Best Sylvia Ashton-Warner Quotes: The most famous quotes by Sylvia Ashton-Warner
No other job in the world could possibly dispossess one so completely as this job of teaching. You could stand all day in a laundry, for instance, still in possession of your mind. But this teaching utterly obliterates you. It cuts right into your being essentially, it takes over your spirit. It drags it out from where it would hide. — Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Truth has beauty, power and necessity. — Sylvia Ashton-Warner
Best Isaac Asimov Quotes: The most famous quotes by Isaac Asimov
There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere. — Isaac Asimov
I do not fear computers. I fear lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety. — Isaac Asimov
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
I don’t believe in an afterlife, so I don’t have to spend my whole life fearing hell, or fearing heaven even more. For whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse. — Isaac Asimov
I’m not a speed reader. I’m a speed understander. — Isaac Asimov
No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. . . — Isaac Asimov
Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right. — Isaac Asimov
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments. — Isaac Asimov
From my close observation of writers…they fall into two groups 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review. — Isaac Asimov
Dalton’s records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only the living who are killed in war. — Isaac Asimov
If knowledge can create problems, it is not through ignorance that we can solve them. — Isaac Asimov
Science is a mechanism, a way of trying to improve your knowledge of nature. It’s a system for testing your thoughts against the universe, and seeing whether they match. — Isaac Asimov
University President Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment Now the Department of Mathematics requires nothing but money for paper, pencils, and erasers…and the Department of Philosophy is better still. It doesn’t even ask for erasers. — Isaac Asimov
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka’ (I found it) but ‘That’s funny …’ — Isaac Asimov
One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws. — Isaac Asimov
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
You must keep sending work out you must never let a manuscript do nothing but eat its head off in a drawer. You send that work out again and again, while you’re working on another one. If you have talent, you will receive some measure of success – but only if you persist. — Isaac Asimov
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome. — Isaac Asimov
Part of the inhumanity of the computer is that, once it is competently programmed and working smoothly, it is completely honest. — Isaac Asimov
Best Reubin Askew Quotes: The most famous quotes by Reubin Askew
We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans. — Reubin Askew
Best Wilma Askinas Quotes: The most famous quotes by Wilma Askinas
A friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys the view. — Wilma Askinas
Best Russell P. Askue Quotes: The most famous quotes by Russell P. Askue
If living conditions don’t stop improving in this country, we’re going to run out of humble beginnings for our great men. — Russell P. Askue
Best Asoka Quotes: The most famous quotes by Asoka
It is forbidden to decry other sects the true believer gives honour to whatever in them is worthy of honour. — Asoka
Best Herbert Henry Asquith Quotes: The most famous quotes by Herbert Henry Asquith
Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life. — Herbert Henry Asquith
Best Margot Asquith Quotes: The most famous quotes by Margot Asquith
Truthfulness with me is hardly a virtue. I cannot discriminate between truths that and those that don’t need to be told. — Margot Asquith
What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. — Margot Asquith
Best David Assael Quotes: The most famous quotes by David Assael
Well, spring sprang. We’ve had our state of grace and our little gift of sanctioned madness, courtesy of Mother Nature. Thanks, Gaia. Much obliged. I guess it’s time to get back to that daily routine of living we like to call normal. — David Assael
Spring is about to spring. Persephone is coming back and the ice is groaning, about to break with the exquisite and deafening roar. It’s a time for madness a time for our fangs to come down and our eyes to glaze over so that the beast in us can sing with unmitigated joy. Oh yes, ecstasy, I welcome thee — David Assael
Wildness. We’re running out of it, even up in Alaska. People need to be reminded that the world is unsafe and unpredictable, and at a moment’s notice, they could lose everything, like that. I do it to remind them that chaos is always out there, lurking beyond the horizon. That, plus, sometimes you have to do something bad, just to know you’re alive. — David Assael
Be open to your dreams, people. Embrace that distant shore. Because our mortal journey is over all too soon. — David Assael
After you’ve been in a place for a while, everything starts to look… I won’t say better, there’s no need to go to extremes…but your everyday life does start to become…familiar. — David Assael
Sometimes it’s hard to avoid the happiness of others. — David Assael
We’re not talking about historical accuracy, we’re talking about art. I’ve set in motion a geometric inevitability. If I start chiseling there, chipping here, the whole form is compromised. — David Assael
They say that blood is thicker than water. Maybe that’s why we battle our own with more energy and gusto than we would ever expend on strangers. — David Assael
Best Saint Francis of Assisi Quotes: The most famous quotes by Saint Francis of Assisi
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. — Saint Francis of Assisi
Preach the gospel at all times — If necessary, use words. — Saint Francis of Assisi
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console to be understood as to understand to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive it is in pardoning that we are pardoned and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. — Saint Francis of Assisi
For it is in giving that we receive. — Saint Francis of Assisi
Start by doing what’s necessary then do what’s possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. — Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy. — Saint Francis of Assisi
Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. — Saint Francis of Assisi
Best Clyde B. Aster Quotes: The most famous quotes by Clyde B. Aster
When someone tells you something defies description, you can be pretty sure he’s going to have a go at it anyway. — Clyde B. Aster
Best Lady Nancy Astor Quotes: The most famous quotes by Lady Nancy Astor
Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent. — Lady Nancy Astor
One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time. — Lady Nancy Astor
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds. — Lady Nancy Astor
I married beneath me. All women do. — Lady Nancy Astor
The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything — or nothing. — Lady Nancy Astor
Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer into a selflessness which links us with all humanity. — Lady Nancy Astor
The only thing I like about rich people is their money. — Lady Nancy Astor
Best Nancy Astor Quotes: The most famous quotes by Nancy Astor
The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you. — Nancy Astor
I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don’t want to do them. — Nancy Astor
One reason I don’t drink is that I want to know when I am having a good time. — Nancy Astor
Best Athenus Quotes: The most famous quotes by Athenus
Treat the other man’s faith gently it is all he has to believe with. — Athenus
No one has yet computed how many imaginary triumphs are silently celebrated by people each year to keep up their courage. — Athenus
It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that ‘Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain, have not got what they expected, and have lost what they had,–being unfortunate by an enigmatical sort of calamity.’ — Athenus
Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness. — Athenus
For that’s what a woman, a mother wants — to teach her children to take an interest in life. She knows it’s safer for them to be interested in other people’s happiness than to believe in their own. — Athenus
Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach. — Athenus
Best Athol Quotes: The most famous quotes by Athol
We compound our suffering by victimizing each other. — Athol
Best Janina Atkins Quotes: The most famous quotes by Janina Atkins
I love America because America trusts me. When I go into a shop to buy a pair of shoes I am not asked to produce my Identity Card. I love it because my mail is not censored. My phone is not tapped. My conversation with friends is not reported to the secret police. — Janina Atkins
Best Brooks Atkinson Quotes: The most famous quotes by Brooks Atkinson
Don’t condescend to unskilled labor. Try it for half a day first. — Brooks Atkinson
The humorous man recognizes that absolute purity, absolute justice, absolute logic and perfection are beyond human achievement and that men have been able to live happily for thousands of years in a state of genial frailty. — Brooks Atkinson
We cheerfully assume that in some mystic way love conquers all, that good outweighs evil in the just balances of the universe and at the 11th hour something gloriously triumphant will prevent the worst before it happens. — Brooks Atkinson
The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility. — Brooks Atkinson
In every age ‘the good old days’ were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them. — Brooks Atkinson
Best John Atkinson Quotes: The most famous quotes by John Atkinson
If you don’t run your own life, somebody else will. — John Atkinson
Best Rowan Atkinson Quotes: The most famous quotes by Rowan Atkinson
As I was leaving this morning, I said to myself ‘the last thing you must do is forget your speech.’ And sure enough, as I left the house this morning, the last thing I did was to forget my speech. — Rowan Atkinson
Best Clement Atlee Quotes: The most famous quotes by Clement Atlee
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. — Clement Atlee
Best A. A. Attanasio Quotes: The most famous quotes by A. A. Attanasio
Silence is a text easy to misread. — A. A. Attanasio
Best Margaret Atwood Quotes: The most famous quotes by Margaret Atwood
We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly. — Margaret Atwood
Another belief of mine that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. — Margaret Atwood
Best Paul Aubuchon Quotes: The most famous quotes by Paul Aubuchon
She knows there’s no success like failure And that failure’s no success at all. — Paul Aubuchon
He who fails to question is asking for trouble. — Paul Aubuchon
Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others — Paul Aubuchon
To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind. — Paul Aubuchon
Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt nine out of ten have the inclination. — Paul Aubuchon
Money doesn’t talk, it swears. — Paul Aubuchon
Best Louis Auchincloss Quotes: The most famous quotes by Louis Auchincloss
Only little boys and old men sneer at love. — Louis Auchincloss
Best W. H. Auden Quotes: The most famous quotes by W. H. Auden
When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes. — W. H. Auden
What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish. — W. H. Auden
Some books are undeservedly forgotten none are undeservedly remembered. — W. H. Auden
A poet’s hope to be, like some valley cheese, local, but prized elsewhere. — W. H. Auden
We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don’t know. — W. H. Auden
No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible. — W. H. Auden
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. — W. H. Auden
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can all of them make me laugh. — W. H. Auden
One cannot review a bad book without showing off. — W. H. Auden
Best Wystan Hugh Auden Quotes: The most famous quotes by Wystan Hugh Auden
A professor is one who talks in someone else’s sleep. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can all of them make me laugh. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then he’ll escape. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Weep for the lives your wishes never led. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order that I may love myself is very different from the image which I try to create in the minds of others in order that they may love me. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own. — Wystan Hugh Auden
We are here on earth to do good for others. What the others are here for, I don’t know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Some books are undeservedly forgotten none are undeservedly remembered. — Wystan Hugh Auden
When one has great gifts, what answer to the meaning of existence should one require beyond the right to exercise them — Wystan Hugh Auden
History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology. — Wystan Hugh Auden
May it not be that, just as we have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that faith is even more difficult for Him than it is for us — Wystan Hugh Auden
Goodness is easier to recognize than to define. — Wystan Hugh Auden
To ask the hard question is simple. — Wystan Hugh Auden
As a rule it was the pleasure haters that became unjust. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All sin tends to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is what is called damnation. — Wystan Hugh Auden
It takes little talent to see what lies under one’s nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Best Berthold Auerbach Quotes: The most famous quotes by Berthold Auerbach
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. — Berthold Auerbach
Only he is free who cultivates his own thoughts, and strives without fear to do justice to them. — Berthold Auerbach
Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt. — Berthold Auerbach
Best Norman R. Augustine Quotes: The most famous quotes by Norman R. Augustine
A recent government publication on the marketing of cabbage contains, according to one report, 26,941 words. It is noteworthy in this regard that the Gettysburg Address contains a mere 279 words while the Lord’s Prayer comprises but 67. — Norman R. Augustine
I do not believe in doing for pleasure things I do not like to do. — Norman R. Augustine
The weaker the data available upon which to base one’s conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity. — Norman R. Augustine
Best Saint Augustine Quotes: The most famous quotes by Saint Augustine
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. — Saint Augustine
He who does not have the church as his mother does not have God as his Father. — Saint Augustine
Faith is to believe what you do not see the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. — Saint Augustine
Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page. — Saint Augustine
O, Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console To be understood as to understand To be loved as to love For it is in giving that we receive It is in pardoning that we are pardoned And it is in dying to ourselves that we are born to eternal life. Amen. — Saint Augustine
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times. — Saint Augustine
Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. — Saint Augustine
Though there are very many nations all over the earth, …there are no more than two kinds of human society, which we may justly call two cities, …one consisting of those who live according to man, the other of those who live according to God ….To the City of Man belong the enemies of God, …so inflamed with hatred against the City of God. — Saint Augustine
People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering. — Saint Augustine
Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure where your treasure, there your heart where your heart, there your happiness. — Saint Augustine
Patience is the companion of wisdom. — Saint Augustine
Though defensive violence will always be ‘a sad necessity’ in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men. — Saint Augustine
Nothing whatever pertaining to godliness and real holiness can be accomplished without grace. — Saint Augustine
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me. — Saint Augustine
The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies. The danger already exists that the mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and to confine man in the bonds of hell. — Saint Augustine
Christ is not valued at all unless He is valued above all. — Saint Augustine
God does not give heed to the ambitiousness of our prayers, because he is always ready to give to us his light, not a visible light but an intellectual and spiritual one but we are not always ready to receive it when we turn aside and down to other things out of a desire for temporal things. — Saint Augustine
Let no one flatter himself of himself he is Satan. Let man take sin, which is his own, and leave righteousness with God. — Saint Augustine
We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot. — Saint Augustine
The argument is at an end. — Saint Augustine
I was in love with loving. — Saint Augustine
Hear the other side. — Saint Augustine
Unless you believe, you will not understand. — Saint Augustine
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet. — Saint Augustine
Conscience and reputation are two things. Conscience is due to yourself, reputation to your neighbour. — Saint Augustine
You (God) have not only commanded continence, that is, from what things we are to restrain our love, but also justice, that is, on what we are to bestow our love. — Saint Augustine
Best Caesar Augustus Quotes: The most famous quotes by Caesar Augustus
I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble. — Caesar Augustus
Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young. — Caesar Augustus
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