Doe Quotes - Page 422

The initiation of the fermentation process does not require so complicated an apparatus as is represented by the living cell. The agent responsible for the fermenting action of the press juice is rather to be regarded as a dissolved substance, doubtless a protein; this will be denoted zymase.

Experience does by no means automatically leads to wisdom and understanding.

Darkness is drawn to light, but light does not know it; light must absorb the darkness and therefore meet its own extinguishment.

Music so softens and disarms the mind That not an arrow does resistance find.

What though the sea with waves continuall Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all ; Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought : For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tyde unto another brought : For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.

But Justice, though her dome she doe prolong, Yet at the last she will her owne cause right.

The same sun which gilds all nature, and exhilarates the whole creation, does not shine upon disappointed ambition.

There is nothing in the world really beneficial that does not lie within the reach of an informed understanding and a well-protected pursuit.

Those who quit their proper character to assume what does not belong to them are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave and of the character they assume.

It is part of the poet's work to show each man what he sees but does not know he sees.

All the world loves a lover, but how it does laugh at his love letters.

In a world as empirical as ours, a youngster who does not know what he is good at will not be sure what he is good for.

Holdsworth is so damned good that I can't cop anything. I can't understand what he's doing. I've got to do this [does two-hand tapping], whereas he'll do it with one hand.

I don't think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.

I just want to be worthy. I just want to be able to make people understand that okay, Eddie is still good at what he does, so we can now go and buy that ticket [to his concert], and I can feel like they bought it and they got their money's worth.

A ball is like a very disciplined child. It does exactly what it is told to do. Great information, great direction and great results. Inadequate information leads to inadequate results.

Pain creates movement, and movement controls balance. If the opponent does not feel any pain you may be forced to break bones.

Throughout life, one does not miss any chance to hold onto the things that are really precious, if one is truly wise.

Music bypasses the conceptual mind. Music does not give you food for thought.

The universe does not make sense without God.

I really don't know what happens next -- one so seldom does.

Freedom does not guarantee masterpieces.

Every now and then, a person must do something simply because he wants to, because it seems to him worth doing. And that does not make it worthless or a waste of time.

There is simply a better chance of doing well if the writer holds a steady course, enters the stream of English quietly, and does not thrash about.

I actually very rarely see comedy myself, and although I admire the work of some comics, it does come from all over, so I’ll get a charge out of some fiction writers and poets.