Purely Quotes

573 Purely quotes by 482 unique authors

Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is purely automatic and habitual, from our rising in the morning to our… — William James
Even if we could be certain that one of the world's religions were perfectly true, given the sheer number of conflicting faiths on offer, every… — Bertrand Russell
Know that when you seek anything of your own, you will never find God, because you do not seek God purely. You are seeking something… — Meister Eckhart
They assert that their program is purely peaceful. . . . We want them to demonstrate clearly in the actions they propose that they have… — Barack Obama
Democracy, taken in its narrower, purely political, sense, suffers from the fact that those in economic and political power possess the means for molding public… — Albert Einstein
Keep in mind, the news media are not independent; they are a sort of bulletin board and public relations firm for the ruling class-the people… — George Carlin
The purely abstract theorist runs the risk that, as with modern decor, the furniture of the mind will be sparse, bare, and uncomfortable. — Robert K. Merton
It required unusual inquisitiveness to pursue the development of scientific curiosities such as charged pith balls, the voltaic cell, and the electrostatic machine. Without such… — Frederick Seitz
To the pure geometer the radius of curvature is an incidental characteristic - like the grin of the Cheshire cat. To the physicist it is… — Arthur Eddington
A purely objective viewpoint does not exist in the cosmos or in politics. — Howard Fineman
I am coming more and more to the conviction that the necessity of our geometry cannot be demonstrated, at least neither by, nor for, the… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
...to characterize the import of pure geometry, we might use the standard form of a movie-disclaimer: No portrayal of the characteristics of geometrical figures or… — Carl Gustav Hempel
The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description… — Karl Pearson
But as there is a keeping back, and quietly waiting, and a keeping out of willing or running, and haste, the spirit arises purely and… — Francis Howgill
This was the feeling that Ms. Hempel couldn't shake: a conviction that she spent her days among people at the age when they are most… — Sarah Shun-lien Bynum
A book on the new physics, if not purely descriptive of experimental work, must essentially be mathematical. — Paul Dirac
Nothing has afforded me so convincing a proof of the unity of the Deity as these purely mental conceptions of numerical and mathematical science. — Mary Somerville
Now the novels that are read are purely entertainment – well done, very polished, with a very effective technique – but not literature, just entertainment. — Mario
Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it. — PJ Harvey
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war. — Hans Kung
Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money. — Mel Torme
[On Cantor's work:] The finest product of mathematical genius and one of the supreme achievements of purely intellectual human activity. — David Hilbert
MAGNITUDE, n. Size [that is] purely relative. If everything in the universe were increased 1,000 diameters nothing would be any larger than it was before,… — Ambrose Bierce
Literature takes reality and human experience as its starting point, transforms it by means of the imagination, and sends readers back to life with renewed… — Leland Ryken
No one should fear to undertake any task in the name of our Saviour, if it is just and if the intention is purely for… — Christopher Columbus

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