Underlying Quotes

305 quotes by 272 authors

The development of an organism ... may be considered as the execution of a 'developmental program' present in the fertilized egg. ... A central task… — Aristid Lindenmayer
While it is never safe to affirm that the future of Physical Science has no marvels in store even more astonishing than those of the… — Robert S. Mulliken
Cell genetics led us to investigate cell mechanics. Cell mechanics now compels us to infer the structures underlying it. In seeking the mechanism of heredity… — C. D. Darlington
We thus begin to see that the institutionalized practice of citations and references in the sphere of learning is not a trivial matter. While many… — Robert K. Merton
Like MoliÃ¨re's M. Jourdain, who spoke prose all his life without knowing it, mathematicians have been reasoning for at least two millennia without being aware… — Ernest Nagel
Underlying the whole scheme of civilization is the confidence men have in each other, confidence in their integrity, confidence in their honesty, confidence in their… — William Bourke Cockran
Einstein's relativity work is a magnificent mathematical garb which fascinates, dazzles and makes people blind to the underlying errors. The theory is like a beggar… — Nikola Tesla
...unless we act boldly and quickly to deal with the underlying causes of global warming, our world will undergo a string of terrible catastrophes... — Al Gore
The desire for constant action irrespective of underlying conditions is responsible for many losses on Wall Street even among the professionals, who feel that they… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
The underlying principles of sound investment should not alter from decade to decade, but the application of these principles must be adapted to significant changes… — Benjamin Graham
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because… — William J. Brennan
The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building block of my bottomless motivation to succeed. It is my… — Lance Armstrong
The most profound and serious indication of the moral implications underlying the ecological problem is the lack of respect for life evident in many of… — Pope John Paul II
Two thousand scientists, in a hundred countries, engaged in the most elaborate, well organized scientific collaboration in the history of humankind, have produced long-since a… — Al Gore
Most important, [research on affirmative action] has completely failed to show that affirmative action ever closes the academic gap between minorities and whites. And failing… — Shelby Steele
You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Scientific culture created a framework within which individual mobility was possible without threatening hierarchical work-force allocation. On the contrary, meritocracy reinforced hierarchy. Finally, meritocracy as… — Immanuel Wallerstein
The basic idea underlying religion is to create an atmosphere for the spiritual development of the individual. This being the situation, it is clear that… — B R Ambedkar
All of us cherish our beliefs. They are, to a degree, self-defining. When someone comes along who challenges our belief system as insufficiently well-based -… — Carl Sagan
Looking at obesity without preconceived ideas, one would assume that the main trend of research should be directed toward an examination of abnormalities of the… — Hilde Bruch

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