If you can modify
If you can modify a cell, it’s only a short step to modifying a mouse, and if you can modify a mouse, it’s only a step to modifying a higher animal, even man. Erwin Chargaff
Modifying
The function of intellect
The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom of welfare. Edward Thorndike
Buddhism is the study
Buddhism is the study of changing who we are, modifying or perhaps totally restructuring ourselves as perceivers. Frederick Lenz
I know this is
I know this is going to sound cheesy and like I’m trying to be Miss America, but the most important responsibility a celebrity has is to set an example and be a role model. I want to make sure that no matter how long I go through this, I don’t fall into the trap of … Read more
We all are learning,
We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire. You must force yourself to consider arguments on the other side. Charlie Munger
Geology is the science
Geology is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature; it enquires into the causes of these changes, and the influence which they have exerted in modifying the surface and external structure of our planet. Charles Lyell
Assessment is today’s means
Assessment is today’s means of modifying tomorrow’s instruction. Carol Ann Tomlinson
An order given in
An order given in battle, an instruction issued by the master of a sailing ship, a cry for help, are as powerful in modifying the course of events as any other bodily act…You utter a vow or forge a signature and you may find yourself bound for life to a monastery, a woman or prison. … Read more
Today we can say
Today we can say that at last the director writes the film. The image–its plastic composition and the way it is set in time, because it is founded on a much higher degree of realism–has at its disposal more means of manipulating reality and of modifying it from within. The film-maker is no longer the … Read more
If one had to
If one had to worry about one’s actions in respect of other people’s ideas, one might as well be buried alive in an antheap or married to an ambitious violinist. Whether that man is the prime minister, modifying his opinions to catch votes, or a bourgeois in terror lest some harmless act should be misunderstood … Read more