Processes Quotes

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The stimulus of competition, when applied at an early age to real thought processes, is injurious both to nerve-power and to scientific insight. — Mary Everest Boole
[To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and set… — Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
There have been many authorities who have asserted that the basis of science lies in counting or measuring, i.e. in the use of mathematics. Neither… — Roy Crowson
The techniques have galloped ahead of the concepts. We have moved away from studying the complexity of the organism; from processes and organisation to composition. — James Black
True optimization is the revolutionary contribution of modern research to decision processes. — George Dantzig
We do not know how God created, what processes He used, for God used processes which are not now operating anywhere in the natural universe.… — Duane Gish
Nature is capable of building complex structures by processes of self-organization; simplicity begets complexity. — Victor J. Stenger
To begin with our knowledge grows in spots. ..What you first gain, ... is probably a small amount of new information, a few new definitions,… — William James
Failure is the most effective technique to optimize strategic planning, implementation and processes. — Thomas A. Edison
We used to be a source of fuel; we are increasingly becoming a sink. These supplies of foreign liquid fuel are no doubt vital to… — Winston Churchill
Thought isn't a form of energy. So how on Earth can it change material processes? That question has still not been answered. — Vladimir Vernadsky
To cultivate a garden is. . . to go hand in hand with Nature in some of her most beautiful processes... — Christian Nestell Bovee
We have the most prolonged adolescence in the history of mankind. There is no other society that requires so many years to pass before people… — Ralph Nader
Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our efforts to include young people… — Ban Ki-moon
To the scientist Nature is a storehouse of facts, laws, processes; to the artist she is a storehouse of pictures; to the poet she is… — John Burroughs
Darwin's greatest achievement was to show that the appearance of purpose, planning, teleology (design), and intentionality in the origin and development of human and animal… — John Searle
We do not know how much of the environmental change is due to human activities and how much [is due] to long-term natural processes over… — Freeman Dyson
In manufacturing, where mechanization and the use of chemical processes are much easier, it is easier to raise productivity than in services. In contrast, by… — Ha-Joon Chang
To elevate the goals of humankind, to achieve high moral purpose, to realize major intended change, leaders must thrust themselves into the most intractable processes… — James MacGregor Burns
Exposure to some pesticides during infancy, even at very low levels, can lead to serious life-long consequences if the pesticides disrupt hormone-driven developmental processes. — Charles Benbrook

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