“The moment-of-conception fallacy implies that fertilization is a simple process with never a doubt as to whether it has or has not happened.” MomentsProcessSimpleDoubtHappenedConceptionFallacyFertilization Book:The Pony Fish's Glow: And Other Clues To Plan And Purpose In Nature Source: The Pony Fish's Glow: And Other Clues To Plan And Purpose In Nature
“I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.” MomentsKidsFiveFourListeningGrewGrew UpSingingPianoConceptionListening To Music Author:K. D. Lang
“For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.” WorldFirstsHumansMomentsHuman BeingsHistoryEnvironmentDangerousFirst TimeHistoricalEnvironmentalContactConceptionChemicalsPollutionEcologyWorld HistoryHuman HistoryOur EnvironmentEnvironmentalistSave Mother EarthGreen LivingSilent SpringInspirational Environmental Book:Silent Spring Source: Silent Spring
“I rejoice that the reign of Christ is such, while it thrills the soul with emotions, and opens before the highest intellect the most ooundless conceptions, we are left at the same time ready, though our hearts be thrilled, to have our hands filled for deeds of benevolence and love. The happiest moments may be the busiest moments.” HeartMaySoulMomentsHandsLeftChristEmotionReadyHighestAnd LoveFilledDeedsIntellectConceptionRejoiceReignBenevolence Author:Matthew Simpson
“Is it all right for the government to allow the murder of an innocent human being? From the moment of conception, a new life comes into being with a complete genetic blueprint. The sex is determined. The blood type is determined. The moment that I learned the unborn was not part of the woman's body but its own individual human being, I have no choice but to defend the most vulnerable among us.” HumansMomentsBodyGovernmentChoicesIndividualSexHuman BeingsBloodTypeMurderDeterminedInnocentVulnerableConceptionNew LifeUnbornBlueprintsWomen's BodiesBlood Type Author:Kathy Ireland
“I'm prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception. But that is my judgment. For me to impose that judgment on everyone else who is equally and maybe even more devout than I am seems to me is inappropriate in a pluralistic society.” MatterMomentsSeemsAcceptingJudgmentPreparedConceptionInappropriate Author:Joe Biden
“Photography is a medium of formidable contradictions. It is both ridiculously easy and almost impossibly difficult. It is easy because its technical rudiments can readily be mastered by anyonwith a few simple instructions. It is difficult because, while while the artist working in any other medium begins with a blank surface and gradually brings his conception into being, the photographer is the only imagemaker who begins with the picture completed. His emotions, his knowledge, and his native talent are brought into focus and fixed beyond recall the moment the shutter of his camera has closed.” MomentsArtistEasyDifficultSimpleEmotionFocusTalentPhotographyCamerasPhotographerSurfaceMediumsFixedNativeContradictionConceptionInstructionRecallsBlankFormidableShutters Author:Edward Steichen
“The oppressed without hope are mysteriously quiet. When the conception of change is beyond the limits of the possible, there are no words to articulate discontent so it is sometimes held not to exist. This mistaken belief arises because we can only grasp silence in the moment in which it is breaking.” SometimesMomentsBeliefSilenceQuietLimitsAriseOppressionConceptionOppressedMistakenDiscontentWithout Hope Author:Sheila Rowbotham
“The most splendid moment of an adventure is not always the moment of fulfilment, not even the moment of conception, but the moment of first accomplishment, when the adventurer deliberately sets his face toward the new road, knowing that his boats are burned.” FirstsMomentsFacesKnowingAdventureBoatAccomplishmentConceptionBurnedSplendidFulfilmentAdventurerNew Roads Book:Max Source: Max