Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.
– Galileo Galilei
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- In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. – Galileo Galilei
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- It is a beautiful and delightful sight to behold the body of the Moon. – Galileo Galilei
- I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the Scriptures, but with experiments and demonstrations. – Galileo Galilei
- If we like a person, all his attributes will manifest within us. If we like a pickpocket, even his attributes will manifest within us. – Dada Bhagwan
- People often lose their names. Names fall into holes or get eaten by wild animals. Sometimes they’re carried away by the wind. – Eliza Granville
- There are various names for god- Allah, Almighty, Jesus and hundreds of other names but the one I like the most is ‘mother’. – shamsir alam
- Names didn’t matter; names were for toe tags and arrest warrants, not for revenge. – Chris Leek
- Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agenncy righteously. – Dieter F Uchtdorf
- A man without equals is a dangerous man indeed. He must exercise the most difficult of attributes, restraint. – Daniel McHugh
- Galileo, yet men turn around women! – Ljupka Cvetanova
- Essence of any creature encompasses more than one realm.Here now this body, is a vehicle of my essence in this universe. – Toba Beta
- The very essence of life is to love and very essence of love is to be beloved. – Debasish Mridha
- Stillness offers an experience of being and a recognition that being . . . my essence . . . is a part of all Being, all Essence. – Nancy J Napier
- Embrace the true essence of Christmas – by embracing the gift and essence of life, itself. – Eleesha
- In its purest form, a union becomes part of our very essence. And when that bond is broken, our essence is forever changed. – Emily Thorne
- That Love is Supreme which is above all the attributes of a Person. – Rajasaraswathii
- American youth attributes much more importance to arriving at driver’s license age than at voting age. – Marshall McLuhan
- Beauty is given to dolls, majesty to haughty vixens, but mind, feeling, passion and the crowning grace of fortitude are the attributes of an angel. – Charlotte Bront
- Defined purpose oriented actions, not actions, are the attributes of success. – Debasish Mridha
- Self-analysis is vital in the road to success; being unaware of your own skills, capacity, and attributes may cost you the next great promotion. – John Taskinsoy
- We all have special attributes that are of value to someone. Find your place of value. You are never useless. You just need to find your place. – Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
- Panty Melter: an exceedingly rare species of man blessed with so many desirable attributes he effortlessly gains access into a girl’s panties. – Tracy Brogan
- The church should not reflect pop culture but portray godly attributes. The church should not seek pleasures but seek after God. – Billy Graham
- The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79. – Douglas Adams
- From visible habits we make inferences as to the invisible attributes of the soul. Therefore, statecraft is soulcraft. – George F Will
- Your shyness alone will bring you more emotional and material losses than all of your other negative attributes. – Amit Kalantri
- The valuable attributes of research men are conscious ignorance and active curiosity. – Willis R Whitney
- A relationship is more likely to succeed if positive attributes are confidently set in place and adhered to. – Delano Johnson
- Isn’t that funny, that deity is passe but the attributes and implications of deity linger– – Gregory Maguire
- Beguiling, without doubt; the month of May scatters flowers – electrifying attributes, demanding and longing for the smell of love. – Kristian Goldmund Aumann
- Come out, come out, wherever you are… come out, come out, or you’ll end up in the tar… – Beatrice Rose Roberts
- From rocks come gold.From coal comes diamonds.From oysters come pearls.From caterpillars come ????erflies.From adversity come the great. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I’m dead, and then more afterwards. – Russell Brand
- A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards. – George Eliot
- The best way to accomplish something is to just do it, and then find the courage afterwards. – Anonymous
- Not so long afterwards it was broad day light in Iluji for the first time ever. – Ray Anyasi
- By all means judge and react, but at some point afterwards be sure to reflect and switch sides. The next time you might be less quick to react. – Nina Joshi Ramsey
- The more mistakes, the better the story afterwards. Especially if there’s a happy ending. – Felicia Day