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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.
perfection technique invisible
If you obey the technique to perfection, that technique will become invisible. Alan Chadwick
perfection
I expect perfection from myself. Bryce Harper
perfection perfect doe
Perfection does not exist - only God is perfect. Carolina Herrera
perfection looks absurd
It is absurd to look for perfection. Camille Pissarro
perfection institutions collapse
Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse. C. Northcote Parkinson
perfection wish world
In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection the oldest monuments of the earth's history, so far at least as relates to its earliest inhabitants. Charles Lyell
perfection progress aviation
I realized that the future of aviation, to which I had devoted so much of my life, depended less on the perfection of aircraft than on preserving the epoch-evolved environment of life, and that this was true of all technological progress. Charles Lindbergh
perfection feminist disease
Perfection is a disease of a nation. Beyonce Knowles
perfection world demand
In a fallen world, if you demand perfection or nothing, you will always get nothing. Edith Schaeffer
process tainted
The possibility for the process to be tainted is just too much. Pam Walker
process seeing spreading
We are seeing a process of spreading poverty.
process
Interleaf is based on the formatting process. Bill Joy
process force establishing-relationships
Mothering/nurturing is a vital force and process establishing relationships throughout the universe. Bernice Johnson Reagon
process riot learning-process
The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot. Audre Lorde
process animation dislike
I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting. Bill Nighy
process
We have no idea how long this process will take. Bruce Miller
process honestly whole
Honestly, I was offended by the whole process, Chandler Parsons
process performing
Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process. Barbra Streisand