John Wesley Powell Quotes

Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs - in denoting the object, it also assigns to it some quality or characteristic.

John Wesley Powell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: explorer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 24, 1834 - September 23, 1902

Topics

QualityNameMoreThanSomeObject

I don't know that I can give a definitive answer to that, I can only say that if we create the right climate those who are producing those products will have the opportunity to move into a higher value product if changes are needed if we get this right.

John Anderson

OpportunityValueI CanCreateKnow

I think that Ronald Reagan had it right, being against abortion except in certain limited, defined circumstances.

John Bolton

ThinkAbortionCircumstancesRight

Absolute faith can blind you to the consequences of the actions you allow. It can tell you it's okay to drop bombs on another country, or that it's okay to hate a group of people such as homosexuals.

Andrew Denton

FaithHatePeopleBlindYouCountry

I was a very sickly boy when I was young; nearly died when I was 7. I had a life-threatening attack of meningitis, and that put me in a coma for a few months. It took me four years to get my memory back.

John Lydon

MemoryMeBackYoungBoyYears

I gravitate to the world's outcasts.

John McAfee

WorldGravitate

I barely remembered my father; I'm confused between genuine memory and the few photographs that survived.

Tom Stoppard

FatherMemoryConfusedGenuineFew

Every theory presented as a scientific concept is just that; it's a theory that tries to explain more about the world than previous theories have done. It is open to being challenged and to being proven incorrect.

Marvin Harris

WorldDoneMoreExplainOpenTheory

The Natural Law which God has written into our beings cannot be entirely eradicated, but it can be gravely deformed, leading to distortion of consciousness and conscience, and hence our actions.

Michael O'Brien

GodLawConscienceConsciousnessOur

I became interested in educational technologies because I believe that they have the potential to transform how we practice and think about education and learning.

Mitchel Resnick

EducationLearningPracticeBelieve

To be in the privileged position where I am able to give something back is, for me, perhaps the single most important measure of success.

Mohamed Bin Issa Al Jaber

SuccessI AmMeMeasureBackSingle

I try to not think too much about how people are receiving my music. And I'm not really famous enough that it's a problem.

Julia Holter

MusicPeopleThinkProblemEnough

Her parents, Austin Taylor and Kathleen Taylor, were big deals in Vancouver - they were civic leaders, and he raced horses in the Kentucky Derby - and my mother grew up a debutante. And when she and my dad were married, there were about a thousand guests at that reception.

Christopher Buckley

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