Tenues Quotes & Sayings

I estimated the ambient humidity at roughly a thousand percent, but tipped a little of my sweetened coffee into the saucer and blew on it nonetheless. — Diana Gabaldon

Typography is a minor technicality of civilized life. — Stanley Morison

I am declaring this vessel in violation of laws and standards," Avasarala said. "Cotyar, you're witness to that." "As you say, ma'am." "All right, then. Bobbie. Get me control of this fucking ship. — James S.A. Corey

Most of us tend to belittle all suffering except our own," said Mary. "I think it's fear. We don't want to come too near in case we're sucked in and have to share it. — Elizabeth Goudge

At Equator Ranch a decade before, his debut lambing had turned out only six surviving animals of four thousand ewes. Undaunted, he had burned through more of his inheritance (eighty thousand pounds, some claimed), replaced his stock, learned his hard lessons, and was now the most successful large-scale rancher in all of Kenya. Not — Paula McLain

The Tao can't be perceived. Smaller than an electron, it contains uncountable galaxies. If powerful men and women could remain centered in the Tao, all things would be in harmony. The world would become a paradise. All people would be at peace, and the law would be written in their hearts. When you have names and forms, know that they are provisional. When you have institutions, know where their functions should end. Knowing when to stop, you can avoid any danger. All things end in the Tao as rivers flow into the sea. — Laozi

He was a proud union man, firmly believing that the courage of a few men could prevent the suffering of thousands. — Anthony Colombo

We are fully human only while playing, and we play only when we are
human in the truest sense of the word. — Rudolf Steiner

A statesman is a successful politician who is dead. — Thomas Reed

I saw a guy being really abusive to his girlfriend. She was asking people to help, but no one would. When he grabbed her, I tried to separate them, but he turned on me. I punched him and knocked him down. It wasn't a scandal; I was just doing what anybody should. — Timothy Hutton

How does one survive these revelations? One just lives. — Sherman Alexie

If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes. — Pablo Picasso

All that has happened is that the public has adjusted to incoherence and been amused into indifference. — Neil Postman

Jesus resolved the false opposition between obedience and freedom and opened the path to freedom — Pope Benedict XVI