![I have put [the word] "discoveries" in inverted commas because scientific results, perhaps as much at least as artistic achievements, are a product of contemporary taste, driven by momentary appetites rather than eternal verities.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-have-put-the-word-discoveries-in-inverted-commas-because-scientific-results.jpg)
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discovery two broken
The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure. Carl Clinton Van Doren
discovery woods violet
Mathematical discoveries, like springtime violets in the woods, have their season which no human can hasten or retard. Carl Friedrich Gauss
discovery philadelphia atheism
In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief that the horrific cruelty of the Old Testament was degrading to the human spirit. Charlie Chaplin
discovery action motive
We are not more ingenious in searching out bad motives for good actions when performed by others, than good motives for bad actions when performed by ourselves. Charles Caleb Colton
discovery heaven mystery
We must leave the discovery of this mystery, like all others, to time, and accident, and Heaven's pleasure. Charles Dickens
discovery would-be elements
We must expect the discovery of many as yet unknown elements-for example, elements analogous to aluminum and silicon- whose atomic weight would be between 65 and 75. Dmitri Mendeleev
discovery needs attention
We all need to figure out what's right for us because nothing about life is one size fits all. Even for an Olympian, that's for sure. And such discovery starts with you paying attention - to yourself. David Agus
discovery stories exciting
FCU's PLS discovery has quickly become one of the most exciting stories in the uranium sector. David Talbot
discovery self cosmos
We are made of stellar ash. Our origin and evolution have been tied to distant cosmic events. The exploration of the cosmos is a voyage of self-discovery. Carl Sagan
achievement gain good helped huge kids models overall role scores seen standards students
We have seen a huge gain in our (Illinois Standards Achievement Test) scores just because of these kids who have role models and good behaviors skills. Overall the students have helped the whole building. Karen Harris
achievement done littles
Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel. Charles Spurgeon
achievement beginning great
There is a woman at the beginning of all great things. Alan Bleasdale
achievement english-mathematician hard mathematics sure
I'm sure that some of them will be very hard and I'll have a sense of achievement again, but nothing will mean the same to me - there's no other problem in mathematics that could hold me the way that this one did. Andrew Wiles
achievement appreciation create good people shallow whether
Workaholics typically have a lot of achievement with very little appreciation of what they have, whether it's cars or friendships or otherwise. That is a shallow victory. Then you have people with a lot of appreciation and no achievement, which is fine, but it doesn't create a lot of good in the world. Timothy Ferriss
achievement doe making-money
Does making money excite me? No, but I have to make money for my shareholders. What excites me is achievement, doing something difficult. Dhirubhai Ambani
achievement phenomenal
It was an utterly phenomenal achievement. David McCullough
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We are honored to have been named America's most admired railroad. The spotlight for this accomplishment shines directly on our 50,000 employees who are truly the heroes in our company's success. In light of unprecedented business demands, we are successfully maintaining focus to stay on track.
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Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind. Lynda Resnick
taste kind tragic
This is our dilemma--either to taste and not to know or to know and not to taste--or, more strictly, to lack one kind of knowledge because we are in an experience or to lack another kind because we are outside it. [. . .] Of this tragic dilemma myth is the partial solution. In the enjoyment of a great myth we come nearest to experiencing as a concrete what can otherwise be understood only as an abstraction. C. S. Lewis
taste enough bad-taste
It is bad enough to be bad, but to be bad in bad taste is unpardonable. Agnes Repplier
taste relief huge
When you taste super-success after tasting super-failure, there is huge relief. Akshay Kumar
taste remember ancient
We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one. Charles Lamb
taste
There is no disputing about taste. Edmund Spenser
taste sour know-how
I know how to be sour. I know that taste. Bill Murray
taste human-nature being-human
There are times when you have to choose between being human and having good taste. Bertolt Brecht
taste turned-down bases
I turned down some movies that were quite good. mainly on the basis of taste. Dick Van Dyke
taste vices worst
Good taste is the worst vice ever invented. Edith Sitwell