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ocean men hands
But you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. Business!' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were, all, my business. The deals of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business! Charles Dickens
ocean rhythm shore
The ocean asks for nothing but those who stand by her shores gradually attune themselves to her rhythm. Charles Dickens
ocean men sea
A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a large city. Where it comes from, or whither it goes, few men can tell. Assembling and dispersing with equal suddenness, it is as difficult to follow to its various sources as the sea itself; nor does the parallel stop here, for the ocean is not more fickle and uncertain, more terrible when roused, more unreasonable or more cruel. Charles Dickens
ocean arrows mountain
Calumny crosses oceans, scales mountains and traverses deserts, with greater ease than the Scythian Abaris, and like him, rides upon a poisoned arrow. Charles Caleb Colton
ocean often-is evil
Idleness is the grand Pacific Ocean of life, and in that stagnant abyss the most salutary things produce no good, the most noxious no evil. Vice, indeed, abstractedly considered, may be, and often is engendered in idleness; but the moment it becomes efficiently vice, it must quit its cradle and cease to be idle. Charles Caleb Colton
ocean moon men
Some men of a secluded and studious life, have sent forth from their closet or their cloister, rays of intellectual light that have agitated courts, and revolutionized kingdoms; like the moon, that far removed from the ocean, and shining upon it with a serene and sober light, is the chief cause of all those ebbings and flowings which incessantly disturb that world of waters. Charles Caleb Colton
ocean rivers currents
Nobility is a river that sets with a constant and undeviating current, directly into the great Pacific Ocean of Time; but, unlike all other rivers, it is more grand at its source, than at its termination. Charles Caleb Colton
ocean sea waiting
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck. Charles Caleb Colton
ocean night men
All men are islands, surrounded by the bottomless oceans of unthinking night. Charles Stross
scotland rough-edges doctrine
The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox's gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again. Charles Spurgeon
scotland half denmark
The second half was easy to sum up - and absolute shambles! (on England losing to Denmark 4-1) Alan Hansen
scotland glasses tea
A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea. Catherine Helen Spence
scotland space progress
James's expedition to Scotland is wholly imaginary, though there appears to have been space for it during Henry's progress to the North to pay his devotions at Beverley Minster. Charlotte Mary Yonge
scotland looks switzerland
I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland. Sydney Smith
scotland fantasy faux
I had a fantasy that i'd drift up to Scotland and spend my life as a faux bodhisattua. David Bowie
scotland states courses
The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could. Alistair Darling
scotland people mind
The South is one of those kingdoms of the mind, like India or Scotland, that are neat and understandable only to people who have never been there. Alistair Cooke
scotland independence generations
We are Scotland's independence generation. And our time is now Alex Salmond
environmental dollars protection
Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile. David Suzuki
environmental body embedded
Each of us now has 2.27 kg (5 lbs) of plastic embedded in our bodies. David Suzuki
environmental cost lines
The fact of the matter is that today, stuff-selling mega-corporations have a huge influence on our daily lives. And because of the competitive nature of our global economy, these corporations are generally only concerned with one thing - the bottom line. That is, maximising profit, regardless of the social or environmental costs. David Suzuki
environmental waste recycled
In nature there is no such thing as waste. In nature nothing is wasted; everything is recycled. David Suzuki
environmental garbage worn
There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place! David R. Brower
environmental wrecks energy
It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. David R. Brower
environmental doe stewardship
Nature does require her times of preservation. William Shakespeare
environmental genuine majority victims
The majority of autists - as well as their parents - seem to be genuine victims of environmental stress. Nikolaas Tinbergen
environmental planes conferences
I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences. Arnold Schwarzenegger