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book night men
Although I am an old man, night is generally my time for walking. Charles Dickens
book reading writing
There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.
book knowledge men
Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. Charles Caleb Colton
book reading advice
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.
book merit lovers
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit.
book reading writing
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
book reading writing
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
book writing companion
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce as good companions, and in both instances, all that we can learn from baad ones is, that some much time has been worse than thrown away.
book men soul
He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
century company 20th-century
Any company designed for success in the 20th century is doomed to failure in the 21st. David S. Rose
century common risks russia start vatican
We are at the start of the 21st century and there are many risks in the world and we think that collaboration between Russia and the Vatican corresponds to the common good, Igor Ivanov
century 18th-century persons
I am a person of the 18th century. Cecilia Bartoli
century drive fields necessary people serve stimulate unending whether
Whether or not people go into space or serve the space industry, they will have the sensitivity to those fields necessary to stimulate unending innovation in the technological fields, and it's that innovation in the 21st century that will drive tomorrow's economies. Neil deGrasse Tyson
century expect far hundred influence might moving people site visitors vote
We're moving into the 21st century - and people expect you to be available. I've had about 200 visitors to the site so far in this campaign. Two hundred people - that's 200 people that you might influence to vote for you. DuBose Egleston
century finally moving
We're moving into the 20th century. I know it's the 21st century already, but at least we'll finally be in the 20th century. Tom Browning
century deeply left saw time whose works
Years ago, when I was in Siena for the first time, I saw the works of Duccio, whose deeply emotional painting from the thirteenth century has never left me. Siri Hustvedt
century pandemic three
Three times in this century we have experienced pandemic influenza and they will come again. We must be ready,
century highway improvement system
Vermont's 19th century highway system was in need of improvement.
children pride men
There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride in the appearance of himself and those about him, in preference to a sullen, slovenly fellow, who works doggedly on, regardless of his own clothing and that of his wife and children, and seeming to take pleasure or pride in nothing.
children father heart
Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life.
children sea play
There is nothing--no, nothing--innocent or good, that dies and is forgotten; let us hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling child, dying in the cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those that loved it, and play its part through them in the redeeming actions of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes or drowned in the deep sea.
children parenting expectations
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.
children grieving two
It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity, two of the best qualities that heaven gives them, and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.
children father past
How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise.
children knowledge enemy
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
children gambling parent
Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.
children heaven wish
Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children and like Priam survives them all. It starves its keeper to surfeit those who wish him dead, and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven than the martyr undergoes to gain it.
faces looks morrow
...and to-morrow looked in my face more steadily than I could look at it
faces always-alone sad-face
I'm always alone. Sad face emoticon. Al Madrigal
faces gain meet opportunity rest season stage successful
We want to set the stage to be successful the rest of the season in Arizona. This is an opportunity to see new faces and gain some big meet experience.
faces turns
At some point you just have to turn around and face your life head on. Chris Cleave
faces helping praise
You must ingratiate yourself with those who can help you. Flatter them to their faces. Praise them to others who will carry your words back to them. Chin-Ning Chu
faces fingers
What did the 5 fingers say to the face. S L A P! Dave Chappelle
faces way spit
He looked as though his life had not only passed him by but paused along the way to spit in his face. David Sedaris
faces problem disappear
Staying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear. Carlos Slim
faces never-forget forget
One never forgets faces one wholeheartedly detests. Carlos Ruiz Zafon
life strong truth
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth.
life saying-goodbye expectations
Life is made of ever so many partings welded together.
life autism world
This is a world of action, and not moping and droning in.
life moral existence
Let us be moral. Let us contemplate existence.
life littles
Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.
life people astonishing
It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.
life soul prison
Life is the jailer of the soul in this filthy prison, and its only deliverer is death.
life happiness dark
Much too oft we make life gloomy-- When happy we might be, If we gathered more of sunshine, And not dark shadows see.
life distance journey
Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers upon their road; they both appear great at a distance, but when we approach them we find that they are far less insurmountable than we had conceived.
merits politics prioritize
On my team, we prioritize merits over politics.
merits possessed qualities sublime
May we imbibe all those qualities and sublime merits possessed by gods.
merits newspaper referring shy
He was as shy as a newspaper is when referring to its own merits Mark Twain
merits people
People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors. John Sweeney
modern poet should
How many modern transsexuals are unacknowledged shamans? Perhaps it is to poets they should go for counsel, rather than surgeons. Camille Paglia
modern apprentice
The modern technologist is less 'sorcerer' and more 'sorcerer's apprentice'. Barry Commoner
modern
I would like to do something modern and possibly funny. Dan Stevens
modern solutions
It is a Modern day, and these times need Modern solutions to Modern problems. Corin Nemec
modern-life plumber ifs
If I had it [life] to do all over again, I'd have been a plumber. Albert Einstein
modern outside presidency turned
When a presidency has been turned around, particularly the modern presidency, there's often an outside element.
modern presented words
There are no four-letter words or vulgarity. It's got modern themes, but they are presented in an old-fashioned way.
modern people
I don't think people want chains. People want modern conveniences, but they don't want chains. Dean Miller
modern success tolkien
The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy. George R. R. Martin
mothers-day mom growing-up
I got to grow up with a mother who taught me to believe in me. Antonio Villaraigosa
mothers-day mom motherhood
No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
mothers-day mom mother
I really learned it all from mothers. Benjamin Spock
mothers-day mom daughter
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. Barbara Kingsolver
mothers-day mean world
MOTHER (a word that means the world to me) Eddy Arnold
mothers-day children eye
It's as if, in the mother's eyes, her smile, her stroking touch, the child first reads the message:'You are there!' Adrienne Rich
mothers-day mom daughter
A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. Agatha Christie
mothers nurse public risk time
Mothers risk prosecution every time they go out in public and nurse their children.
mothers older people
Occasionally, we'll get teenagers. Most are sewers. Some have mothers who sewed. The older people quilting now are doing it because they always wanted to quilt but never had the time.
paints picture thousand
If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you? David Gates
paints
The paints don't have any formaldehyde in them. Brian Robertson
paints plumbing
Everything's been expanded from paints to plumbing to electrical.
pictures
We're going to do it nicely, so he'll do it with me and he'll be in the pictures with his classmates. Jay Wright
picture recycling
When you put the whole picture together, recycling is the right thing to do.
picture
The picture we get is that of young, working families.
pictures regular
The pictures are indisputable, ... they don't show that she wasn't a regular kid.
picture saying tends verify
The picture is important because it tends to verify what he was saying about what happened.
picture rather
I'm not crazy about having my picture taken. I'd rather talk my head off. Nicole Holofcener
picture ride
We were able to ride it all the way in. Not picture perfect, but effective. Randy Carlyle
pictures sort twitter
If you don't have a Facebook, like, you're nobody. There's all of these sort of requirements now, and if you don't have all of these things - Facebook, Twitter, etc. - you're made fun of. And Twitter for celebrities... everything is just getting so personal. Pictures of yourself, of what you're eating for breakfast. Taissa Farmiga
picture
One picture is not going to make a significant difference.
questions
We have as many questions as we do answers. We have in-house candidates. Clint Hurdle
questions sit spend talk time
We're going to sit down and talk about everything, ... I've got a lot of questions for him. I'm going to spend all the time I can with him. Michael Vick
questions sort
We're going to have to come up with some sort of strategy. There are just so many questions.
questions
There are a lot of complicated questions to answer.
questions talking
Those are all questions we are going to be talking about with the commission.
questions
I don't think it's mental, I just think that questions our toughness.
questions repeat run senior whether work
I don't have to repeat anything this year. I tell him what to run and there's no questions about whether it will work or not. He's a senior now and much more confident, a leader.
questions raise
I would say they also raise more questions than answers.
questions
He is very sharp. No one has any questions that he is well-qualified. Larry Sabato
spent time
I have spent more time with other people's books than with my own. I do not regret it. Italo Calvino
spent ten
We've spent almost ten years of our lives making 'Batman' films. Emma Thomas
spent week
We've spent the whole week working on defense. Everything we've been doing has been working on defense.
spent tent time
We've spent more time at the tent than at the games.
spent time works
We've spent a lot of time together. If it works out, it would be great. E. O. Wilson
spent
We've spent $300,000 and it doesn't look much different. George Chapman
spent
If Monsieur X spent an eternity studying treatises on optics, he would never paint 'La Grande Jatte.'
spent time time-and-time-management
Time spent in getting even would be better spent in getting ahead.
spent string theory
I spent most of my career doing high-energy physics, quarks, dark matter, string theory and so on. Geoffrey West
trials hardship response
It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships. Charles Stanley
trials great-faith
Great faith must have great trials. Charles Spurgeon
trials surreal whole
The whole trial seemed surreal. Bernhard Goetz
trials matter criminals
A trial without witnesses, when it involves a criminal accusation, a criminal matter, is not a true trial. Bill McCollum
trials lord evidence
Trials are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the Lord feels you are prepared to grow more. Richard G. Scott
trials guilty
I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty. Connie Willis
trials failing bigs
I'm really concerned that too-big-to-fail has become too-big-for-trial. Elizabeth Warren
trials politics would-be
[Alan] Dershowitz has also offered to defend Osama bin Laden in court, saying it would be an act of high patriotism. It's kind of too bad there isn't going to be a trial. Having Dershowitz defend him could be Osama's only shot at not being the least popular person in the courtroom. Ann Coulter
trials world prettiest
A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world. Jane Austen
versus
The decision is 'trust fund' versus 'no more Medicaid' - and that shouldn't be a tough decision. Haley Barbour
versus
There were too many mismatches. There were too many 12th graders versus freshmen.
versus
You have to see how much (it costs) to prevent, versus how much you actually lose.
work quality may
Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work. Alan Watts
work apology giving
Give a civil servant a good case and he'll wreck it with clichés, bad punctuation, double negatives, and convoluted apology. Alan Clark
work mean doing-nothing
If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means. Alan Bennett
work sleep thinking
A gentleman ... sleeps at his work. That's what work's for. Why do you think they have the SILENCE notices in the library? So as not to disturb me in my little nook behind the biography shelves. Alan Ayckbourn
work play able
You've got to get good habits of working hard so that when that play comes up during the regular season that you're able to complete it and do it the right way. Al Kaline
work people kind
Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable. Akio Morita
workout training cardio
I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment. Chloe Sevigny
work-out effort feels
If I put forth a legitimate effort, then I feel like, if that doesn't work out, that's all I can do.
work-out levels mail
I always take a relationship to the next level. If that works out, I take it to the next level after that, until I finally reach that level when it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.