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humility discovery design
It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design. Charles Caleb Colton
humor envy praise
Expect not praise without envy until you are dead. Charles Caleb Colton
humility greatness men
Some men who know that they are great are so very haughty withal and insufferable that their acquaintance discover their greatness only by the tax of humility which they are obliged to pay as the price of their friendship. Charles Caleb Colton
humility angel men
We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves. When we see the martyr to virtue, subject as he is to the infirmities of a man, yet suffering the tortures of a demon, and bearing them with the magnanimity of a God, do we not behold a heroism that angels may indeed surpass, but which they cannot imitate, and must admire. Charles Caleb Colton
humility men generosity
Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in other, not in themselves. Charles Caleb Colton
humility exercise higher
He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility. Charles Caleb Colton
humorous eye men
There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practically humorous as that which supposes every man to be of equal value in its impartial eye, and the benefits of all laws to be equally attainable by all men, without the smallest reference to the furniture of their pockets. Charles Dickens
humility pie appetite
I ate 'umble pie with an appetite. Charles Dickens
human-nature abstinence appetite
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature . Charles Dickens
humming melodies songs static written
When I'm on a plane, I am the annoying person humming into my phone. Sitting there static with nothing to do, a lot of melodies come to me. So I've written a lot of songs on planes. Kiesza
humming jar pop stuff stuffed tv
I'm always writing something. I've got so much stuff, I don't know what to do with it. Some of it will be Strokes, some of it will be I don't know what - stuff for pop singers. TV themes. I've got a jar stuffed with songs, all these ideas that are just me humming into a recording device. Julian Casablancas
humming
I'm a lot more sartorial than thespian. They come to see me and go out humming the costumes. Constance Bennett
humming hated humans
Marvin was humming ironically because he hated humans so much. Douglas Adams
humming
I find humming is very useful. Elvis Costello
hummingbirds mets eyeballs
Coming eyeball to eyeball with a hummingbird on my terrace is as exciting to me as any celebrity Ive met as a result of Downton Abbey. Lesley Nicol
humming wells ifs
And if I was humming "Happy Birthday" and smiling stupidly as I fled for my life—well, that was nobody's business, was it? Rick Riordan
instead looking materials removal sealing
We are looking for the removal of radioactive materials instead of sealing it. This is a Vineland issue. Mayor Barse
instead people
We'd like to do more of these instead of ships. If people go back to these over time, they'll see them develop. Ken Banks
instead market money
We're spooning money into the market now instead of dumping it in. Ross Levin
instead line shadow
We're going to shadow a line instead of one player. Martin Brodeur
instead placing season shoot taking
When we get open, we shoot right away, instead of taking a look at where the goalie is at and placing the ball. (Scoring) is going to come as the season goes. Matt Pfau
instead ok settle
We would settle and think that it was OK instead of going, going, going. Melissa Dennett
instead yards
Unfortunately, it went 9 yards instead of 10. Kelly Clark
instead nice treating
They could have been nice to me instead of treating me like an idiot." () Norma McCorvey
instead women
If women just got into it a little more, then the world would be happier. Instead of stabbing each other behind the back, just get into a fight, and then everything is out in the open. Odette Annable
melody stills
I still have a very nonintellectual, nonjudgmental relationship with melody and the music as I hear it all in my head. Ariel Pink
melody sad
'Dawn (Go Away)' is a sad lyric, but the melody is so happy and fun. Erich Bergen
melody
[The lyrics and melody] usually come a little simultaneously, but I would say the lyrics are first; usually I have the idea for a story in my head, or few lines. Billy Bob Thornton
melody
A melody is not merely something you can hum. Aaron Copland
melody
With a good melody... music gets me through everything. Drake Bell
melody moves music reggae
Music is creation. In reggae the lyric, the music itself, arrangement, that vibe, such melody - everything within the music moves the people, understand? Burning Spear
melody rhythms text
But other than that, I go from the text and the rhythms of the words. The melody comes from that, Douglas Levine
melody music sticks
Melody is an important part of all the music I've written. I think that's why it has been so successful. It's music that sticks in your head. Chuck D.
melody
I write while I'm walking, on little scraps of paper. If I have a melody going, I can feel it for days. Juan Felipe Herrera
people may medical
It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money in attempting to make more, so do hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander. Charles Caleb Colton
people solitude multitudes
A multitude of people and yet solitude. Charles Dickens
people governing whole
My faith in the people governing is, on the whole, infinitesimal; my faith in the people governed is, on the whole, illimitable. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom selfishness
Others had been a little wild, which was not to be wondered at, and not very blamable; but, he had made a lamentation and uproar which it was dangerous for the people to hear, as there is always contagion in weakness and selfishness. Charles Dickens
people words-of-wisdom want
Mrs. Boffin and me, ma'am, are plain people, and we don't want to pretend to anything, nor yet to go round and round at anything because there's always a straight way to everything. Charles Dickens
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion. Charles Dickens
people scary alive
I have heard it said that as we keep our birthdays when we are alive, so the ghosts of dead people, who are not easy in their graves, keep the day they died upon. Charles Dickens
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
people romance wonder-woman
Superman/Wonder Woman, people expected, I guess, a lot of romance, or maybe something that wasnt emotionally deep. Who knows? Charles Soule