Westerbeke Parts Quotes & Sayings

We seldom stop to think - and we certainly should do so more often - that in taking the words of our sages as a description of mere fact, we may miss the deeper meanings which they meant to convey. As a rule, aggadah should not be taken literally; rather, it must be interpreted with the understanding that a higher truth is being alluded to - a truth that is beyond historical perspective, philological expression, or the dimensions of scientific observations. Agaddah speaks to that part of us that understands but cannot articulate what it understands. It allows us to go beyond the realms of the definable, perceivable, and demonstrable. In this sense, aggadah is a form of religious metaphor, a mirror that enables us to form mental images of the indescribable. — Nathan Lopes Cardozo

To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality. — Ayn Rand

Autocracy is a government of the few from above; Bolshevism is a government of the few from below. — Ameen Rihani

There is no sustainable future for fisheries as long as human populations continue to increase. — Paul Watson

If this is true, how is it no one knows?" "The knights of the Kingsguard are sworn to keep the king's secrets. Would you have me break my oath?" Jaime laughed. "Do you think the noble Lord of Winterfell wanted to hear my feeble explanations? Such an honorable man. He only had to look at me to judge me guilty." Jaime lurched to his feet, the water running cold down his chest. "By what right does the wolf judge the lion? By what right?" A violent shiver took him, and he smashed his stump against the rim of the tub as he tried to climb out. — George R R Martin

On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight! — Alexander The Great

The idea of an e-book has been around since the late 1970s, when researchers at Xerox PARC got on the case. Their prototype used millions of little magnetic particles, black on one side and white on the other, loosely embedded in the surface of a soft sheet of rubber. — Charles Platt

The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail. — Joseph A. Schumpeter

Just give me one night, Vanessa. One night, and I won't let you regret it. — Meredith Wild

I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know. — James Earl Jones

You have first to experience what you want to express. — Vincent Van Gogh