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past political reform
Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not take themselves; it is admired by all who cannot effect it, and abused by all who can; it is thought pregnant with danger, for all time that is present, but would have been extremely profitable for that which is past, and will be highly salutary for that which is to come. Charles Caleb Colton
past men miracle
There are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. There is one signal instance on record where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle; but the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains.
past water people
"People can't die, along the coast," said Mr. Peggotty, "except when the tide's pretty nigh out. They can't be born, unless it's pretty nigh in - not properly born, till flood. He's a going out with the tide. It's ebb at half-arter three, slack water half an hour. If he lives till it turns, he'll hold his own till past the flood, and go out with the next tide." Charles Dickens
past self years
Only one life, a few brief years, Each with its burdens, hopes, and fears; Each with its clays I must fulfill. living for self or in His will; Only one life, 'twill soon be past, Only what s done for Christ will last. Charles Studd
past done lasts
Only one life, ’twill soon be past, Only what’s done for Christ will last.
past years tvs
My favourite movie is: "Dr Strangelove". (I haven't seen any films released in the past 2-5 years, I'm afraid: I don't do TV/cinema). Charles Stross
past years judging
It is foolish to try to live on past experience. It is very dangerous, if not a fatal habit, to judge ourselves to be safe because of something that we felt or did twenty years ago. Charles Spurgeon
past giving video
Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune. Alanis Morissette
past puppets driven
We tend to regard ourselves as puppets of the Past, driven along by something that is always behind us. Alan Watts
high-standards standards idealist
Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards. Alain de Botton
high-standards standards
I do have high standards, but I don't expect anything from anyone that I don't expect from myself. Olivia Newton-John
high-standards food-love parts-of-life
I have very high standards for every part of life - my work, my relationships, food, love. I can't just pretend. Olivia Wilde
high-standards standards
You've got to set high standards for yourself. Marcus Giles
high-standards inappropriate accepting
I hold myself to a very high standard, and I hold my contributions to that same high standard. I will not accept any contributions that are illegal, inappropriate or tainted. Kevin Shelley
high-standards standards prove
Serena and I, we don't have anything to prove ... we still set a very high standard. Venus Williams
high-standards helping standards
I can't help it! I'm just a woman with high standards! Josie Maran
high-standards making-changes instinct
There have been screenwriters who I'm sure would gladly kill me, because I've been very fast and loose with their work, because I felt like it wasn't up to my high standards. I would push and pull it on set, and make changes all the time. But then when you're working with an original screenplay, my theater instincts kick in, and I suddenly become very keeper-of-the-words. Sam Mendes
high-standards standards seasons
I set myself high standards on the pitch and know I have not always lived up to them this season Rio Ferdinand
measurement bars standards
Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesn't just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement. Dick Costolo
measurement experts opinion
One measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions. Donald Sutherland
measurement language moments
Poetry was syllable and rhythm. Poetry was the measurement of breath. Poetry was time make audible. Poetry evoked the present moment; poetry was the antidote to history. Poetry was language free from habit. Damon Galgut
measurement measure-for-measure can-not
If you can not measure it, you can not improve it. Lord Kelvin
measurement experts opinion
One accurate measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions. Grace Hopper
measurement records phonograph
They just elected me Mis Phonograph Record of 1966. They discovered my measurements were 33 1/2, 45, 78! Phyllis Diller
measurement property
The measurement we get when we measure something is not a property of the thing measured. Niels Bohr
measurement measure-for-measure cant-change
If you can't measure it, you can't change it. Peter Drucker
measurement legs surprise
I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them? Penelope Wilton