Famous quotes containing the words obtain, organic and/or matter:
“Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying.”
—Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)
“The following general definition of an animal: a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort.”
—Denis Diderot (1713–1784)
“No matter what everybody says, ultimately these things can harm us only by the way we react to them.”
—Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)