Top Origin Quotes
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
Lao Tzu
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
Lord Acton
The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very necessity of the case, from the mere physiological to the psychological stage of scientific operations.
Richard Owen
Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play.
Eric Hoffer
Whatever things may have been in their origin, they are what they are, both in themselves and in regard to their indications respecting other beings or influences the existence of which may be implied in theirs.
Goldwin Smith
Andy Goldsworthy 
Ernst Mach 
Ellsworth Huntington 
Adam Sedgwick 
John Ambrose Fleming 
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Edvard Munch 
Richard Owen All Origin Quotes
But the need for conflict to expose prejudice and unclear reasoning, which is deeply embedded in my philosophy of science, has its origin in these debates.
Robert B. Laughlin 
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For origin and development of human faculty we must look to these processes of association in lower animals.
Edward Thorndike
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It's easier to play a dim character, for me, because I have a natural bent for comedy. It's not intrinsic for me to be crafty, so I would have to go outside for a source of origin. I think of myself as pretty dim.
Stephen Root
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
Mahalia Jackson
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Popular Origin Authors
Ambrose BierceBertrand RussellEric HofferLao TzuKarl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelSimone WeilCarl JungSaint Thomas AquinasJean RostandCat StevensClarence DarrowRobert CollierMortimer AdlerAndy GoldsworthyWilliam Wordsworth
Len WeinEllsworth HuntingtonLakhdar BrahimiMahalia JacksonRoger BannisterCharles DarwinEdvard MunchAhmed Ben BellaAdam ClarkeGoldwin SmithEmma ThompsonFranz LisztHorace MannEmanuel SwedenborgLord Acton
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