Impenitent Define Quotes & Sayings

Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments. Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know theyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at. — Thomas Carlyle

An innovator is one who does not know it cannot be done. — Raghunath Anant Mashelkar

We think of 1789 as the date of the French Revolution, and the storming of the Bastille as its defining event. Yet as late as halfway through 1792, most of the familiar images of the revolution had yet to occur. Louis XVI was still king, and the Assembly was negotiating a new constitutional arrangement for the monarchy, not so different from Britain's Glorious Revolution of 1688. — Mike Jay

we sell our souls in public and buy them back in private, among — George Orwell

Meaning beginns in the words, in the action, continues in your head and ends nowhere. There is no end to meaning. Meaning which is resolved, parcelled, labelled and ready for export is dead, impartient - and meaningless. — Pfister

The devil tempts that he may ruin; God tests that he may crown. — Ambrose

We make a space inside ourselves, so that being can speak. — Martin Heidegger

The safe haven that al-Qaida has found in Pakistan is very troubling. — Hillary Clinton

You want to be influenced by the world because it has so many cool things about it, but it also has a bunch of bad things about it. — Wayne Coyne

The inner directions are real, as are the inward sun and moon
in your dreams. Dreams are like death, but with a difference! Don't believe
what you are told. Learn by experiencing. Asleep you see what you do not see awake.
You run to dream interpreters wanting to know where that sight came from. This talk
of derivation wastes your time. The true watchers and seekers are those who
remember, who return in sleep like elephants to Hindustan. — Rumi

She smiled and feigned enthusiasm, although she cared little for the game. Sometimes that's what you did for the people you loved. — Julie Klassen

There are eight levels of wizardry on the Disc; after sixteen years Rincewind has failed to achieve even level one. In fact it is considered opinion of some of his tutors that he is incapable even of achieving level zero, which most normal people are born at; to put it another way, it has been suggested that when Rincewind dies the average occult ability of the human race will actually go up by a fraction. — Terry Pratchett

By the way, Marilyn Monroe was a size 14. — Issey Miyake