“It is not enough to discover and prove a useful truth previously unknown, but that it is necessary also to be able to propagate it and get it recognized.”

The form follows the function.

It is not always the magnitude of the differences observed between species that must determine specific distinctions, but the constant preservation of those differences in reproduction.

All knowledge that is not the real product of observation, or of consequences deduced from observation, is entirely groundless and illusory.

Habits form a second nature.

What nature does in the course of long periods we do every day when we suddenly change the environment in which some species of living plant is situated.

All known living bodies are sharply divided into two special kingdoms, based upon the essential differences which distinguish animals from plants, and in spite of what has been said, I am convinced that these two kingdoms do not really merge into one another at any point.

It is not the organs-that is, the character and form of the animal’s bodily parts-that have given rise to its habits and particular structures. It is the habits and manner of life and the conditions in which its ancestors lived that have in the course of time fashioned its bodily form, its organs and qualities.

Sometimes fitness is a good thing to have, but you have to recognise that fitness takes you only so far, and skills are the most important thing. Fitness just helps you execute those cricketing skills for longer and more consistently, maybe.

I’m always very proud of Moroccan artists doing well and achieving international recognition.

I entertain no doubts as to the truths of the tranfinites, which I recognized with God’s help and which, in their diversity, I have studied for more than twenty years; every year, and almost every day brings me further in this science.

I saw a picture of myself when I came out of the hospital. I didn’t recognize myself.

Real recognize real, I suppose.

It feels like all my hard work is getting recognized. It makes me work even harder.

One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.

The greatest strength any human being an have is to recognize his or her own weaknesses. When you identify your weaknesses, you can begin to remedy them – or at least figure out how to work around them.