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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.
pressure
There's always the pressure to make the movie good. Chris Carter
pressure surprise sometimes
Sometimes you surprise yourself with what you do under pressure. Chris Bosh
pressure start ton win worrying
We've already got a ton of pressure going out there. We can't start worrying about that we have to win this and we have to win that. We just had to go out there and try to get a run. Ben Broussard
pressure putting
We started putting pressure on them and rotating the ball.
pressure
Where there is pressure there is change, universally. Richard Hastings
pressure journalism kind
Journalism, some huge percentage of it, should be devoted to putting pressure on power, on nonsense, on chicanery of all kinds and if that's going to invite a lawsuit, well, bring it on. David Remnick
pressure honest deadline
To be honest with you, I'd rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one. Benicio Del Toro
pressure
Pressure doesn't exist. We create it for ourselves. Derek Hough
pressure firsts
Twitter's a lot of work! That's the first thing I would say. There's so much pressure to be funny. Ari Graynor
administration economic stimulus
Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo. Camille Paglia
administration made bigs
I have made start, grow and stay a big part of my administration. Ed Lee
administration action chrysler
The Obama administration took rapid and decisive action to restructure GM and Chrysler. Within a fairly short period of time these companies were working effectively again. Austin Ligon
administration betrayed hunger
The Bush-Cheney administration had betrayed some basic American values. So there was hunger for change. Al Gore
administration labs weapons
Since 1998, the Administration has begun to upgrade counterintelligence and security at U.S. weapons labs. Charles Bass
administration sticks veteran
Veterans continue to get the short end of the stick when it comes to this administration. Corrine Brown
administration doe machines
An administration, like a machine, does not create. It carries on. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
administration connections revenue
In public administration there is no connection between revenue and expenditure. Ludwig von Mises
administration has-beens
The Obama administration is on notice - they will not be allowed to regulate what they have been unable to legislate. Fred Upton