Quotes of: Leonardo-da-vinci Keyword

As well might it be said that, because we are ignorant of the laws by which metals are produced and trees developed, we cannot know anything of the origin of steamships and railways.

Alfred Russel Wallace

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

To say that mind is a product or function of protoplasm, or of its molecular changes, is to use words to which we can attach no clear conception.

Alfred Russel Wallace

Then when I reached college I realized that many people had thought about the problem during the 18th and 19th centuries and so I studied those methods.

Andrew Wiles

I think it's always a mistake when you start connecting a band to a personality. You begin to limit what you're able to do.

Andrew Wyatt

I think a person permeates a spot, and a lost presence makes the environment timeless to me, keeps an area alive. It pulsates because of that.

Andrew Wyeth

When I'm on stage the savage in me is released. It's like going back to being a cave man. It takes me six hours to come down after a show.

Angus Young

WhatsApp will bring Facebook another billion users. We will be a billion-user product. Whether there is a direct valuation or an indirect valuation, there is value, and Facebook understands that well.

Brian Acton

There are lives I can imagine without children but none of them have the same laughter & noise.

Brian Andreas

Everything changed the day she figured out there was exactly enough time for the important things in her life.

Brian Andreas

The first time her laughter unfurled its wings in the wind, we knew that the world would never be the same”-

Brian Andreas

Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.

Brian Andreas

I met will.i.am in the studio and played him a couple of songs and he liked them. We're similar but there's nobody in my lane doing what I'm doing.

B.o.B

In true open source development, there's lots of visibility all the way through the development process.

Brian Behlendorf

With the Ford Foundation grant all of a sudden instead of being an artist that had made a couple of short films, I became a filmmaker who dabbled in the arts.

Bruce Conner

If you are you, 24 hours a day, then you do not have to remember who you are supposed to be in different situations - something that I imagine could be troublesome.

Bill Dixon

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.

Winston Churchill

A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.

Kailash Kher

I've always been controversial because I offer new ideas. For me to be controversial, I think this is positive.

Avigdor Lieberman

'Glee' is one of the very few mainstream outlets that is giving a voice to communities of people that don't necessarily have a loud voice, specifically the gay community. It gives a really positive and forward statement.

Jack Antonoff

'Top Gear' changed people's perceptions of me. I've had much more positive responses from my TV appearances than written articles. And I have the weirdest voice.

James Blunt