2011 – Page 36 – Dictionary of Quotes

It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them. -Metternich, Klemens Von

Anna Sewell

Is it not better…to lead a good fashion than to follow a bad one? Discuss Anna Sewell quotes

People usually are the happiest at home. -Shakespeare, William

Eine Beschäftigung hält deinen Körper lebendig, ein Ziel jedoch deinen Geist.

Dr. David Viscott

“You cannot protect anyone from themselves; you cannot protect anyone from life. You cannot spare a loved one the confrontation with their own mortality, their …

Mahatma Gandhi – 28/9/2011

Me opongo a la violencia, porque cuando parece causar el bien éste sólo es temporal, el mal que causa es permanente. Frases de Mahatma Gandhi …

He knows so little and knows it so fluently. -Glasgow, Ellen

Marianne LaFrance – smile

“The smile is the most scientifically studied human facial expression.” ~Marianne LaFrance, Yale psychology professor (Lip Service), O Magazine

Jennifer Margulis – at it seems

“What goes from ear to ear isn’t as simple as it seems.” ~Jennifer Margulis

Alfred North Whitehead – Language

“Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.” ~Alfred North Whitehead

Curtis Rufus Quintus – Habit

“Habit is stronger than nature. ” ~Quintus Curtius Rufus (Curtis Rufus Quintus)

Woody Allen – confidence

“Confidence is what you have before you understand the problem.” ~Woody Allen

Thomas L. Odem Jr – smile

“If the essence of my being has caused a smile to have appeared upon your face or a touch of joy within your heart. Then …

Jodi Picoult – light

“There’s always going to be bad stuff out there. But here’s the amazing thing—light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, …

Starke Menschen bleiben ihrer Natur treu,

Starke Menschen bleiben ihrer Natur treu, mag das Schicksal sie auch in schlechte Lebenslagen bringen, ihr Charakter bleibt fest, und ihr Sinn wird niemals schwanken. …

You don’t have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: That world is gone. -Noonan, Peggy

"It seems like when you want someone they dont want you. When someone wants you, you don’t want them. And when you both want each other, something has to come around and mess it up" – Omar Ashraf Ezzeldin

“It seems like when you want someone they dont want you. When someone wants you, you don’t want them. And when you both want each …

Power has only one duty –to secure the social welfare of the People. -Disraeli, Benjamin

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Clare Booth Luce – Courage

“Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.” ~Clare Booth Luce

Gemma Wiseman – Winter

“Winter is the shadow, the etching of the seasons in the mist.”~Gemma Wiseman

Sir Theodore Martin – elixir of life

“Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man.” ~Sir Theodore Martin

Willard Gibbs – sum

“The whole is simpler than the sum of its parts.” ~Willard Gibbs

Bob Newhart – be a child

“I think you should be a child for as long as you can. Don’t rush into adulthood, it isn’t all that much fun.” ~Bob Newhart

Hafiz – light

“I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being.” Hafiz

Jim Fiebig – Age

“Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.” ~Jim Fiebig

Victor Papanek – design

“The only important thing about design is how it relates to people.” ~Victor Papanek

Thomas Wolfe – Culture

“Culture is the arts elevated to a set of beliefs.” ~Thomas Wolfe

"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting." – George Orwell

“Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in …

We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. -Hoffer, Eric

"The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see." – Nelson Mandela

“The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye could actually see.” – Nelson Mandela

"If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that." – Kim Cattrall

“If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of …

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