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The real discoverer of South America was [Alexander von] Humboldt, since his work was more useful for our people than the work of all conquerors. ~ Simon Bolivar
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Simon Bolivar
[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures. ~ Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Every scientist is a descendant of Humboldt. We are all his family. ~ Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond
During the first half of the present century we had an Alexander von Humboldt, who was able to scan the scientific knowledge of his time in its details, and to bring it within one vast generalization. At the present juncture, it is obviously very doubtful whether this task could be accomplished in a similar way, even by a mind with gifts so peculiarly suited for the purpose as Humboldt's was, and if all his time and work were devoted to the purpose. ~ Hermann Von Helmholtz
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Hermann Von Helmholtz
[Philip's death was] beyond comparison the most afflicting of my life ... He was truly a fine youth. But why should I repine? It was the will of heaven and he is now out of the reach of the seductions and calamities of a world full of folly, full of vice, full of danger, of least value in proportion as it is best known. I firmly trust also that he has safely reached the haven of eternal repose and felicity. (Alexander Hamilton letter to Benjamin Rush about the death of his 19-year old son from mortal wounds inflicted from a duel.) ~ Ron Chernow
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Ron Chernow
I try to do yoga when I can to make sure that I'm flexible and that I'm not going to tear any muscle or pull anything. ~ Jaimie Alexander
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Jaimie Alexander
Bobby Fischer is the greatest Chess genius of all time! ~ Alexander Kotov
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander Kotov
Wherever I go in the world, people all know about Scotland Street and are always asking me about what's going to happen to the characters next. ~ Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
I have a college education. I'm not destitute. I'm living like this by choice. ~ Alexander Supertramp Chris McCandless
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander Supertramp Chris McCandless
Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue ~ Alexander Pope
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander Pope
The destinies of men are woven one with the other, and you can turn aside from them no more than you can turn aside from your own. ~ Lloyd Alexander
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Lloyd Alexander
Stardust," Jyn said. "It's that one."
"How do you know that?" Curiosity and urgency mixed in his voice, as if he wanted to say: Be sure.
Jyn was sure. "I know because it's me. ~ Alexander Freed
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander Freed
Human progress is not an uninterrupted march forward. It is a slow and devious movement with haltings and twistings. The pathway of man ascends and descends, wanders off into mazes. At times the trail seems to lose itself in the wilderness of human passion and folly. But inch by inch it goes forward with halting steps. ~ Joseph Alexander Leighton
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Joseph Alexander Leighton
There is this intimacy still in Botswana. It's a country of just under two million people, and there's this sense of connectedness, in that people tend to be related to one another. ~ Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
In an organic environment, every place is unique, and the different places also cooperate, with no parts left over, to create a global whole - a whole which can be identified by everyone who is part of it. ~ Christopher Alexander
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Christopher Alexander
How remarkable it was, she thought, that we managed to anchor ourselves at all in this world, and that we did so by giving ourselves names and linking those names with places and other people. ~ Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
What does it matter, she thought, if businesses are left unattended, if people are not always as we want them to be; we need the time just to be human, to enjoy something like this: a boy chasing ants, a dry land drinking at last, birds in the the sky, a rainbow. ~ Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
The only way you can make a marriage work is as free, independent people. It needs to be based on the good feelings that you have for each other, not on need. ~ Alexander Lowen
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander Lowen
No matter what precautions were taken, socks disappeared into a Bermuda Triangle for socks, a swirling vortex that swallowed one sock at a time, leaving its partner stranded. ~ Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
Dee thought that this was a good idea. She approved of exercise and took it herself, in theory at least. But exercise without a good diet was not enough. What was the use of pounding the pavements if one was deficient in selenium, or magnesium for that matter? ~ Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
I ain't one to question the Lord's goodness, but sometimes it sure feels like he can give a body too much to bear, don't it? ~ Tamera Alexander
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Tamera Alexander
Tania, I was spellbound by you from the first moment I saw you. There I was, living my dissolute life, and war had just started. My entire base was in disarray, people were running around, closing accounts, taking money out, grabbing food out of stores, buying up the entire Gostiny Dvor, volunteering for the army, sending their kids to camp - " He broke off. "And in the middle of my chaos, there was you!" Alexander whispered passionately. "You were sitting alone on this bench, impossibly young, breathtakingly blonde and lovely, and you were eating ice cream with such abandon, such pleasure, such mystical delight that I could not believe my eyes. As if there were nothing else in the world on that summer Sunday. ~ Paullina Simons
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Paullina Simons
There are contingency plans in the NATO doctrine to fire a nuclear weapon for demonstrative purposes, to demonstrate to the other side that they are exceeding the limits of toleration in the conventional area. ~ Alexander Haig
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander Haig
I'm not through with you yet. Are you prepared to accept your punishment?"
I nodded reluctantly. I wasn't sure what a vampire's punishment might be. But I was ready to find out.
"I sentence you to a thousand kisses," he said.
"Can I begin now? ~ Ellen Schreiber
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Ellen Schreiber
Upon reflection, it is relatively easy to understand how Americans come to deny the evils of mass incarceration. Denial is facilitated by persistent racial segregation in housing and schools, by political demagoguery, by racialized media imagery, and by the ease of changing one's perception of reality simply by changing television channels. There is little reason to doubt the prevailing "common sense" that black and brown men have been locked up en masse merely in response to crime rates when one's sources of information are mainstream media outlets. ~ Michelle Alexander
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Michelle Alexander
Freedom is always wise. ~ Alexander Meiklejohn
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander Meiklejohn
Some day you will be able to step back and see the entire work of art. In that moment you will understand how truly remarkable and beautiful your life was. You will realize that every brush stroke had a purpose. When you finally see the masterpiece in its entirety you will understand that there was no other way it could have ever been painted. ~ Alex Alexander
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alex Alexander
Nothing is more subtly destructive than a closed circle of artists feeding on one another. Envy grows from insignificant differences between people, not from overwhelming inequalities ... it was envy that forced them to emulate each other, not esteem. ~ Alexander Theroux
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander Theroux
Our pride is not in fighting but in farming; In the work of our, hands not our blades. Never have we sought war. We come to the Banner of the white pig because it is the banner of our friend, Terran Wanderer. ~ Lloyd Alexander
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Lloyd Alexander
Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
O grave! where is thy victory?
O death! where is thy sting? ~ Alexander Pope
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander Pope
Faith in the continuance and enhancement of the intrinsic values
faith in truth, in beauty, in friendship, in love and harmony of life
in short, faith in reason and the worth of spiritual life
such faith is only another name for faith in the persistence of spiritual individuality. For, I repeat, these values are real only as functions of personal experience and deed. To have faith in the permanence of intrinsic values is to assume the enduring reality of selves who know truth, feel beauty, who love and win spiritual harmony. ~ Joseph Alexander Leighton
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Joseph Alexander Leighton
Her eyes went to the shelves that stretched up to within a few inches of the ceiling. All four walls were covered; piles of books stood here and there, teetering, vulnerable, she judged, to the slightest footfall. "But who doesn't have a lot of unread books? It's nice, though, just to know that they're there." He ~ Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
He was hearing Stevie Nicks singing in his head when Colt fell asleep in the bed, in the house, with the woman at his side that life meant him to have. After waiting for forty-four years, for the fifth night in a row, Alexander Colton was finally living the life he was meant to be living. ~ Kristen Ashley
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Kristen Ashley
Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves, When thro' the clouds he drives the trembling doves. ~ Alexander Pope
Alexander Humboldt quotes by Alexander Pope
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