Mel Gibson

Change is always preceded by a little pain. Some people can change and they don't have to go through so many painful things. But I think that I'm of a personality that I'm a little stubborn, so it's tough for me.

Actor

Henry David Thoreau

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded them, and all true worldly fame subsides from their high estimate beyond the stars.

American Author

Elie Wiesel

Most people think that shadows follow, precede or surround beings or objects. The truth is that they also surround words, ideas, desires, deeds, impulses and memories.

American Novelist

Piers Anthony

No novel is a clone of any preceding one, though with a background cast of characters and things that has grown to thousands, there are many familiar aspects.

English Writer

Gordon B. Hinckley

In missionary work, as in all else, preparation precedes power. Encouragement to prepare while still very young can make a tremendous difference.

American Clergyman

Thomas A. Edison

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

American Inventor

Horace Walpole

In all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.

English Author

Napoleon Bonaparte

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

French Statesman

Santiago Calatrava

The world of sculpture precedes by many years the world of architecture.

Spanish Architect

Park Geun-hye

In human life, economics precedes politics or culture.

South Korean Politician

Use 'precede' when discussing events or actions that occur before others in time.

Time Context

Historical events, eras, or actions can be ordered by using 'precede' to indicate what came first.

Historical Sequence

'Precede' often describes the order of events in ceremonies or formal occasions.

Ceremonial Order

'Precede' is suitable for explaining the position of items in any type of sequential order.

Sequential Order

Use 'precede' to describe the order of words or entries in dictionaries, indexes, or lists.

Alphabetical Listings

'Precede' also refers to a higher rank or importance in social or official hierarchies.

Rank and File

Use 'precede' to link a cause with its following effect, particularly in academic or formal explanations.

Cause and Effect

In discussions about change, 'precede' helps to explain what influenced or triggered a transformation.

Leading into Change

When setting the context for something important, use 'precede' to indicate the preliminary actions or events.

Setting the Stage

 with the rest of the world not being far behind. Now, you can be forgiven, perhaps for thinking that the arguments that precede a marital breakup are not an ideal candidate for mathematical investigation. For one thing, it's very hard to know what you should be measuring or what you should be quantifying.

The mathematics of love...

 I'd have to hack that block, plus all the preceding blocks, the entire history of commerce on that blockchain, not just on one computer but across millions of computers, simultaneously, all using the highest levels of encryption, in the light of the most powerful computing resource in the world

How the blockchain is...

 I mean, first you have to know that you've got a problem. And fortunately, in our time, we've learned more about the problems than in all preceding history. And with knowing comes caring. And with caring, there's hope that we can find an enduring place for ourselves

Sylvia Earle: How to...

 between these two important systems. Other work flowed from these studies. The first was that sleep disruption actually precedes certain types of mental illness, and we've shown that in those young individuals who are at high risk of developing bipolar disorder,

Why do we sleep? PIPE...

 day journey with the preceding problems associated with it has made an enormous difference to my life I love mathematics even at school and much to my school's horror I wanted to study mathematics and girls schools in those days didn't really do science I

The hidden history of...

 programs, and to make friends and colleagues of your age for mutual support. But through it all, look for a way to break out, to find a field and subject not yet popular. We have seen this demonstrated already in the talks preceding mine.

E.O. Wilson: Advice to...

 time we've learned more about the problems than in all preceding history and with knowing comes caring with caring there's hope that we can find an enduring place for ourselves within the natural systems that support us but first

TED Prize wish: Protect...

 propelled to the throne at nine and dead by the age of 19 dwarf by the great Pharaoh's who preceded him and those who followed in his wake his life story was largely unknown since ancient records were destroyed in antiquity

Tut's Treasures PIPE...

 Next, we'd probably lose surgery. Many operations are preceded by prophylactic doses of antibiotics. Without that protection, we'd lose the ability to open the hidden spaces of the body.

Maryn McKenna: What do...

 the largest in the world they weigh a ton and produce gallons of sperm one coupling can flush out whatever preceded it so it may not be the first male who