John Napier Quotes

...by shortening the labours doubled the life of the astronomer.

{On the benefit of John Napier's logarithms.} ~ Pierre-Simon Laplace

If language was given to men to conceal their thoughts, then gesture's purpose was to disclose them. ~ John Napier

We can land men on the moon, but, for all our mechanical and electronic wizardry, we cannot reproduce an artificial fore-finger that can feel as well as beckon. ~ John Napier

As an orangutan cannot embrace higher mathematics or comprehend the architecture and operation of a computer, we humans __ so good at loudly proclaiming our intelligence and applauding our own doltish displays of cerebral gymnastics __ cannot begin to understand the true structure and functioning of the Universe. ~ John Rachel

You little prick. It's a whelk ... it's a ... it's a ... dead whelk! ~ St John Morris

Being lonely as a kid might well have been necessary for me," I told audiences in my talks. "If I'd had the friends I dreamt of, I'd never have spent the time to become the machine aficionado I am today. Now that I'm grown I can put that in perspective. The world is full of friendly people with no technical skills. The few of us who see into machines like others see into humans are singularly uncommon, and we're valued for that. If we use a technology like TMS to help a lonely teen today, will we be taking that exceptional ability away from him tomorrow? Should we trade friends in seventh grade for designing a working spaceship at age twenty-five? ~ John Elder Robison

I say women exhibit the most exalted virtue when they depart from the domestic circle and enter on the concerns of their country, of humanity, and of their G-d! ~ John Quincy Adams

You are flawed, you are stuck in old patterns, you become carried away with yourself. Indeed you are quite impossible in many ways. And still, you are beautiful beyond measure. For the core of what you are is fashioned out of love, that potent blend of openness, warmth, and clear, transparent presence. ~ John Welwood

It is absurd and anti-life to be a part of a system that compels you to listen to a stranger reading poetry when you want to learn to construct buildings, or to sit with a stranger discussing the construction of buildings when you want to read poetry. ~ John Taylor Gatto

An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it. ~ John Paul Jones

Elton John can be a master of the sleight of hand. The arrangements make it seem like there are substantial melodies underneath the tracks - but almost nothing demands repeated listenings. Similarly, he always sounds like he's singing up a storm, but his voice glosses over the material, reducing most things to an uninteresting sameness. ~ Jon Landau

Darkness can only be scattered by light, hatred can only be conquered by love. ~ Pope John Paul II

The movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone ('Stuck in Love') with scrupulous respect for John Green's best-selling young-adult novel, the film sets out to make you weep
not just sniffle or choke up a little, but sob until your nose runs and your face turns blotchy. It succeeds. ~ A.O. Scott

The present age of contentment will come to an end only when and if the adverse developments that it fosters challenge the sense of comfortable well-being ~ John Kenneth Galbraith

Priests are set up by the pope and his followers to sacrifice Christ, not to teach the people. But ~ John Calvin

Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it. ~ John Lubbock

Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though the commandments of God be not grievous, yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy. ~ John Tillotson

When you read the sacred Scriptures, or any other book, never think how you read, but what you read. ~ John Philip Kemble

The suspect nature of these stories can be seen in the anecdote Jefferson told of Hamilton visiting his lodging in 1792 and inquiring about three portraits on the wall. "They are my trinity of the three greatest men the world has ever produced," Jefferson replied: "Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton, and John Locke." Hamilton supposedly replied, "The greatest man that ever lived was Julius Casar. ~ Ron Chernow

In search of my Love
I will go over mountains and strands;
I will gather no flowers,
I will fear no wild beasts;
And pass by the mighty and the frontiers. ~ John Of The Cross

I think deep down, this planet yearns for the days of the British Empire again. They long once more to be treated that badly, that politely. We did far worse things than you can possibly dream of, but we did it with that certainly gentlemanly swagger ... Dreadfully sorry, but we seem to have crushed your entire continent's infrastructure. Allow me to make it up to you by offering you a job 4,000 miles away. No, no, I insist. ~ John Oliver

God's purpose remains God's secret, and he alone can justify his deeds among men. So, ~ John Calvin

There were men in those dark ages who could commune with God, and who, by the power of faith, could draw aside the curtain of eternity and gaze upon the face of God, have the ministering of angels, and unfold the future destinies of the world. If those were dark ages, I pray God to give me a little darkness. ~ John Taylor

It wasn't a big deal. I got out fine." "You could have died." And I could have, I suppose. But I didn't. ~ John Green

Listen, John," said Neblin, leaning forward. "You have a lot of predictors for serial-killer behavior, I know - in fact, I think you have more predictors than I've ever seen in one person. But you have to remember that predictors are just that - they predict what might happen, they don't prophesy what will happen. Ninety-five percent of serial killers wet their beds and light fires and hurt animals, but that doesn't mean that ninety-five percent of kids who do those things will become serial killers. You are always in control of your own destiny, and you are always the one who makes your own choices - no one else. The fact that you have those rules, and that you follow them so carefully, says a lot about you and your character. You're a good person, John. ~ Dan Wells

Everybody gets to play. ~ John Wimber

Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is the real source of all great riches. ~ John Ruskin

The newspapers are full of what we would like to happen to us and what we hope will never happen to us. ~ John Fowles

Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she's at rest, and so am I. ~ John Dryden

My photographs recall the memories of the human race. ~ John Coplans

I'm happy with the Arena Football League right now. I'm happy in Denver. ~ John Elway

We know what we got, and we don't care whether you know it or not. ~ John Steinbeck

The internet is the most powerful mechanism we can imagine to match perfectly individuals who needs something, and people with something to offer. ~ John Goodwin

I seen too many you guys. If you had two bits in the worl', why you'd be in gettin' two shots of corn with it and suckin' the bottom of the glass. ~ John Steinbeck

Denver is a city that will be far more defined by its future than its past. ~ John Hickenlooper

Being thankful for life itself is a way of making life better. When we look away from our problems, even for a short time, and generate joy in our hearts, we find that the world seems to change a bit. ~ John Harricharan

Stick with your own perception of yourself-living in your own world-and letting your reality, not the reality presented by other people or particular situations, control your performance. ~ John Eliot

If they give me the bloody prize, why can't they say nice things about me? ~ John Banville

Satan hates me, yet is loth to lose me. ~ John Donne

I'm not itching to sue Amazon or Wal-Mart ... they sell a lot of books. But the future is very uncertain with books. ~ John Grisham

I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew. ~ John Boorman

If we think to regulat Printing, thereby to rectifie manners, we must regulat all recreations and pastimes, all that is delightfull to Man. ~ John Milton

Impious! forbear thus the first general hail. To disappoint, Increase and multiply, To shed thy blossoms thro' the desert air, And sow thy perish'd offspring in the winds. ~ John Armstrong

I don't want to be too cool. You get so caught up with whether you're doing it right. ~ John Hughes

The Secret Service has announced it is doubling its protection for John Kerry. You can understand why - with two positions on every issue, he has twice as many people mad at him. ~ Jay Leno

My son, Max, was born the day Princess Di died. ~ John C. McGinley