Chemistry Quote by Michael Polanyi Download Open image “No inanimate object is ever fully determined by the laws of physics and chemistry.” — Michael Polanyi ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Chemistry Determined Inanimate objects Law Laws of physics Physics
Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories: those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. The… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
but, in reality, there is no such thing as an exact science. — William Stanley Jevons Copy Share Image
The object of pure physics is the unfolding of the laws of the intelligible world; the object of pure mathematics that of unfolding the… — James Joseph Sylvester Copy Share Image
The general laws of Nature are not, for the most part, immediate objects of perception. — George Boole Copy Share Image
“In modern science the methods of analysis are principally applied to investigating the nature of material entities. Thus, the ultimate nature of matter is… — Padmasambhava Copy Share Image
Inanimate objects can be classified scientifically into three major categories; those that don't work, those that break down and those that get lost. — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
Now these two questions Does there exist a material reality distinct from sensible appearances? and What is the nature of reality? do not have… — Pierre Duhem Copy Share Image
Reality cannot be found except in One single source, because of the interconnection of all things with one another. I maintain also that substances,… — Gottfried Leibniz Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as inanimate matter...there is God or divinity in all matter and it is all living energy. — Jay DeFeo Copy Share Image
Since nothing can exist that does not fulfil the conditions which render its existence possible, the different parts each being must be co-ordinated in… — Georges Cuvier Copy Share Image
There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according… — Richard P. Feynman Copy Share Image
I should consider that I know nothing about physics if I were able to explain only how things might be, and were unable to… — Rene Descartes Copy Share Image
These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
We could not, for example, arrive at a principle like that of entropy without introducing some additional principle, such as randomness, to this topography. — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
“A steady recognition that the evils which prevent the fullness of moral development are precisely the elements which are also the source of the… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
“Christianity sedulously fosters, and in a sense permanently satisfies, man's craving for mental dissatisfaction by offering him the comfort of a crucified God.” — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness. — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
The first thing to make clear is that scientists, freely making their own choice of problems and pursuing them in the light of their… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
The information in DNA could no more be reduced to the chemical than could the ideas in a book be reduced to the ink… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
“Sartre puts it, value arises simply from our choices. What we choose, we value simply because we have chosen it (and apparently we remain… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
I shall reconsider human knowledge by starting from the fact that we can know more than we can tell, — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
The amount of knowledge which we can justify from evidence directly available to us can never be large. The overwhelming proportion of our factual… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
Admittedly, the body of scientists, as a whole, does uphold the authority of science over the lay public. It controls thereby also the process… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
“It was the merit of Gestalt psychology to make us aware of the remarkable performance involved in perceiving shapes. Take, for example, a ball… — Michael Polanyi Copy Share Image
In my opinion, sexiness comes down to three things: chemistry, sense of humor, and treatment of waitstaff at restaurants. — Rhoda Janzen Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don't let others discourage you or tell you that you can't do it. In… — Gertrude B. Elion Copy Share Image
If you want to change something by Tuesday, theater is no good. Journalism is what does that. But, if you want to just alter… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Sigourney Weaver is a wonderful person. I was so lucky to have the opportunity to meet and work with such an amazing actress. I… — Carrie Henn Copy Share Image
With any good projects, I feel like the off-screen chemistry factors on-screen. It's great when you don't have to force it, but when it's… — Aldis Hodge Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in medicine and was pleased when my brother became a doctor. But after thinking seriously about that field, I realized… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Nernst was a great admirer of Shakespeare, and it is said that in a conference concerned with naming units after appropriate persons, he proposed… — J.R. Partington Copy Share Image
It is possible to cause seemingly biochemical changes through human emotional involvement. You literally have changed his chemistry by being his friend. — Steve Lopez Copy Share Image
There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We create a standard for how we want to do things and everybody's got to buy into that standard or you really can't have… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
I enjoy Dinosaur for what it is. It's a unique band that has a unique chemistry. — Lou Barlow Copy Share Image
Everything that goes into making a film, when it's the finished product, us as the actors look at the film and go: "Oh man,… — Chris Klein Copy Share Image
