#tendency

An inborn tendency toward science turning it into a lifelong commitment. ↗

— Bruno Rossi

#inborn #into #lifelong #science #tendency

Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species. ↗

— J. Philippe Rushton

#also #biologists #build #classify #common

I'll miss the relationships I have built with these actors. I'll miss the devotion we have to this work. Over this length of time, the tendency is to think it will never end. ↗

— Dennis Franz

#devotion #end #i #length #miss

The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another. ↗

— Adam Clarke

#bible #commands #direct #exhortations #god

I think people have a tendency to read into more than there is. ↗

— Donald Pleasence

#i think #into #more #people #read

There's a tendency to think that young designers only do fantasy fashion, but I'm more interested in making clothes that women can afford. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#clothes #designers #fantasy #fashion #i

Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#always #back #bit #character #directors

We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#authoritarian #be happy #because #china #countries

I write funny. If I can make my wife laugh, I know I'm on the right track. But yes, I don't like to get Maudlin. And I have a tendency towards it. ↗

— Gene Wilder

#get #i #i can #i write #know

And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progress inherent in civilization. ↗

— Chauncey Wright

#civilization #combined #energies #genius #individual