Sight Quotes

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But by far the greatest hindrance and aberration of the human understanding proceeds from the dullness, incompetency, and deceptions of the senses; in that things… — Francis Bacon
The process of tracing regularity in any complicated, and at first sight confused, set of appearances, is necessarily tentative; we begin by making any supposition,… — John Stuart Mill
Things of which there is sight, hearing, apprehension, these I prefer. — Heraclitus
On the altar you are looking at the same thing as you saw there last night. You have not heard, however, what this is, what… — Saint Augustine
I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We need to build… — Ratan Tata
Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal. — Mario Andretti
I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on a young… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The slightest living thing answers a deeper need than all the works of man because it is transitory. It has an evanescence of life, or… — Freya Stark
Words are even more feeble on this Memorial Day, for the sight before us is that of a strong and good nation that stands in… — Ronald Reagan
Those who will may raise monuments of marble to perpetuate the fame of heroes. Those who will may build memorial halls to remind those who… — Joshua Chamberlain
As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight and the subject-matter has nothing to do with harmony of sound… — James Whistler
We are so concerned to flatter the majority that we lose sight of how very often it is necessary, in order to preserve freedom for… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is the little lost pup with his tail tucked in. — Arthur Guiterman
Thus, while the mute creation downward bend Their sight, and to their earthly mother ten, Man looks aloft; and with erected eyes Beholds his own… — John Dryden
Life is like a game of chess. To win you have to make a move. Knowing which move to make comes with IN-SIGHT and knowledge,… — Alan Rufus
'Tis a short sight to limit our faith in laws to those of gravity, of chemistry, of botany, and so forth. Those laws do not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The lessons of science should be experimental also. The sight of a planet through a telescope is worth all the course on astronomy; the shock… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
... our "Physick" and "Anatomy" have embraced such infinite varieties of being, have laid open such new worlds in time and space, have grappled, not… — Thomas Huxley
Considered as a mere question of physics, (and keeping all moral considerations entirely out of sight,) the appearance of man is a geological phenomenon of… — Adam Sedgwick
Through seven figures come sensations for a man; there is hearing for sounds, sight for the visible, nostril for smell, tongue for pleasant or unpleasant… — Hippocrates
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

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