Filiation Quotes & Sayings

The attempt of Lavoisier to reform chemical nomenclature is premature. One single experiment may destroy the whole filiation of his terms; and his string of sulphates, sulphites, and sulphures, may have served no end than to have retarded the progress of science by a jargon, from the confusion of which time will be requisite to extricate us. — Thomas Jefferson

The mysterious sentence, "You are My Son; this day have I begotten You," may refer to the deep and secret Truth of God of the Eternal Filiation of our Lord, whatever that may be. But Paul quotes it in the 13th chapter of Acts as referring to His Resurrection. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

there's a very well-known method for getting women, everybody knows it, it's not to say a word. — Yasmina Reza

Have gentle utterances that will inspire a superior longing for all time ... — Philip The Apostle

Can it be that what provides for us is the very thing that poisons us? Who hasn't considered this terrible possibility? — Richard Russo

I'm getting the impression that women, in any form, scare you."
He shrugged. "They're the more violent species. And unpredictable. I'd rather take on a wild boar. You can't shoot women. — Maya Banks

Whereas the work is understood to be traceable to a source (through a process of derivation or "filiation"), the Text is without a source - the "author" a mere "guest" at the reading of the Text. — Roland Barthes

Let's make Joe Lieberman accountable for his rhetoric. Not a penny more until he 'clarifies' his positions to the satisfaction of our creative freedom. — Joe Eszterhas