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mean secret purpose
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation. Charles Caleb Colton
mean men light
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling creature; standing on time, that bleak and narrow isthmus between two eternities, he sees nothing but impenetrable darkness on the one hand, and doubt, distrust, and conjecture, still more perplexing, on the other. Most gladly would he take an observation, as to whence he has come, or whither he is going; alas, he has not the means: his telescope is too dim, his compass too wavering, his plummet too short.
mean gossip secret
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
mean advice asks
We ask advice but we mean approbation.
mean propriety disciple
Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.
mean atheism knaves
He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
mean men dresses
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them,--for every one, sees how we dress, but none see how we live, except we choose to let them. But the truly great are, by universal suffrage, exempted from these trammels, an may live or dress as they please.
mean love-is effort
Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort. Charles Dickens
mean land consideration
The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence. Charles Sturt
holy-grail black frost
It [Cambridge] wasn't a holy grail in the sense that I'd never been to Cambridge. But then, when I did go, the contrast between Leeds, which was very black and sooty in those days, and Cambridge, which seemed like something out of a fairystory, in the grip of a hard frost, was just wonderful. Alan Bennett
holy-grail poor substitutes
The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail. Joseph A. Schumpeter
holy-grail ugly tails
When danger reared its ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled. Graham Chapman
holy-grail stories care
That's the holy grail as a TV writer, to work on a story that you care about and to put it out there and for it to find the audience and connect with fans and connect with critics. Glen Mazzara
holy-grail done rhetorical-question
What have the Romans ever done for us? John Cleese
holy-grail brain information
The Holy Grail of neuroscience has been to understand how and where information is encoded in the brain. Thomas R. Insel
holy-grail insane economy
The insane pursuit of the holy grail of a balanced budget in the end is going to drive the economy into a depression. William Vickrey
holy-grail one-piece top-gear
If there's one thing I can't stand, it's not being noticed. Steve Sabol
holy-grail gross capitalism
Gross National Product is our Holy Grail. Stewart Udall
peasants cricket ifs
If the French noblesse had been capable of playing cricket with their peasants, their chateaux would never have been burnt. G. M. Trevelyan
peasants
Basically the French are all peasants. Pablo Picasso
peasants knows
Could I but know all, I would have the faith of a Breton peasant woman Louis Pasteur
peasants results industry
Success as a result of industry is a peasant's ideal. Wallace Stevens