Sight Quotes

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I learnt to distrust all physical concepts as the basis for a theory. Instead one should put one's trust in a mathematical scheme, even if… — Paul Dirac
At the sight of a single bone, of a single piece of bone, I recognize and reconstruct the portion of the whole from which it… — Georges Cuvier
The first effect of the mind growing cultivated is that processes once multiple get to be performed in a single act. Lazarus has called this… — William James
Through the death of Christ on the cross making atonement for sin, we get a perfect standing before God. That is justification, and it puts… — A C Dixon
I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day. At first sight… — John B. S. Haldane
It takes a trained and discerning researcher to keep the goal in sight, and to detect evidence of the creeping progress toward it. — John Charles Polanyi
Genocide is like a dessert. It is made of the flesh and bones of woman and children, it is sweetened with the blood of the… — Terry Brooks
In 1841 you and I had together a tedious low-water trip, on a Steam Boat from Louisville to St. Louis. You may remember, as I… — Abraham Lincoln
Reason must be deluded, blinded, and destroyed. Faith must trample underfoot all reason, sense, and understanding, and whatever it sees must be put out of… — Martin Luther
Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
With the strength of his spiritual sight and insight the distance, and as it were the space, around man continually expands: his world grows deeper,… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Sight is what you see with your eyes, vision is what you see with your mind. — Robert Kiyosaki
Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter of terror; in spring the heart of tranquility dances to the melody of the groves, and the… — Samuel Johnson
Man is very much a creature of habit. A thing that rarely strikes his senses will generally have but little influence upon his mind. A… — Alexander Hamilton
Perhaps to some extent we have lost sight of the fact that LSD can be very, very helpful in our society if used properly. — Robert Kennedy
In her memoir, Anne Robinson recounts the wake-up call which motivated her to stop drinking. Leaving her eight-year-old daughter alone in their car while she… — Anne Robinson
If I could live in a tiny dwelling on a rock in the ocean, surrounded by the waves of the sea and cut off from… — Cuthbert
Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park. — Daniel Okrent
No matter how tough, no matter what kind of outside pressure, no matter how many bad breaks along the way, I must keep my sights… — Billie Jean King
The artful pitcher must take the inevitable peaks and valleys of pitching in stride and never give in to the batters or lose sight of… — Tom Seaver

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