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science uniforms taste
In science, reason is the guide; in poetry, taste. The object of the one is truth, which is uniform and indivisible; the object of the other is beauty, which is multiform and varied. Charles Caleb Colton
science disorder cures
No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.
science mind cost
The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we had, and left us nothing to defend.
science tolerance religion
We are not clear as to the role in life of these chemicals; nor are we clear as to the role of the physician. You know, of course, that in ancient times there was no clear distinction between priest and physician. Alan Watts
science socks until wait
Wait until you see the science that is going to come back from this mission. It's going to know your socks off. Howard Eisen
science air useless
The edifice of science not only requires material, but also a plan. Without the material, the plan alone is but a castle in the air-a mere possibility; whilst the material without a plan is but useless matter. Dmitri Mendeleev
science elements weight
When the elements are arranged in vertical columns according to increasing atomic weight, so that the horizontal lines contain analogous elements again according to increasing atomic weight, an arrangement results from which several general conclusions may be drawn.
science order law
If all the elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights, a periodic repetition of properties is obtained. This is expressed by the law of periodicity.
science judging hammers
What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth ? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad. Dave Barry
dozen littles imagine
Floyd could imagine a dozen things that could go wrong; it was little consolation that it was always the thirteenth that actually happened. Arthur C. Clarke
dozen enjoys fact few night people reminder street thursday
The people in the street -- a few dozen on Thursday night -- are a reminder of the fact that Milosevic still enjoys substantial support,
dozen half six
Six of one, half dozen of another. Oh, well, half of one, six dozen of the other. Joe Garagiola
dozen second site states
There are more than two dozen states where we would look to site a second repository.
dozens managing ways
There are dozens of ways one can go about managing his or her career,
dozen drove forth
For years I drove cross-country, back and forth a dozen times, sometimes on book tour, sometimes just to get lost and found. Jami Attenberg
dozens freddy latino leaders-and-leadership literally proud support
Freddy Ferrer is proud to have the support of literally dozens of Latino leaders.
dozen great half jeff league receiver
Jeff is a great receiver in a league where there are probably half a dozen great receivers,
dozen pick
I think with Huston, you could pick a dozen films.
biographies legacy trouble
There will be some trouble about 'biography' because I have never troubled myself to supply particulars of my early life to any writer. Arthur Wing Pinero
biographies appetite immense
The immense appetite we have for biography comes from a deep-seated sense of equality. Charles Baudelaire
biographies sides negative
Some Western biographies are apologist, and do not portray the negative side at all. Deepak Chopra
biographies lost lost-faith
I had lost faith in biography. A. N. Wilson
biographies use actors
What use is there for a biography of myself? I'm just a movie actor. Conrad Veidt
biographies remember fit
When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication. George Bernard Shaw
biographies demonstration dissection
A biography should be a dissection and demonstration of how a particular human being was made and worked. H. G. Wells
biographies fiction funny-travel
I read everything: fiction, history, science, mathematics, biography, travel. Martin Lewis Perl
biographies actors sucker
I am a total sucker for an actor's autobiography/biography. I have probably read most of them. Kate Fleetwood