Expression Quote by William John Macquorn Rankine

We'll only use as much category theory as is necessary. Famous last words...

— Roman Abramovich

A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.

— John Maynard Keynes

Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.

— John of Salisbury

Her failure was a useful preliminary to success.

— Edith Wharton

The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When it begins in the afternoon, there is always an…

— James Mooney

I made the assumption, wrong of course, that conceptual analysis was a brief preliminary on the road to finding out about the nature of…

— Patricia Churchland

I've been urged by people forever to try and start a real Rock Hall of Fame. I've had some very, very preliminary discussions about…

— Eddie Trunk

There is a preliminary belief that Tuolumne River water could be captured by other reservoirs that are downstream from Hetch Hetchy, the Cherry and…

— Matt Gonzalez

A preliminary agreement in principle is not a deal.

— Krystal Ball

After preliminary research, I zero in on an idea, and then I spend at least four months exploring the topic and in plot-building. I…

— Ashwin Sanghi

There's something about sitting face-to-face with an attorney in an office that enables people to come to grips with the very idea of divorce…

— Laura Wasser

I'm in that very preliminary stage of wondering how exactly to "pressurize" the novel in some way I've never considered before.

— Mark Leyner