Quotes having the keyword Epochs
I have always believed that astrophysics should be the extrapolation of laboratory physics, that we must begin from the present universe and work our way backward to progressively more remote and uncertain epochs.
by Hannes Alfven (Scientist, Swedish , born in 1908) keywords: always, backward, begin, believed, epochs, laboratory, more, must, our, physics, present, progressively, remote, should, uncertain, universe, way , work Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe.
by Georges Cuvier (Scientist, French , born in 1769) keywords: alone, anyone, birth, dreamed, earth, epochs, ever, formation, fossils, gave, globe, seen, successive, them, theory, were, why, without , would Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Poet, German , born in 1970) keywords: ages, agrees, cheerful, dignity, effect, either, epochs, greatest, here, life, music, remains, sacred, same, secular, should, through , throughout A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque.
by Juan Goytisolo (Poet, Spanish , born in 1931) keywords: artist, baroque, contemporary, epochs, expressions, findings, literary, most, primitive, products, refined, styles, up , use The best men of the best epochs are simply those who make the fewest blunders and commit the fewest sins.
by Thomas Huxley (Scientist, English , born in 1825) keywords: best, blunders, commit, epochs, fewest, make, men, simply, sins , those The ancient Roman code belongs to a class of which almost every civilised nation in the world can show a sample, and which, so far as the Roman and Hellenic worlds were concerned, were largely diffused over them at epochs not widely distant from one another.
by Henry James Sumner Maine (Historian, English , born in 1822) keywords: almost, ancient, another, belongs, civilised, class, code, concerned, diffused, distant, epochs, every, far, largely, nation, over, roman, sample, show, them, were, which, widely, world , worlds Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
by Friedrich Nietzsche (Philosopher, German , born in 1970) keywords: epochs, groups, individuals, insanity, nations, parties, rare, rule , something
