Rapids Quotes

269 quotes by 254 authors

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen
In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved to… — Martha Beck
Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of aggression deserve the rapid and… — John Boehner
To be successful you have to be lucky, or a little mad, or very talented, or find yourself in a rapid growth field. — Edward de Bono
I think it's almost impossible for any expert to predict for the rapid changes we see in the Middle East. They are rapid and they… — Abdallah II
The modern world is a crowd of very rapid racing cars all brought to a standstill and stuck in a block of traffic. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The enterprise that does not innovate ages and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the present, the decline will be fast. — Peter Drucker
An insuperable obstacle to rapid transit in Africa is the want of carriers, and as speed was the main object of the Expedition under my… — Henry Morton Stanley
Whoever wishes to acquire a deep acquaintance with Nature must observe that there are analogies which connect whole branches of science in a parallel manner,… — William Stanley Jevons
Remember that accumulated knowledge, like accumulated capital, increases at compound interest: but it differs from the accumulation of capital in this; that the increase of… — Charles Babbage
In every section of the entire area where the word science may properly be applied, the limiting factor is a human one. We shall have… — James Bryant Conant
Bankers regard research as most dangerous a thing that makes banking hazardous due to the rapid changes it brings about in industry. — Charles Kettering
It is impossible to read the history of the petty republics of Greece and Italy without feeling sensations of horror and disgust at the distractions… — Alexander Hamilton
Today the strategies of many companies in the real estate industry are premised on low interest rates, an assumption that has resulted in the rapid… — Akira Mori
You have before you the task of seeking new ways to announce Christ in situations of rapid and often profound transformation, and of emphasizing the… — Pope Benedict XVI
One of the principal obstacles to the rapid diffusion of a new idea lies in the difficulty of finding suitable expression to convey its essential… — Arthur Schuster
We live in an era when rapid change breeds fear, and fear too often congeals us into a rigidity which we mistake for stability. — Lynn Townsend White, Jr.
Perhaps bacteria may tentatively be regarded as biochemical experiments; owing to their relatively small size and rapid growth, variations must arise much more frequently than… — Marjory Stephenson
...rapid motion through space elates one. — James Joyce
The rapid growth of industry, the ever increasing population and the imperative need for more varied, wholesome and nourishing foodstuff makes it all the more… — George Washington Carver

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