"Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but……" — Isaac Newton
"Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion."
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Isaac Newton
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137 Quotes by Isaac Newton
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I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by men who were inspired. I…
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.
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An object that is at rest will tend to stay at rest. An object that is in motion will tend…
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As I am writing, another illustration of ye generation of hills proposed above comes into my mind. Milk is as…
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Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
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Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to…
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As in Mathematicks, so in Natural Philosophy, the Investigation of difficult Things by the Method of Analysis, ought ever to…
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Absolute, true, and mathematical time, in and of itself and of its own nature, without reference to anything external, flows…
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Do not great Bodies conserve their heat the longest, their parts heating one another, and may not great dense and…
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And from true lordship it follows that the true God is living, intelligent, and powerful; from the other perfections, that…
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He rules all things, not as the world soul but as the lord of all. And because of his dominion…
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It seems probable to me that God, in the beginning, formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, moveable particles, of…
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More Cannot Explain Quotes
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Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by…
— Martha Beck
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Unable to understand how or why the person we see behaves as he does, we attribute his behavior to a…
— B.F. Skinner
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There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.
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You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.
— J. Richard Clarke
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Sometimes animals may suffer more because of their more limited understanding. If, for instance, we are taking prisoners in wartime…
— Peter Singer
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I cannot explain something that no one has ever figured out.
— Chris Noth
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Of all the sacred places on the coast, none is more comforting than where rivers join the sea. By the…
— Robert Adams
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We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word 'admire' then means 'marvel…
— B.F. Skinner
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Elizabeth Taylor is pre-feminist woman. This is the source of her continuing greatness and relevance. She wields the sexual power…
— Camille Paglia
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If you take away the Jewish contribution to Christianity, there would be no Christianity. Judaism does not need Christianity to…
— John Hagee
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I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't…
— Don Bluth
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The evil, Sir, is enormous; the inevitable suffering incalculable. Do not stain the fair fame of the country. . .…
— Edward Everett
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