Alfred Russel Wallace Quotes

The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as popularly understood, does not exist, and is, in fact, philosophically inconceivable.

Alfred Russel Wallace

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: scientist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 8, 1823 - November 7, 1913

Topics

ImportantNothingMatterLeadForce

I only take risks in couture, but I don't take risks in athleticism.

Andre Leon Talley

RisksTakeOnlyCouture

The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical.

Maya Lin

ArtArchitectureThinkProcessWant

There's not a single person in Arizona today who would say the Grand Canyon was a mistake.

Stewart Udall

TodayMistakePersonGrand Canyon

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

Shirley Chisholm

ChairYouTableBringSeatGive

Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke?

Rita Rudner

WomenGodMenReachYouFeeling

There was concern whether SCI FI would want the show back with all the recent changes. But now, the changes have made it feel fresh, like starting over.

Michael Shanks

FeelBackNowWantChangesOver

We have a water purifier, so we drink a lot of it. As a singer, especially in Utah, you have to hydrate constantly.

Donny Osmond

WaterYouDrinkUtahSingerLot

In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country.

Colin Powell

MarriageLiveTogetherPeopleLaw

'The Tudors' was ground-breaking in the sense that it did ruffle the feathers of classical historians and alter the way people did period drama at the time.

Annabelle Wallis

TimePeopleFeathersDramaWayDid

But as you said, there are going to be those that have no record and cannot be detected in that capacity so that is why you have to have other layers of security.

Asa Hutchinson

YouSecuritySaidWhyGoingLayers

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.

Alice Walker

PowerMoneyReligionThinkEarth

Maybe the preoccupation with technological progress has overshadowed our concern with human progress.

Wynton Marsalis

ProgressHumanTechnologicalConcern

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