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Post by Tamrin on Feb 6, 2014 8:29:10 GMT 10
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning
Will is nothing more than a particular case of the general doctrine of association of ideas, and therefore a perfectly mechanical thing
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself
We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of our society and be able to take orders from sound administrative types
I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes
What I have known with respect to myself, has tended much to lessen both my admiration, and my contempt, of others
We pay when old for the excesses of youthJoseph PriestleyEnglish theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, educator and political theorist (Died this day 1804) To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 6, 2014 8:30:02 GMT 10
True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we profess
Preparation is the be-all of good trial work. Everything else — felicity of expression, improvisational brilliance — is a satellite around the sun. Thorough preparation is that sun
In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelingsLouis NizerAmerican trial lawyer (Born this day 1902) A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 6, 2014 8:31:16 GMT 10
Approximately 80 per cent of our air pollution stems from hydro- carbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources
It doesn't do good to open doors for someone who doesn't have the price to get in. If he has the price, he may not need the laws. There is no saying the Negro has to live in Harlem or Watts
You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed
Human beings are not animals, and I do not want to see sex and sexual differences treated as casually and amorally as dogs and other beasts treat them. I believe this could happen under the ERA
We should declare war on North Vietnam... It's silly talking about how many years we will have to spend in the jungles of Vietnam when we could pave the whole country and put parking strips on it, and be home by Christmas[quoted in the Fresno Bee, October 10, 1965] History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap
If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement[on the question of silencing campus radicals, 1970] Ronald ReaganUS B Grade actor ( Bedtime for Bonzo) & F Grade politician (40 th US President) (Born this day 1911) In the 38th chapter of Ezekiel, it says that the land of Israel will come under attack by the armies of the ungodly nations, and it says that Libya will be among them. Do you understand the significance of that? Libya has now gone Communist, and that's a sign that the day of Armageddon isn't far off.
Biblical scholars have been saying for generations that Gog must be Russia. What other powerful nation is to the north of Israel? None. But it didn't seem to make sense before the Russian revolution, when Russia was a Christian country. Now it does, now that Russia has become communistic and atheistic, now that Russia has set itself against God. Now it fits the description of Gog perfectly.
For the first time ever, everything is in place for the battle of Armageddon and the Second Coming of Christ. It can't be too long now. Ezekiel says that fire and brimstone will be rained upon the enemies of God's people. That must mean that they will be destroyed by nuclear weapons
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 6, 2014 8:34:31 GMT 10
I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names
I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?
I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house
I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back
How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?
The women's movement hasn't changed my sex life. It wouldn't dare
A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finishedZsa Zsa GaborHungarian-American actress ( Queen of Outer Space) (Born this day 1917) Macho does not prove mucho
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 6, 2014 8:35:24 GMT 10
The truth is an offense but not a sin!
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!
Until the philosophy which hold one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned everywhere is war, me say war
When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open
If you get down and quarrel every day, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say
I don't stand for the black man's side, I don't stand for the white man's side. I stand for God's side
Man is a universe within himselfBob Marley, OMJamaican singer-songwriter and musician (Born this day 1945) I've been here before and will come again, but I'm not going this trip through
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 7, 2014 9:52:54 GMT 10
Friday’s Quotes:If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable
I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself
An absolutely new idea is one of the rarest things known to man
Education is not the piling on of learning, information, data, facts, skills, or abilities — that's training or instruction — but is rather making visible what is hidden as a seed
To be educated, a person doesn't have to know much or be informed, but he or she does have to have been exposed vulnerably to the transformative events of an engaged human life
By confronting us with irreducible mysteries that stretch our daily vision to include infinity, nature opens an inviting and guiding path toward a spiritual life
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggestSir Thomas MoreEnglish lawyer/Lord Chancellor ( Utopia) (Born this day 1478) I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 7, 2014 9:53:39 GMT 10
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none
There is nothing so strong or safe in an emergency of life as the simple truth
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else
The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother
There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart
Vices are sometimes only virtues carried to excess!Charles DickensEnglish novelist ( Oliver Twist, Tale of 2 Cities) (Born this day 1812) Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 7, 2014 9:54:58 GMT 10
I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions
One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions
Virtue and taste are nearly the same, for virtue is little more than active taste, and the most delicate affections of each combine in real love
The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accord- ingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!
There is some magic in wealth, which can thus make persons pay their court to it, when it does not even benefit themselves. How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!
When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction
Employment is the surest antidote to sorrowAnn RadcliffeEnglish pioneer of the gothic novel ( The Mysteries of Udolpho) (Died this day 1823) It is dismal coming home, when there is nobody to welcome one!
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 7, 2014 9:55:47 GMT 10
I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all
The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong
It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation
If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting
The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for
We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started
Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to findLaura Ingalls WilderOES Sister, American author ( Little House on the Prairie) (Born this day 1867) Home is the nicest word there is
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Post by Tamrin on Feb 7, 2014 9:57:41 GMT 10
Man knows much more than he understands
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well
A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous
It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them
We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal. We must see what conclusion the child has drawn
We must never neglect the patient's own use of his symptoms
The neurotic is nailed to the cross of his fiction
Alfred Adler Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology (Born this day 1870) My difficulties belong to me!
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