Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification.
I intend no modification of my oft-expressed wish that all men everywhere could be free.
Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time
It's a whole lot more productive to be in problem-solving mode than it is to be in behavior modification mode.
The succession of individuals, connected by reproduction and belonging to a species, makes it possible for the specific form itself to last for ages. In the end, however, the species is temporary; it has no "eternal life. " After existing for a certain period, it either dies or is converted by modification into other forms.
I advocate the modification of the '67 borders to let about half of the Israeli stay in Palestine.
The main activity of programming is not the origination of new independent programs, but in the integration, modification, and explanation of existing ones.
We cannot change the Koran or make no modifications, this cannot be done, or it would no longer be holy.
A … difference between most system-building in the social sciences and systems of thought and classification of the natural sciences is to be seen in their evolution. In the natural sciences both theories and descriptive systems grow by adaptation to the increasing knowledge and experience of the scientists. In the social sciences, systems often issue fully formed from the mind of one man. Then they may be much discussed if they attract attention, but progressive adaptive modification as a result of the concerted efforts of great numbers of men is rare.
I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.
We, the People of this country, have no unalienable rights. . . all our rights are subject to modification. . . the Constitution of the United States of America is nothing more than a piece of paper and. . . our government should not be restrained by the Constitution because our government can do good things for people.
Enlightenment is the complete awareness of life without mental modifications.
I like maxims that don't encourage behavior modification. -Calvin
What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy
If you want to build a recursively self-improving AI, have it go through a billion sequential self-modifications, become vastly smarter than you, and not die, you've got to work to a pretty precise standard.
Heredity provides for the modification of its own machinery.
The smallest modification of tonality affects structure. Some things have to be rather large, but elegance is the presentation of things in their minimum dimensions.
Our creation is the modification of relationship.
Rights are not self-evident. They're not unalienable. They are subject to modification just like anything else.
I do not think that any thorough-going modification of college curriculum would be possible without a modification of the methods of instruction.
