Reference Quotes

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See, see Who God is, see the glory of God, going up to Him out of this incomprehensible and infinite Sacrifice in which all history… — Thomas Merton
Our culture will become like it was during the medieval times when there truly was a cultural elite. The rest of the people will just… — Jackie Kennedy
If the artist only reproduces superficial features as photography does, if he copies the lineaments of a face exactly, without reference to character, he deserves… — Auguste Rodin
Without God man has no reference point to define himself. — R C Sproul
Constantly regard the universe as one living being, having one substance and one soul; and observe how all things have reference to one perception, the… — Marcus Aurelius
When the great promise of the Spirit was fulfilled on the day of Pentecost, it was fulfilled not in reference to the apostles only. — Charles Hodge
We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives. — Rick Warren
This reference to the Scots side of her ancestry is the first of two visual explorations into Tori Amos's diverse cultural past. As is the… — Kevyn Aucoin
Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely,… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
How do you explain to somebody who doesn't understand that you don't build a library to read. A library is a resource. Something you go… — Howard Jacobson
Time is said to have only one dimension, and space to have three dimensions. ... The mathematical quaternion partakes of both these elements; in technical… — William Rowan Hamilton
Its a consequence of the experience of science. As you learn more and more about the universe, you find you can understand more and more… — Steven Weinberg
No reference is truly directâ€”every reference depends on SOME kind of coding scheme. It's just a question of how implicit it is. — Douglas Hofstadter
I couldn't resist the temptation to put in a null reference, simply because it was so easy to implement. This has led to innumerable errors,… — Tony Hoare
The work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator… — Michael Crichton
How can you have this reference point, this stability, that is required to maintain the continuity of selves day after day? — Antonio Damasio
You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind… — Ben Gibbard
Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem… — Larry McMurtry
The Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It provides a reference… — Simon Conway Morris
Sir Hugh Greene is the man I hold most responsible for the state of our country today. For 11 years hardly a week went by… — Mary Whitehouse

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