(125 quotes found)
“I mentally conceive of some movable projected on a horizontal plane all impediments being put aside. Now it is evident ... that the equable motion on this plane would be perpetual if the plane were of infinite extent; but if we assume it to be ended,”
Galileo Galilei
“Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior”
Mary McCarty
“If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and never soar.”
John Henry Newman
“What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly?”
William Law
“America is a nation that conceives many odd inventions for getting somewhere but it can think of nothing to do once it gets there.”
Will Smith
“In what way can a revelation be made but by miracles? In none which we are able to conceive.”
William Paley
“If we insist on being as sure as is conceivable... we must be content to creep along the ground, and can never soar.”
“We breathe, we think, we conceive of our lives as narratives.”
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
“[Desktop search] is very valuable for corporate workers, ... Once they understand [how to use] desktop search, [workers] can't conceive of a time when they did not have it.”
Whit Andrews
“When I met Genet I could not conceive of him as the author of his plays. He looks like a terrified baby.”
Jan Kott
