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names errors mind
With respect to the authority of great names, it should be remembered that he alone deserves to have any weight and influence with posterity, who has shown himself superior to the particular and predominant error of his own times; who, like the peak of Teneriffe, has hailed the intellectual sun before its beams have reached the horizon of common minds. Charles Caleb Colton
names inheritance proud
The inheritance of a distinguished and noble name is a proud inheritance to him who lives worthily of it.
names rivers cry-the-beloved-country
Now God be thanked that the name of a hill is such music, that the name of a river can heal. Alan Paton
names evil done
When the persecution of an individual who has exposed an evil is pursued so ruthlessly and yet the evil itself is studiedly ignored, all of us know that there is something very wrong with the way that our society is conducting itself. And if we do not protest in the strongest terms about what is being done in our name, then we become complicit. Alan Moore
names aftermath bangs
Despite its name, the big bang theory is not really a theory of a bang at all. It is really only a theory of the aftermath of a bang. Alan Guth
names
Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature. Alan Bullock
names mind use
Only brand names register in the mind... What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand. Al Ries
names justice police
Any use of the names of Eric Garner and Michael Brown, in connection with any violence or killing of police, is reprehensible and against the pursuit of justice in both cases. Al Sharpton
names guy together
Jazz brought this sense of democracy where four guys come together and your name may be on the marquee, but in this moment, when you're the soloist, it's you, and we follow you. We follow you. Al Jarreau
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.
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.
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.
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.
people next cleanliness
Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.
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.
people enemy
Some people are nobody's enemies but their own
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
thumbs-up decision roger
Every bad decision I've made has been based on money. I grew up in the projects and you don't turn down money there. You take it, because you never know when it's all going to end. I made Cop III because they offered me $15 million. That $15 million was worth having Roger Ebert's thumb up my ass. Eddie Murphy
thumbs skeptical
Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion. Ben Casnocha
thumbs littles faces
If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs. Arthur Baer
thumbs thumbprints different
If someone steals your password, you can change it. But if someone steals your thumbprint, you can't get a new thumb. The failure modes are very different. Bruce Schneier
thumbs zero
Thumbs up to the buxom woman. Size zero is boring! Vidya Balan
thumbs too-much
Too much under the thumb of the Iranians. Adam Schiff
thumbs-up giving roles
I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up. Adam Arkin
thumbs spots assault
Thumbs grow into my throat. I wear slaps like a spot of rouge. Anne Sexton
thumbs-up giving humanity
Human behavior is so intriguing. I find myself giving thumbs up signs all the time. I know I look like an absolute dork, but I do it anyway. Anne Heche