(293 quotes found)
“By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.”
Saint Augustine
“The point of cities is multiplicity of choice.”
Jane Jacobs
“Order is repetition of units.Chaos is multiplicity without rythm.”
M.C. Escher
“A living thing is distinguished from a dead thing by the multiplicity of the changes at any moment taking place in it.”
Herbert Spencer
“O Marvelous! what new configuration will come next? I am bewildered with multiplicity.”
William Carlos Williams
“In simple terms, the data shows that in mammals each individual gene uses multiple different mechanisms to produce different forms of protein. In a sense, each 'gene' is actually multiple different genes,”
David Hume
“To embarrass justice by a multiplicity of laws, or to hazard it by confidence in judges, are the opposite rocks on which all civil institutions have been wrecked, and between which legislative wisdom has never yet found an open passage”
Samuel Johnson
“Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessities”
Mark Twain
“We are working with multiple suppliers and alternatives, ... We recognize that the ramp-up phase is very critical for suppliers and for ourselves to get economies of scale.”
Jim Padilla
“I think it's wonderful. (The center) is going to have multiple uses on campus.”
Beth Moore
