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All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.

Carl Jung

We must, however, acknowledge as it seems to me, that a man with all his noble qualities...still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

Charles Darwin

We were able to confirm that there was another group of similar ethnic origin rafting on that day. Whether there was any connection, we've got no clue.

Paul O'sullivan

We have to use this opportunity to support and to encourage the support of people (to get) back to their places of origin so we can help rebuild their lives.

Jamie Mcgoldrick

The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.

Georges Bataille

I am opposed only to any person of foreign origin becoming the Prime Minister.

Sushma Swaraj

It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.

Cornelius Tacitus

Every muscular contraction contains the history and meaning of its origin.

Wilhelm Reich

'[I suppose the reason] we all jumped at the Origin [Origin of Species] was because the idea of God interfered with our sexual mores.'

Sir Julian Huxley

That statement gives grounds to our concerns on the growing foreign dependency of European energy supply and ... our need to diversify both the origin of our supplies and our supply routes.

Ferran Tarradellas Espuny

Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.

Dante Alighieri

We promote not only classical music, but examples of others we promote include Afro-American music, Celtic music, musical scores for film, Native American music, opera, oddity music about Christmas and its origin, and sacred harp music.

Scott Gamble

The new Beetle cannot deny its origin and the magic of its shape, ... We believe the new Beetle is not just another car.

Ferdinand Piech

There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.

Allen Weiner

We know next to nothing about virtually everything. It is not necessary to know the origin of the universe; it is necessary to want to know. Civilization depends not on any particular knowledge, but on the disposition to crave knowledge.

George F. Will

Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in its exercise.

William Whewell

Everyone who is of Jewish origin should feel they have a place in the Jewish faith, and even if you're not Jewish, you can have a positive interaction. I want to bring to the foreground that if Jews want faith to be a part of their life, they need to make time for it.

Rabbi Dave Levy

There is plenty of room for Origin to top up their bid ? as the market expects. They should make a full cash offer.

Ian Waddell

The whole thing had become circular - birds are dinosaurs, so whatever we find on dinosaurs that looks like a rudimentary feather has got to represent the origin of feathers.

Alan Feduccia

Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, and that there is a way to escape from it, and with this I begin and end.

John Newton

The further away from Earth you get, the less plausible it is to talk about the similarities of life on Earth. It would be an independent origin of life that would be different from what we see here.

Alfred Mcewen

We believe it was set. There was no natural cause. There's no power to the building. We found six aerosol cans within a few feet of the origin, which concerns us.

Brian O'keefe

One mystery we've been dealing with for a long time is the origin of the little dark 'cobbles' that we occasionally see out on the plains.

Steve Squyres

There are some people who doubt the African origin of the banjo. But even a cursory look at these instruments kind of puts to bed any doubt.

Matt Morelock

At this point in the investigation, fire investigators have not determined the exact cause of the fire. They have not released, at this point, the area of origin.

Thomas Rutledge

Some foreigners were amongst those killed, but we have no information on their origin.

Shaukat Sultan

To suddenly appear in the Cambrian must remain inexplicable, ... Clearly, Darwin's theory of life does not fit the fossil evidence for the origin of the major groups of animals.

Jonathan Wells

There once was a time that the assumption was that the origin of life, everything from building simple compounds up to complex life, had to happen here on Earth. We've discovered that some very biologically interesting molecules can be formed outside our earthly environment and delivered here.

Doug Hudgins

Just because you say anyone who has been here less than two years has to go back to their country of origin doesn't mean they're going to go.

Lois Nelson

In Darwin's day, the cell was basically a little blob of Jell-O enclosed by a membrane. That's why Darwin didn't write about the origin of life; he wrote about the origin of species.

William Dembski

As a national association, we believe that mascots, nicknames or images deemed hostile or abusive in terms of race, ethnicity or national origin should not be visible at the championships we control.

Walter Harrison

The good news is it's confined to the building of origin.

Dave Parker

In the case of prescription drugs, it is critical for the consumer to be able to trust the authenticity and origin of the drug and its ingredients.

Judy Laurence

It's common knowledge here that the election of the Prime Minister was not a fair and free one. It's been corrupted by Taiwan and business houses owned by Solomon Islanders of Chinese origin.

Joses Tuhanuku

I'm probably going to assess it a little bit next year, see how I'm feeling, how I pull up probably after Origin.

Andrew Johns

A god who created man "after his own image", and still the origin of evil in man is not accredited to him.

Johann Most

[The beams and planks come with a certificate verifying their origin,] a big part of our marketing, ... A lot of people like to know where their material comes from.

Bob Cannon

The idea of legally establishing inalienable, inherent and sacred rights of the individual is not of political but religious origin.

George Jellinek

The movie is inspired by the London bombings and my son will make his film debut by playing the key role of the suicide bomber who is of Asian origin.

Mahesh Bhatt

I find it interesting that people of Latino origin are fascinated that Ted Williams is one of theirs.

Bill Nowlin

With the Open Sky, there will be no limits for airlines, whether limits of nationality, of flight origin, of passenger capacity or limits of airports.

Karim Ghellab

Differential rotation is a fundamental dynamic process that goes to the heart of the origin of our planet and how it has evolved. There is still much to learn about the inner Earth.

Xiaodong Song

Ethnic origin and religious beliefs are not so important criteria for the future premier.

Alu Alkhanov

I thought it was really important to educate the people on this faceless type of music because there is a face, there is an origin, and that origin is Detroit. To understand the music, you have to understand the city. And to understand the city, you have to understand its people.

Gary Bredow

These residents are making their judgments because of race, national origin and religion.

Shanna Smith

The draft law does a good job in preserving and solidifying the country of origin principle for e-commerce, but it is not good news for offline publishers.

Thomas Vinje

Thus far, women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of social life are all of masculine origin. The true woman is as yet a dream of the future.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton