Quotes About Origin

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It is not only Frances Moore Lappé whose mind is changing as new evidence comes in from protein research; the most rigorous scientific journals are likewise convinced. An editorial in the medical journal Lancet reports: Formerly, vegetable proteins were classified as second-class, and regarded as inferior to first-class proteins of animal origin, but this distinction has now been generally discarded.

The growth patterns of mushrooms are difficult to view since they come and go so quickly, appearing and disappearing overnight as if by magic. Their apparent lack of seed is another feature that was likely observed by early peoples who encountered them, perhaps providing further mystery as to the origin of the strange organisms.

The fine-structure constant derives its name from its origin. It first appeared in Sommerfeld's work to explain the fine details of the hydrogen spectrum. ... Since Sommerfeld expressed the energy states of the hydrogen atom in terms of the constant [alpha], it came to be called the fine-structure constant.

Foresight of phenomenon and power over them depend on knowledge of their sequences, and not upon any notion we may have formed respecting their origin or inmost nature.

Male violence toward women originated with agriculture, which transmuted women into beasts of burden and breeders of children.

It's funny how cucumber water can taste so much better than pickle juice, even though they come from the same source.

La genealogía de nuestro linaje, como ha sido revelada, no hace remontar su origen a una serie de gérmenes, moluscos o cuadrúpedos, sino al gran Creador.

There was a time when time did not yet exist. … The rejection of birth is nothing but the nostalgia for this time before time.

R?ul, p?r?sind indiferen?a originar?, ?i-a luat Timpul ca pseudonim.

To defy heredity is to defy billions of years, to defy the first cell.

birth, source of every infirmity, every disaster.

The root principle which, by its constant recurrence in slightly different forms, binds together, like an operatic leitmotif, the most diverse material, is that if we would maintain the value of our highest beliefs and emotions, we must find for them a congruous origin.

Wingback chairs had been originally designed to protect their occupants either from drafts or the heat of a fire.

The origin of war, according to its 14th century codifier Honoré Bonet, lay in Lucifer's war against God,

For, as Professor Turner has pointed out, "history originated as myth" and becomes a "social memory" to which men can appeal, "knowing it will provide justification for their present actions or convictions." If

The notion of the first man having been of both sexes till the separation, was very common. He was said to have been male on the right side and female on the left, and that one half of him was removed to constitute Eve, but that the complete man consists of both sexes.

And if the origin of things is not like the ground of the planet that seems to be the base, but like the circular movement that the planet describes around a mobile center, then a car, a clock, or a sewing machine could equally be accepted as the generative principle.

I was surprised to hear that I would receive an MBE and have no idea where the nomination originated but I'm incredibly grateful.

I can't stand recipes that don't have background.

Darwin recognized the fact that paleontology then seemed to provide evidence against rather for evolution in general or the gradual origin of taxonomic categories in particular.

I usually refer to myself as Hispanic.

The fact that we have 7 days of the week can be traced to the Babylonian and Jewish civilisations, with the first documented reference dating to 600BC.

I find that easier to accept than this all happened out of nothing.