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I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is singularly exact. For Ophelia is quite essential to the play, she is very charming-- and a little mad.

Alfred North Whitehead

In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains of the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.

Steve Jobs

The whole history of calendar-making is that of successive attempts to reconcile the irreconcilable, and the numberless systems of intercalated months, and the like, are thus of minor scientific interest.

Joseph Needham

The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains.

Holdbrook Arthur

We used to think of cost-shifting as something you could do only every so often. But we're seeing a new willingness on the part of employers — born of desperation — to shift cost in successive years to achieve acceptable cost increases.

Blaine Bos

In my country, a microcosm of today's world, successive U.S. and U.K. governments have achieved their purpose by force, fraud and rigged elections, ... The West on Trial.

Cheddi Jagan

All (three species) were able to be found in one place, proving that evolution is a fact. Successive records that we see here prove that the Afar region is the origin of human kind.

Dr Berhane Asfaw

When two texts, or two assertions, perhaps two ideas, are in contradiction, be ready to reconcile them rather than cancel one by the other; regard them as two different facets, or two successive stages, of the same reality, a reality convincingly human just because it is complex.

Marguerite Yourcenar

Twice now, successive governors, after their election and inauguration, have fired directors of the Committee of Consumer Services.

Roger Ball

We've had a number of successive quarters of good revenue growth, basically reflecting fundamental strengths in the market. The Internet is exploding. All of these Internet companies need to make money. They buy our software to do so.

John Little

I am not concerned about two successive defeats, ... I am just sad for the players that they haven't got their due rewards.

Vanderlei Luxemburgo

It's disturbing, ... This is the first time to the best of my knowledge through successive Republican and Democratic administrations, that the issue of scientific integrity has reared its head.

Neal Lane

Four successive national anthems -- it was just an unbelievable sight. To have the New Zealand flag raised four times ... very moving, very emotional, and just great for our sport.

Craig Ross

Public respect for political parties has plummeted, and democratic government discredited, ... The massive fall in voters can only be attributed to voter disillusionment in their governments -- successive governments.

Malcolm Fraser

[Hawaii nose tackle Reagan Mauia was flagged for two major penalties on successive plays in the fourth quarter at Michigan State, one for a late hit on Stanton. Defensive coordinator Jerry Glanville was not pleased.] I said the next time he gets that penalty he should go immediately to the admissions office and get his transcripts so he can transfer, ... We won't have that.

Jerry Glanville

Successive American administrations have declared peace in the Middle East is an American strategic interest, and one assumes that for an American strategic interest, Americans pay.

Chemi Shalev

There is no study in the world which brings into more harmonious action all the faculties of the mind than [mathematics],... or, like this, seems to raise them, by successive steps of initiation, to higher and higher states of conscious intellectual being.

James Joseph Sylvester

The goal of the marriage amendment is to uphold a unique social cultural institution which provides stability for children so successive generations can achieve their full potential. This amendment does not degrade other social relationships. It affirms the unique role of husbands and wives in the rearing of children.

Jon Paul

Thanks to God and the efforts of the working team, we succeeded to overcome these difficulties, and we developed the refinery. This changed the losses to profits during two successive years.

Husain Ismail

I am full of the sorrow that goes with changes in surroundings, those successive stages of annihilation that slowly lead to the great and final void.

Isabelle Eberhardt

It is encouraging to note the overwhelming interest by South Africans in voting even after six successive elections.

Brigalia Bam

The RDR is tired of being the scapegoat for successive administrations when they are faced with crises of any sort.

Ali Keita

Successive seasons of drought in the worst-affected areas have now eroded many households' assets to the point of destitution. A range of appropriate emergency interventions need to be put in place as quickly as possible before the already alarming conditions become much worse.

Anne Bauer

With successive (interest) rate hikes in late 2005, inflation easing and the domestic economy in a slowdown phase, we believe the Reserve Bank will keep rates on hold over the near-term.

Tim Bowring

The constitutional problem created by almost a decade of activist lawsuits to destroy marriage demands a constitutional fix. AFM created the Marriage Protection Amendment and our text has been introduced with bi-partisan sponsorship in two successive sessions of Congress in order to protect the common sense view of marriage shared by most Americans of every race, color and creed.

Matt Daniels

The world economy is growing at an above average pace for the fourth successive year and, significantly, forecasts have been revised upwards.

Ian Macfarlane

The emergency we face in the Horn today is the result of successive seasons of failed rains. Consequently, pastoralists living in these arid, remote lands have very few survival strategies left and desperately require our assistance to make it through until the next rains.

Holdbrook Arthur