Properties Quotes

238 Properties quotes by 190 unique authors

In my opinion the separation of the c- and ac-stars is the most important advancement in stellar classification since the trials by Vogel and Secchi… — Unknown Author
There are few substance to which it yields interest, when it is considered how very intimately the knowledge and properties and uses of iron is… — Unknown Author
The valuable properties of this cement depend in a great measure on the mode of preparing it for use. The mixing should therefore be conducted… — Canvass White
The mechanist is intimately convinced that a precise knowledge of the chemical constitution, structure, and properties of the various organelles of a cell will solve… — Andre Michel Lwoff
The question whether atoms exist or not... belongs rather to metaphysics. In chemistry we have only to decide whether the assumption of atoms is an… — August Kekule
One of the most insidious and nefarious properties of scientific models is their tendency to take over, and sometimes supplant, reality. — Erwin Chargaff
The experiment left no doubt that, as far as accuracy of measurement went, the resistance disappeared. At the same time, however, something unexpected occurred. The… — Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Once we see, however, that the probability of life originating at random is so utterly minuscule as to make it absurd, it becomes sensible to… — Fred Hoyle
Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is your… — Joseph Brodsky
We live in the hope and faith that, by the advance of molecular physics, we shall by-and-by be able to see our way as clearly… — Thomas Huxley
Old & New put their stamp to everything in Nature. The snowflake that is now falling is marked by both. The present moment gives the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Still less, let it be proposed that our properties within our own territories shall be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our… — Thomas Jefferson
However, it required some years before the scientific community in general accepted that flexibility and disorder are very relevant molecular properties also in other systems. — Robert Huber
It is more important to know the properties of chlorine than the improprieties of Claudius! — Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
If the universe were just electrons and selfish genes, meaningless tragedies ... are exactly what we should expect, along with equally meaningless good fortune. Such… — Richard Dawkins
String theory?[pause] It closed the conceptual gulp between relativity and quantum mechanics. It postulates that subatomic particles are not points, but strings, about one planck… — Willie Garson
Anyone who would ever think of using any other Realtor would be making an enormous mistake. Goodwin & Thyne Properties is the best real estate… — Andy Romano
I will always recommend Goodwin & Thyne Properties to all my friends and business associates, thank you for going over and beyond the call of… — Andy Romano
The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in… — Thomas Paine
You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from a friend: but… — Aristophanes
The growth of the soul may be compared to the growth of a plant. In both cases, no new properties are imparted by the operation… — George Ripley
Ten properties of an object, according to Leonardo: light and dark, color and substance, form and position, distance and nearness, movement and stillness. — Robert Bresson
The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content. — Fernand Leger
I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and… — Socrates
Emergent properties result from interactions between individual parts, so it follows that a top down analytical approach that begins with the whole and dissects it… — Manuel De Landa

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