Quotes by Ancient Why, exactly, are scientists supposed to accord "respect" to a bunch of ancient fables that are not only ludicrous on their face, but motivate so much opposition to science? Jerry A. Coyne ancient fables faces We're coming into a rebirth of the planet. And some cultures have echoed it, such as the Mayans have echoed that, and it came from the ancient Egyptians. Jimmy Cliff ancient rebirth culture If you start watching the oldies, you're in trouble. I feel ancient if "Grand Hotel" or "The Bride Wore Red" comes on. I have a sneaking regard for "Mildred Pierce", but the others do nothing for me. Joan Crawford ancient red trouble Anything based on ancient texts is difficult for a modern reader to get their head around. Joanne Harris ancient modern difficult The question of the composition of perceptible objects is one which already occupied the mind of the ancient Greeks. Johannes Stark ancient greek mind The dumpling is indeed of more ancient institution, and of foreign origin; but alas, what were those dumplings? Nothing but a few lentils sodden together, moisten'd and cemented with a little seeth'd fat. John Arbuthnot ancient together littles The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury. John Bright ancient luxury language The very word baptizé, however, signifies to immerse; and it is certain that immersion was the practice of the ancient Church. John Calvin ancient church practice If ancient descent could confer nobility, the lower forms of life would possess it in a greater degree than man. John Lancaster Spalding ancient degrees men To be skeptical of the resultant text of the New Testament books is to allow all of classical antiquity to slip into obscurity, for no documents of the ancient period are as well attested bibliographically as the New Testament. John Warwick Montgomery obscurity ancient book I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history. John Webster ancient ruins feet The Zen people from Ancient China, "When you're walking, just walk." It turns out to be the hardest thing. Jon Kabat-Zinn ancient walking people A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state. Joseph Brodsky ancient states language The impulse to mar and to destroy is as ancient and almost as nearly universal as the impulse to create. The one is an easier way than the other of demonstrating power. Joseph Wood Krutch mars ancient way Contempt for private wrongs was one of the features of ancient morals. Joseph Joubert contempt ancient moral Ancient Hawaiians say: When you're itching for the waves, the only lotion is the ocean. Josip Broz Tito ancient hate ocean We see no where the pernicious effects of luxury on a republic more than in that of the ancient Romans, who immediately found itself poor as soon as this vice got footing among them, though they were possessed of all the riches in the world. Joseph Addison ancient luxury vices A twinge at the edge of her lips and she continued, the soft, slow lilt of recitation: "Ancient walls that sing the distant hours. Kate Morton ancient lips wall The pursuit of knowledge is an intoxicant, a lure that scientists and explorers have known from ancient times; indeed, exhilaration in the pursuit of knowledge is part of what has kept our species so adaptive. Kay Redfield Jamison exhilaration ancient knowledge The ancient dialogue between reason and the senses is almost always more interestingly and passionately resolved in favor of the senses. Kay Redfield Jamison ancient favors reason «1234567891011»
