P2898 50 Quotes & Sayings

It is very rarely granted even to Nature herself to produce anything absolutely perfect in every part. — Leon Battista Alberti

Don't accept that you are in crisis just because everyone says you are. — Alastair Campbell

We may say simply that in the sight of God we are judged not so much by what we do as by our reasons for doing it. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

Forget about the reasons why you can't in life and start to try — Hilary Duff

The American dream of rags to riches is a dream for a reason - it is hard to achieve; were everyone to do it, it wouldn't be a dream but would rather be reality. — Robert Fulton

So it is with the places preparing to teach us. It's only when the heart begins to beat wildly and without pattern - when it begins to realize its boundlessness - that its newly adamant pulse bangs on the walls of its cage and is bruised by its enclosure ... To feel the heart pound is only the beginning. Next is to feel the hurt - the tearing of the psyche - the prelude of entry into the place one has always feared. One fears that place because of being drawn to it, loving it, and wanting to be taught by it. Without the need to be taught, who would feel the psyche rip? Without the bruise, who would know where the walls are? — Kay Larson

Art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstone of our judgement. — John F. Kennedy

The visible universe is subject to quantification, and is so by necessity. ... Between you and me only reason will be the judge ... since you proceed according to the rational method, so shall I. ... I will also give reason and take it. ... This generation has an innate vice. It can't accept anything that has been discovered by a contemporary! — Adelard Of Bath

The '67 model was the last good Volks - and the young men knew it. "Hepburn, they stole our fucking car." "Oh Hank, surely not!" "It's gone. It was sitting there." I pointed. "Now it's gone." "Hank, what will we do?" "We'll take a taxi. I really feel bad." "Why do people do that?" "They have to. It's their way out." We — Charles Bukowski

As far as wages are concerned, the only difference between immigration and birth is that birth takes longer. — Alex Tabarrok

The last thin paring of the old moon hung over the distant mountains to the west. Venus had moved away. With dark a gauzy swarm of stars. He could not guess what they were for so many. — Cormac McCarthy

The three rules of the Tipping Point - the Law of the Few, the Stickiness Factor, the Power of Context - offer a way of making sense of epidemics. They provide us with direction for how to go about reaching a Tipping Point. — Malcolm Gladwell

I have been heartbroken once and it has affected all of my relationships from there on. But now I look at it as an occupational hazard. If you are in the meat market at some point you are gonna get mad cow disease. — Dominic Monaghan