Quotes About Workings

Ignorance of the universe's workings had created false gods in man's ancient past, and the understanding of them was calculated to destroy them.

I love the detail about the workings of the human heart and mind that only fiction can provide - film can't get in close enough.

I have always been fascinated by the way things work and how they came to take the form that they did. Writing about these things satisfies my curiosity about the made world while at the same time giving me an opportunity to design a new explanation for the processes that shape it.

Knowing the truth concerning the deep workings of the evil spirit helps the individual not only to overcome sins but to eliminate unnecessary afflictions as well.

Joe Hart has come in for a bit of criticism, but it's only because he's the England goalkeeper, and he's not got any competition. It's always been like that; it's just the way the English media works. Joe Hart is a tough cookie, and he won't listen to any of that.

I believe in rendering to science the things that belong to science. I have no problem with evolution or discussions of the age of the Earth, for I don't believe that we come anywhere near comprehending the mind of God or the workings of the universe. Science can explain a lot, but it cannot give us faith, and I think we need both.

The princess saw into the mind of her father, understood then its workings; cunning and twisting.

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.

He sighed over the problem: a furnace seldom needed in that climate seemed as confused about its workings as he was.

I'm always mystified by the day-to-day workings of entities like Twitter that provide framework but not content, but I suppose it could be compared to the U.S. Postal Service, which manages to keep a lot of people employed doing lots of stuff other than writing letters.

I love the detail about the workings of the human heart and mind that only fiction can provide - film can't get in close enough.

their work was a way to understand the workings of the divine.

The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain.

They say dreams are the windows of the soul--take a peek and you can see the inner workings, the nuts and bolts.

He had known that emotions could change a person's perception of facts, but he had never imagined them capable of such slyness. It was important to keep an eye on them--to remain alert to their secret workings.

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do.

The Bible considers it much more important to say that God has made everything work rather than being content to say that God made the physical stuff.

Natural childbirth has evolved to suit the species, and if mankind chooses to ignore her advice and interfere with her workings we must not complain about the consequences. We have only ourselves to blame.

Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart?