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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.
objectivity jam traffic
We are caught in a traffic jam of discursive thought. Chogyam Trungpa
objectivity literature littles
We journalists make it a point to know very little about an extremely wide variety of topics; this is how we stay objective. Dave Barry
objectivity literature moral
If the poet has pursued a moral objective, he has diminished his poetic force. Charles Baudelaire
objectivity maintenance attention
Darwin paid particular attention to disconfirming evidence. Objectivity maintenance routines are totally required in life if you're going to be a great thinker. Charlie Munger
objectivity focus insightful
Your life must focus on the maximization of objectivity.
objectivity chess firsts
Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. Alexander Alekhine
objectivity transparency
Transparency is the new objectivity David Weinberger
objectivity tests failing
Objectivity cannot be equated with mental blankness; rather, objectivity resides in recognizing your preferences and then subjecting them to especially harsh scrutiny - and also in a willingness to revise or abandon your theories when the tests fail (as they usually do). Stephen Jay Gould
objectivity people subjectivity
It's all about people. It's all about the subjectivity of what people love. Joe Pantoliano
style church different
The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe. Alan Watts
style might film
A viewer as opposed to a filmmaker might see a film differently. But I'm extremely comfortable with my style. Alain Resnais
style littles bits
A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style. Al Hirt
style albums music-is
I mix up all styles on my albums because that is what music is about now. David Guetta
style kaleidoscope dialect
At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects. David Crystal
style different alternatives
It's just an easy catchall to describe a style because there are a lot of alternative comics who are completely different from each other. David Cross
style looks easy
Style is about surviving, about having been through a lot and making it look easy. C. Z. Guest
style important designer
It's very important to have a definitive style as a designer. Carolina Herrera
style way different
British and American women have very different styles and a different way of living.