#relative

Hence, even in the domain of natural science the aid of the experimental method becomes indispensable whenever the problem set is the analysis of transient and impermanent phenomena, and not merely the observation of persistent and relatively constant objects. ↗

— Wilhelm Wundt

#analysis #becomes #constant #domain #even

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence. ↗

— Fareed Zakaria

#politics #power #realm #relative

Since the season ended, I've let things settle down, and I have to talk to the coaching staff and management. I really don't want to turn this into a big drama. So I plan on making a definite decision relatively quickly. ↗

— Steve Yzerman

#coaching #coaching staff #decision #definite #down

It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human brain and that of our closest living relatives, the anthropoid apes. Whole groups of hominids with inferior brains could not win wars and were therefore exterminated. ↗

— Jane Goodall

#been #between #brain #brains #closest

Just the concept of personal freedom within a democracy, for instance, is a relatively young idea - only about 300 years old in this country. ↗

— Daniel Greenberg

#concept #country #democracy #freedom #idea

Blood relatives often have nothing to do with family, and similarly, family is about who you choose to make your life with. ↗

— Oliver Hudson

#about #blood #choose #family #life

One well-meaning aunt had even told Amanda of her belief that the Lord had kept her from marrying solely to provide someone to take care of her ailing parents. Amanda would have preferred the Almighty had made other arrangements. Apparently it had not occurred to anyone that Amanda might have caught a husband, had the remaining years of her youth not been expended in caring for her mother and father. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#relatives #romance #spinsters #life

Well, if you don't want your relatives and friends to die, help me spread the news. Let people know about immortality device. That way, your loved ones won't die. ↗

— Alex Chiu

#device #die #friends #help #immortality

In time your relatives will come to accept the idea that a career is as important to you as your family. Of course, in time the polar ice cap will melt. ↗

— Barbara Dale

#cap #career #come #course #family

Well, I make a practice of not commenting on the role of the relative exchange value of our currency. ↗

— John W. Snow

#currency #exchange #i #make #our