislators and judges, on whom public prosperity… — Thomas Jefferson
While the primary function of formal Buddhist meditation is to create the possibility of the experience of "being," my work as a therapist has shown… — Mark Epstein
Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions, the hallmark of the mystic, the source of all true art....It is… — Joanna Macy
The inviolability of the person which is a reflection of the absolute inviolability of God, finds its primary and fundamental expression in the inviolability of… — Pope John Paul II
Self defense is a primary law of nature, which no subsequent law of society can abolish; the immediate gift of the Creator, obliges everyone to… — Elbridge Gerry
The proclamation of the Gospel remains the primary service that the Church owes to humanity, to offer the salvation of Christ to the man of… — Pope Benedict XVI
The primary contribution that the Church offers to the development of mankind and peoples does not consist merely in material means or technical solutions. Rather,… — Pope Benedict XVI
What attracted me to immunology was that the whole thing seemed to revolve around a very simple experiment: take two different antibody molecules and compare… — Cesar Milstein
Lately we have been getting facts pointing to the "oceanic" nature of the floor of so-called inland seas. Through geological investigations it has been definitely… — Unknown Author
Originality exists in every individual because each of us differs from the others. We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves. — Jean Guitton
The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the… — Elliott Chaze
Scientific modes of thought cannot be developed and become generally accepted unless people renounce their primary, unreflecting, and spontaneous attempt to understand all their experience… — Norbert Elias
To this day, we see all around us the Promethean drive to omnipotence through technology and to omniscience through science. The effecting of all things… — Gerald Holton
Philosophy would long ago have reached a high level if our predecessors and fathers had put this into practice; and we would not waste time… — Marin Mersenne
Failure is not the opposite to success, it's a stepping stone to success. If our primary goal is to be approved of, then we are… — Arianna Huffington
Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us. — Oscar Wilde

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