top quotations of all time
reading people suffering
People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them without a horror which paralyses every other pleasure, even that to be found in reading a story. Stendhal
sex people fiction
People who love science fiction really do love sex. Susie Bright
meet people qualities strong transfer
People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me. Patricia Richardson
two liking-someone people
People who truly love us can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive us our worst sins. Rarely do you find someone capable of both. Jonathan Carroll
business buying dare money parking paying people spaces throwing worth
People with a lot of money aren't in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers' wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it's worth the money. Ian Watson
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children memorable people
People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children. Mary McCarthy
blood people style
People with high blood pressure, diabetes - those are conditions brought about by life style. If you change the life style, those conditions will leave. Dick Gregory
magnificence disorder
Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence. Emily Carr
writing objectivity perfect
Perfect objectivity is always impossible, no matter who writes a person's biography. Pamela Stephenson
workout tired nuts
Performing is the craziest workout for me, because I feel like, on the first day of tour, I'm going nuts. Halfway through, I'm just so tired but obviously you keep pushing yourself because you have fans watching you. Hayley Williams
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fate finding-yourself trying
Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten. Andre Breton
doe impossible harm
Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm. Harriet Beecher Stowe
african common debate gender perhaps rigid roles tainted time women
Perhaps it is time to debate culture. The common story is that in 'real' African culture, before it was tainted by the West, gender roles were rigid and women were contentedly oppressed. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
life perhaps race south
Perhaps life had a meaning that transcended race and colour. If it had, I could not find it in South Africa. Peter Abrahams
confused passion moral
Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference. Iris Murdoch
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belongs documents historians history perhaps whom whose
Perhaps the most important lesson of the New Social Historians is that history belongs to those about whom or whose documents survive. Bruce Jackson
inspirational respect self-esteem
Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect. Thomas S. Monson
moon two granddaughter
Perhaps the two greatest moments of my life were standing on the moon and being outside of the room when my granddaughter was born! We tend not to remember the worst. Gene Cernan
america certain fixed haunting paradox perhaps strange
Perhaps this is our strange and haunting paradox here in America - that we are fixed and certain only when we are in movement. Thomas Wolfe
congratulations intellectual inspired
Permanent success cannot be achieved except by incessant intellectual labour, always inspired by the ideal. Sarah Bernhardt
Top Positive quotes
optimism pessimism pessimist
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. Arnold Bennett
loves meant phillies players series
Philadelphia loves its team, and being able to win a World Series for the city, fans, players and our Phillies organization meant so much to me. Pat Gillick
maintaining-the-status-quo innovation needs
Philanthropy is involved with basic innovations that transform society, not simply maintaining the status quo or filling basic social needs that were formerly the province of the public sector. David Rockefeller
army people world
Philosophers are people who do violence, but have no army at their disposal, and so subjugate the world by locking it into a system. Robert Musil
nervous consciousness process
Physiology seeks to derive the processes in our own nervous system from general physical forces, without considering whether these processes are or are not accompanied by processes of consciousness. Wilhelm Wundt
Top Travel quotes
blue blonde periods
Picasso had his pink period and his blue period. I am in my blonde period right now. Hugh Hefner
archaic belong centuries distant letting permits picasso places posterity time
Picasso is what is going to happen and what is happening; he is posterity and archaic time, the distant ancestor and our next-door neighbor. Speed permits him to be two places at once, to belong to all the centuries without letting go of the here and now. Octavio Paz
gigs outsiders outcast
Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool. Brian Molko
mind desire nucleus
Plant the seed of desire in your mind and it forms a nucleus with power to attract to itself everything needed for its fulfillment. Robert Collier
play interesting risk
Play difficult and interesting things. If you play boring things, you risk losing your appetite. Saxophone can be tedious with too much of the same. Steve Lacy
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player today dollars
Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best. Lynn Swann
breadth tone wide
'Pleasantville' seems tonally ambitious, but it can handle a wide breadth of tone because it's so fanciful. Gary Ross
existence poetry protest represents salute supremely
Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called 'real world' of busy-ness and moneymaking, so we must embrace, salute and support our poets. Tom Hodgkinson
computer lightning line poem poetry whatever
Poetry for me is very easy. It's like a lightning bolt. I feel this calling, and the first line of the poem comes into my head, and I just have to go to the page, to the typewriter, to the computer or whatever and write it. Gioconda Belli
companions courage gives great poems poetry sets straight
Poetry gives us courage and sets us straight with the world. Poems are great companions and friends. David Whyte
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relationship language-and-power concentration
Poetry is above all a concentration of the power of language, which is the power of our ultimate relationship to everything in the universe. Adrienne Rich
heart poetry oracles
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
sports feelings push-ups
Poker has the feeling of a sport, but you don't have to do push-ups. Penn Jillette
leader care take-care
Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change. Walter Isaacson
men kind truth-is
Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him. P. T. Barnum
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affect confusion creative events hinder obvious peace prolonged social whether
Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political confusion and prolonged peace undoubtedly affect creative thought but whether they respectively hinder or help it is not at all certain. John Desmond Bernal
agree art cliches expresses unlike
Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't. Brad Holland
party people political
Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow. Tony Abbott
taken tennis balls
Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously. Mo Rocca
beautiful dream people
Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness. Ben Nicholson
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political armadillos bottom
Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom. Jim Hightower
politics
Politics isn't just about doing the right thing. It's also about winning. Susan Estrich
senior mean competition
Politics means competition, especially in senior positions. If you don't know that, you're not especially suited to politics. Wolfgang Schauble
approach australian-musician contrary entertainment industry kinds perverse photos sort time
Our career path has tended to be the most perverse and contrary approach to the entertainment industry imaginable, while at the same time doing the kinds of things that you have to do, the videos, the photos and all that sort of stuff. Peter Garrett
bad
Our cellphones can do everything, but they're bad at letting us talk to each other. Rainbow Rowell
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