Elucidation Quotes

#1. The aim of preaching is not the elucidation of a subject, but the transformation of a person ... Our task is ... the sharing of intense faith and experience.

Halford Luccock

#2. A too explicit elucidation in education destroys much of the pleasure of learning. There should be room for sly hinters, masters of suggestion.

Theodore Roethke

#3. Consider the concepts referred to in the words 'where', 'when', 'why', 'being', to the elucidation of which innumerable volumes of philosophy have been devoted. We fare no better in our speculations than a fish which should strive to become clear as to what is water.

Albert Einstein

#4. Without doubt, if we are to go back to that ultimate, integral experience, unwarped by the sophistications of theory, that experience whose elucidation is the final aim of philosophy, the flux of things is one ultimate generalization around which we must weave our philosophical system.

Alfred North Whitehead

#5. One can say, looking at the papers in this symposium, that the elucidation of the genetic code is indeed a great achievement. It is, in a sense, the key to molecular biology because it shows how the great polymer languages, the nucleic acid language and the protein language, are linked together.

Francis Crick

#6. We are obligated to the people we care about and who we allow to care about us, whether we say we love them or not. Our main obligation is to be forthright - to elucidate the nature of our affection when such elucidation would be meaningful or clarifying.

Cheryl Strayed

#7. Never should an unfamiliar word be passed over without elucidation, for, with a little conscientious research, we may each day add to our conquests in the realm of philology and become more and more ready for graceful independent expression.

H.P. Lovecraft

#8. There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.

James Madison

#9. It may be small comfort, but I believe Rafe doesn't want to kill you."
A light laugh escaped her lips. "Actually, that is a substantial comfort.

Brooklyn Ann

#10. Codependents make great employees. They don't complain; they do more than their share; they do whatever is asked of them; they please people; and they try to do their work perfectly - at least for a while, until they become angry and resentful.

Melody Beattie

#11. It's not hard to make decisions once you know what your values are.

Roy E. Disney

#12. I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.

Emily Ratajkowski

#13. There are some experiences in life they haven't invented the right words for.

Lisa Kleypas

#14. Toby Keith writes songs like 1993's "Should've Been a Cowboy," and what's compelling is that you can't deconstruct its message. "Should've Been a Cowboy" is not like Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive," where Jon Bon Jovi claimed to live like a cowboy; Toby Keith wants to be a cowboy for real.

Chuck Klosterman

#15. Wolfhounds helped kill off the wolves in Ireland.

Denis Leary

#16. The trouble with never is never, never works.

Tim McGraw

#17. Wealth is commonplace but wisdom is rare. I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster.

Dan Brown

#18. Sinking into fiction: the if-only of if-onlys.

David Arnold

#19. Evolution .. Just the right formula of science and comedy may get moviegoers through the door.

Ivan Reitman

#20. The loss just made me hungry; it made me want to go out and win another title.

Thomas Hearns

#21. Programming is legitimate and necessary academic endeavour.

Donald Knuth

#22. Frequently mentioned topics populate the mind even as others slip away from awareness. In turn, what the media choose to report corresponds to their view of what is currently on the public's mind. It is no accident that authoritarian regimes exert substantial pressure on independent media.

Daniel Kahneman