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fate fortune prisoner
The fate of all of us here has been to know that we are prisoners of power. No one knows why us in particular, but what a great fortune! Carlos Castaneda
fate past eagles
I am already given to the power that rules my fate. And I cling to nothing, so I will have nothing to defend. I have no thoughts, so I will see. I fear nothing, so I will remember myself. Detached and at ease, I will dart past the Eagle to be free.
fate hands lemonade
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make a lemonade Dale Carnegie
fate thinking people
One of the good things about my having some recognition is that I can do something for the people I think ought to have more and correct some of the matters fate fails to take care of. Agnes de Mille
fate forget-you strive
Mr. Rochester, I no more assign this fate to you than I grasp at it for myself. We were born to strive and endure - you as well as I: do so. You will forget me before I forget you. Charlotte Bronte
fate destiny hands
We are all puppets in the hands of fate and seldom see the strings... Charles W. Chesnutt
fate leader always-alone
The leader is always alone before bad fates. Charles de Gaulle
fate cedars coincidence
There are things in this universe that we cannot control, and then there are the things we can. . . . Let fate, coincidence, and accident conspire; human beings must act on reason. David Guterson
fate thinking other-worlds
By exploring other worlds we safeguard this one. By itself, I think this fact more than justifies the money our species has spent in sending ships to other worlds. It is our fate to live during one of the most perilous and, at the same time, one of the most hopeful chapters in human history. Carl Sagan
literature privilege reason
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal. Carlos Fuentes
literature civility
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. Charles Dickens
literature potatoes poultry
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.
literature made should
I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.
literature stealing plagiarism
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
literature prudence
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
literature fool religious-bigotry
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
literature speech giants
The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer.
literature action conflict
Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
poverty world wealth
This is the even-handed dealing of the world!" he said. "There is noth-ing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes tocondemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!
poverty donation
Poverty isn’t solved with donations. Carlos Slim
poverty discovering american-poverty
One of the things that struck me when I came to the U.S. was discovering American poverty. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
poverty suits rags
Rags, which are the reproach of poverty, are the beggar's robes, and graceful insignia of his profession, his tenure, his full dress, the suit in which he is expected to show himself in public. Charles Lamb
poverty
We were happier when we were poorer, but we were also younger.
poverty dresses female
In the indications of female poverty there can be no disguise. No woman dresses below herself from caprice.
poverty sickness melancholy
As a remedy against all ills - poverty, sickness, and melancholy - only one thing is absolutely necessary: a liking for work Charles Baudelaire
poverty evening doe
By the time this concert ends this evening, 30,000 Africans will have died because of extreme poverty. By this time tomorrow evening, another 30,000. This does not make sense. Brad Pitt
poverty madness rich
It is unmistakable madness to live in poverty only to die rich. Juvenal