Traditionnelle 14 Quotes & Sayings

An average horse can produce only about half a horsepower for any extended period. — David E. Nye

Similar to the telescope or the telephone, television enables us to see or hear things we never dreamed of. When you look at the details, a concrete scene between people is really something incredibly unlikely, something subtle that requires extended description. — Alexander Kluge

Can we talk real for a minute then? Do you "really" think that your problem is that you just need to gather more information and data before you start to "do" better with your commitment to yourself? Or isn't the real truth more like -> you are already educated with enough information - beyond your level of behavioral obedience to what you already know! You don't need to "know more" to get going- you simply need to buckle down and get real about "doing better" with what you already know. — Scott Abel

Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe. — Samuel Johnson

There's a huge misconception that it's all about the oil, and the truth is there's actually not much oil left in Abyei. The misperception arose because when the peace agreement was signed in 2005, Abyei accounted for a quarter of Sudan's oil production. Since then, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague defined major oil fields to lie outside Abyei. They're in the north now, not even up for grabs, and they account for one percent of the oil in Sudan. The idea that it's "oil-rich Abyei" is out of date. — Rebecca Hamilton

Colt makes a heavy firearm." - Virgil Cole — Robert B. Parker

I don't know how anyone can put on a uniform and not care about winning. — Dave LaPoint

Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone. — Sarah Palin

You would be surprised what you can do when you have no choice. That's what courage is, Xavion. It's the result of facing what you thought would consume you. — Lori Goodwin

I discovered that the more I hustled, the luckier I seemed to get. — Fran Tarkenton

The poet's function is to describe, not the thing that has happened, but a kind of thing that might happen, i.e., what is possible as being probable or necessary ... Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. — Aristotle.

He had a dilapidated body and a face like the last days of the Raj: jowly, discredited, eager for the final defeat. — Eve Tushnet

Revolutions are spiritual acts. They appear first in people, then in politics and the economy. New people form new structures. The transformation we want is first of all spiritual; that will necessarily change the way things are. — Joseph Goebbels