Denis DiderotKnowledgeNature There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge… observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts; reflection combines them; experimentation verifies the result of that combination. – Denis Diderot Acquiring Quotes Collects Quotes Combination Quotes Combines Quotes Denis Diderot Quotes Experimentation Quotes Knowledge Quotes Nature Quotes Observation Quotes Principal Quotes Reflection Quotes Result Quotes Verifies Quotes Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind. I live in a country where music has very little success, though, exclusive of those who have forsaken us, we have still admirable professors and, more particularly, composers of great solidity, knowledge, and taste.
Johann Johannsson I don’t want to make light of the importance of my musical upbringing, as you cannot avoid being influenced by the area you grow up, but I will say that Reykjavik’s geography is very different from, say, New York, Paris, or Copenhagen. There’s big skies. The buildings are low. The landscape is spread out. – Johann Johannsson
Nazanin Boniadi Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one’s career. – Nazanin Boniadi
Iman People called me ‘Iman the black model’. In my country, we’re all black, so nobody called somebody else black. It was foreign to my ears. – Iman
Justin Cronin And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways. – Justin Cronin
Anna Kendrick I think a gentleman is someone who holds the comfort of other people above their own. The instinct to do that is inside every good man, I believe. The rules about opening doors and buying dinner and all of that other ‘gentleman’ stuff is a chess game, especially these days. – Anna Kendrick
Heber J Grant I value all things as nothing in comparison with having the spirit of God to guide me. – Heber J Grant
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