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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.
germany strange should
I find it strange that Gisela Gschaider a 1974 immigrant from Germany is on the brexit panel telling us British what we should do . Alan Sugar
german wee
Wha the deil hae we got for a king, / But a wee, wee German lairdie! Allan Cunningham
german-composer
Then, in 1983 I went on a very long concert tour all over Europe. Klaus Schulze
germany win
We are going to have to win over Germany and Italy, that's where we focus.
german-director hunter
Ross Hunter was my assistant on Take Me to Town, He was a young man, an actor before that, and learned a lot on the picture. During shooting, Goldstein left, and Ross was most pleasant. He never interfered. Douglas Sirk
german-director great
I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.
german-director hard
But I always wanted my characters to be more than cyphers for the failings of their world. And I never had to look too hard to find a part of myself in them.
german-physicist hesitation information mainly though tried
I had therefore, no hesitation in giving all the information I had, even though occasionally I tried to concentrate mainly on giving information about the results of my own work. Klaus Fuchs
german-physicist
I think the one thing that most stands out is that my father always did what he believed to be the right thing to do and he always told us that we had to go our own way even if he disagreed.
match sweat until wait
We started out a little slow, a little sluggish. I think it was because the refs weren't on time. We warmed up and got the sweat and everything going in the anticipation of the match only to have to wait another half-hour until kickoff.
matches slow tough
We started off slow with some tough matches in the first round. We got better as we went.
match
We were a match away from making it look a little more respectable.
matches reason repeat
We've always said part of the reason for the repeat matches is for television.
match
We're going to take it one match at a time.
match
When we got done with that match I said he's a top-10 player, Andre Agassi
match nerves
Usually, for me, when I get through that first match the nerves go away and I can get into a groove.
match whoever
We're in the same boat. I think we match up with them pretty well. It's going to come down to whoever executes the best.
matched night playing
We're really excited. We wanted to keep playing at night and we matched our goal.
mistakes ran team time
We're a young team and we made some mistakes. But we just ran out of time there at the end.
mistakes simple
We made a mistake. It's as simple as that, Dave Berry
mistakes
We made a lot of mistakes, and I compounded it. Joey Harrington
mistakes
We made a lot of fundamental mistakes. When you make fundamental mistakes, you can't win.
mistakes people
Mistakes were made, ... You don't prosecute people for making mistakes. Bruce Babbitt
mistakes needed start tough
Mistakes like that, those are tough to overcome. It wasn't the start we needed at all. Kirk Ferentz
mistakes others
Mistakes have been made. Others will be blamed.
mistakes
Mistakes are a big part of our sound. Green Day
mistakes
She's consistent. She doesn't make a lot of mistakes.
national-security gross negligence
Gross negligence in handling national security is a felony. Bill O'Reilly
national number people playing team whenever
Whenever you can be a part of something where the number one team and number two team are playing each other on national television, it is special. How many people get that opportunity?
national operating response
We were already operating under the National Response Plan.
national sang
I sang at the Inaugural prayer service at the National Cathedral. Michael W. Smith
national persuaded reform trying unwilling
We've become persuaded that, after two years of trying to reform the national AFL-CIO, it is unwilling to change,
national spell
We're back-to-back national champions. You can't spell BCS without USC. LenDale White
national spell
We're back-to-back national champions, ... I know you can't spell BCS without USC.
national people power russian traditions
Russian democracy is the power of the Russian people with their own traditions of national self-government, and not the realisation of standards foisted on us from outside. Vladimir Putin
national people realise
What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest. Kofi Annan
punished values
I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby. Barack Obama
punished terrible
It is a terrible thing that happened, and they will be punished accordingly.
punished somebody
It just isn't right. Somebody should be punished for this.
thankfully
What's the nastiest injury I've sustained? Just a frostbitten toe... but thankfully it's still intact.
thankfully york
I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly. Babette March
three four finished
In 1980 I finished three or four times in seventh place. Alain Prost
three balls easy
The three-ball is an easy shot if you're uncontested, but when they know you can shoot, it's a lot harder to get off. Chris Copeland
three essentials action
There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action. Chiang Kai-shek
three kind i-can
I can find only three kinds of business in the Universe: mine, yours, and God's. Byron Katie
three england beats
When you beat Arsenal, they are a good three points. Bryan Robson
three
The other three have really made strides. They're consistently getting better.
three
We've already got three up on the board. Steve Alford
three moments hours
Preferred three hours quicker over one moment late. William Shakespeare
three kind persons
Before repeating something bad about another person, ask yourself these three questions: Is it true? Is it necessary for me to tell it? Is it kind to tell it?
weeks
We're going to try it for two weeks to see if it works.
weeks
Three-under after two weeks of really no golf, I can't complain, Annika Sorenstam
weeks
Like everyone else in the first weeks after the tragedy of 9/11, I was looking frantically for some way to help. Gail Sheehy
weeks work
I was only in LA for two weeks when I got that job. And I didn't work again for two years. Nicole Sullivan
weeks
It could be two weeks or it could be the season.
weeks
I have had two weeks off and I'm rested,
weeks
We've been doing that for two weeks now.
weeks
We'll have to see. Two weeks into the spring, we'll have an idea of the separation. Paul Johnson
weeks
Two weeks in a row, he's been pretty impressive. Joe Gibbs