Characteristic Quotes

Certain characteristic properties of elements can be foretold from their atomic weights.

Judge the goodness of a book by the energy of the punches it has given you. I believe the greatest characteristic of genius, is, above all, force.

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.

I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.

The self has the characteristic that it is an object to itself, and that characteristic distinguishes it from other objects and from the body.

It is so characteristic, that just when the mechanics of reproduction are so vastly improved, there are fewer and fewer people who know how the music should be played.