Every heat engineer knows he can design his heat engine reliably and accurately on the foundation of the second law [of thermodynamics]. Run alongside one of the molecules, however, and ask it what it thinks of the second law. It will laugh at us. It never heard of the second law. It does what it wants. All the same, a collection of billions upon billions of such molecules obeys the second law with all the accuracy one could want
Your teammates see you through the good and the bad. They see where your foundation lies.
It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history. . . The establishment clause has been expressly freighted with Jefferson's misleading metaphor for nearly forty years. . . There is simply no historical foundation for the proposition that the framers intended to build a wall of separation. . . The recent court decisions are in no way based on either the language or intent of the framers.
Common sense is the foundation of all authorities, of the laws themselves, and of their construction.
The foundations of our Empire are now based more firmly than ever! The birth of a Crown Prince shows that the prosperity of the Imperial Household is increasing many times.
You cannot change the past but you can start now and lay the foundation for the future.
If the gentleman is not serious, he will not be respected, and his learning will not be on a firm foundation. He considers loyalty and faithfulness to be fundamental, has no friends who are not like him, and when he has made mistakes, he is not afraid of correcting them.
To be free, first of all, is to be free from wrong views that are the foundation of all kinds of suffering and fear and violence.
We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law.
Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship.
I have been honored and privileged to have led The Rockefeller Foundation for the last seven years, and I am excited to be leading the Foundation as we enter our centennial year.
Even theories must have foundations.
Without proper foundations, there can be no fashion.
You can't build marriage on a foundation of selfish hedonism, because that would be to promise people only roses, and marriage is also thorns.
Our most natural state is joy. It is the foundation for love, compassion, healing, and the desire to alleviate suffering.
That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the early advocates of human liberty, never included and were never intended for us as a people. It is only a question of sheer accident that we happen to be fellow citizens today with the descendants of those who, through their advocacy, laid the foundation for human rights.
The foundation of acting is the reality of doing.
I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame.
Marketing by interrupting people isn’t cost-effective anymore. You can’t afford to seek out people and send them unwanted marketing messages, in large groups, and hope that some will send you money. Instead, the future belongs to marketers who establish a foundation and process where interested people can market to each other. Ignite consumer networks and then get out of the way and let them talk.
Big data is at the foundation of all of the megatrends that are happening today, from social to mobile to the cloud to gaming.