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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
theory-of-evolution characteristics inconsistent
The proposition that humans have mental characteristics wholly absent in non-humans is inconsistent with the theory of evolution. Gary L. Francione
theory-of-evolution creation-science evolution-of-man
If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case. Charles Darwin
theory-of-evolution facts peculiar
The fact of evolution is the backbone of biology, and biology is thus in the peculiar position of being a science founded on an improved theory, is it then a science or faith?
theory-of-evolution yield records
The modern theory of evolution does not require gradual change. It in fact, the operation of Darwinian processes should yield exactly what we see in the fossil record. It is gradualism that we must reject, not Darwinism. Stephen Jay Gould
theory-of-evolution almighty inconsistent
I see nothing in the theory of evolution inconsistent with an Almighty Creator and Protector. John Henry Newman
theory-of-evolution president remember
Remember Henry Adam's jest that the succession of presidents from Washington to Grant disproved the theory of evolution? George Will
theory-of-evolution numbers origin-of-life
The likelihood of the formation of life from inanimate matter is 1 to a number with 40,000 noughts after it (1040,000).... It is big enough to bury Darwin and the whole theory of evolution. There was no primeval soup, neither on this planet nor any other, and if the beginnings of life were not random, they must therefore have been the product of purposeful intelligence. Fred Hoyle
theory-of-evolution dams cheese
The Theory of Evolution has more holes in it than a dam made out of Swiss cheese. Eoin Colfer
theory-of-evolution criticism classroom
The worst censors are those prohibiting criticism of the theory of evolution in the classroom. Phyllis Schlafly
dubious full inside jonah living scientific standing
The Bible is full of dubious scientific impossibilities, from Jonah living inside a whale, to the sun standing still in the sky for Joshua. Lawrence M. Krauss
dubious however money popular shown spend spent whether work
I am very dubious about whether NHS money that could be spend on things that have been shown to work should be spent on things, however popular they are. Evan Harris
dubious iron lake
I was a little dubious about introducing this to the lake country. On the Iron Range, it's in their blood. Don Peterson
dubious park quite seemed taking though turning
To some degree, I was very dubious of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' idea - taking a theme park ride and turning into a film - even though they seemed to end up being quite fun films. Peter Jackson
dubious honor
It's a dubious honor because we shouldn't have been in that position.
dubious weak foreign-exchange
You've had an extremely weak euro on the foreign exchange markets, you've had a very dubious policy being followed. John Major
dubious influence sometimes
In Britain I'm sometimes regarded as a suspiciously Europeanized writer, who has this rather dubious French influence. Julian Barnes
dubious planning results
Indefinite plans get dubious results. Natalie Goldberg