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self words-of-wisdom crowns
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money! Charles Dickens
self cells knaves
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another; by the self-tormentors of the cell, and the all-tormentors of the conclave! Charles Caleb Colton
self abuse doe
He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love. For when we abuse our own profession, we tacitly except ourselves; but when another abuses it, we are far from being certain that this is the case.
self order should
Self-love, in a well-regulated breast, is as the steward of the household, superintending the expenditure, and seeing that benevolence herself should be prudential, in order to be permanent, by providing that the reservoir which feeds should also be fed.
self-esteem war loser
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
selfish character men
Old Mr. Rarx was not a pleasant man to look at, nor yet to talk to, or to be with, for no one could help seeing that he was a sordid and selfish character, and that he had warped further and further out of the straight with time.
selfish heart character
Notwithstanding his very liberal laudation of himself, however, the Major was selfish. It may be doubted whether there ever was a more entirely selfish person at heart; or at stomach is perhaps a better expression, seeing that he was more decidedly endowed with that latter organ than with the former.
self ecosystems space
I'd like to be proven wrong firstly on the difficulty of building a self-sustaining closed circuit ecosystem in space that can support human life. Charles Stross
self trouble needed
What is needed is not the removal of the trouble but the conquest of self. Charles Spurgeon
way-forward mutual-interest president
Every new president flatters himself that he, kinder and gentler, is beginning the world anew. Yet, when Barack Obama in his inaugural address reached out to Muslims by saying, 'To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect,' his formulation was needlessly defensive and apologetic. Charles Krauthammer
way-forward people fiction
People whose lives are upside down often read fiction. When you're not sure where you'll end up or how you are going to be, and you're looking for some way forward, fiction is a great friend. Anne Enright
way-forward justice path
Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice. Desmond Tutu
way-forward wind century
Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature - it's the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century. Bjork
way-forward impact choices
Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the wellbeing of Greeks. The way forward will not be easy but the problems can be solved, and will be solved, if there is unity, co-operation and consensus. Lucas Papademos
way-forward way experiments
The way forward is to learn to see every startup in any industry as a grand experiment. Eric Ries
way-forward poverty size
Poverty is too complex to be answered with a one-size-fits-all approach, and if there is any place that illustrates that complexity, as well as a better way forward, it is Rwanda. Jacqueline Novogratz
way-forward tables said
I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. Ive always said this is the only way forward. Mohamed ElBaradei
way-forward iraq occupation
Iraq is a quagmire and has been a humanitarian disaster for the Iraqis. There is no way forward without ending the occupation. Jean Parker
insulting insult easy
It is easy to smile at an insult and pretend it's funny when the person insulting you is hosing you with money. Al Alvarez
insulting sit
I think it's insulting to an audience to make them sit and watch a film and then give them a message in one sentence. Asghar Farhadi
insulting care may
If you can speak about what you care about to a person you disagree with without denigrating them or insulting them, then you may actually be heard. Amy Poehler
insulting perhaps personally sold taxpayers
Perhaps the taxpayers should also take it as personally insulting when they are being sold out. Joe Sinagra
insulting want interviews
Eddie Murphy said once in an interview that nothing is offensive if it's funny. I sort of agree with that, but if something's funny and you're the subject of it, sometimes it's more offensive. If someone's insulting you, you want them to sound like an idiot. Artie Lange
insulting democracy germany
In Germany democracy died by the headman's axe. In Britain it can be by pernicious anaemia. Aneurin Bevan
insulting may used
When you become used to never being alone, you may consider yourself Americanised Andre Maurois
insulting literature reputation
It was delightful but, of course, it was pretty insulting to my professional reputation. Anthony Holden
insulting
If a stranger is writing something completely fictitious, or insulting me on a blog or a tabloid, I don't take it personally. Dasha Zhukova