We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
#quotes #george-berkeley #complaining
There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
#quotes #leland-stanford #industry
There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
#quotes #john-coltrane #feelings
Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
#quotes #sheryl-sandberg #success #men #women
Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
#friendship #relationship #love
Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
#quotes #brandon-sanderson #evil #darkness
It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
#quotes #ivan-turgenev
Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
#quotes #cole-porter #writing
It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
#quotes #amelia-warner #queen #buckingham-palace #coronation-street
The malaise and military decline of the post-Vietnam years under President Jimmy Carter set the stage for Russian aggression abroad and uncertainty among our allies. ~Paul Cook
#quotes #paul-cook #military #vietnam #russia
Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
#quotes #abraham-cowley #future #past
A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs
If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
#quotes #ben-stein #god #morality
What do I care about the purring of one who cannot love, like the cat? ~Friedrich Nietzsche
#quotes #friedrich-nietzsche #love #cat
I really hate airport queues. I almost feel they should have cattle prods to hurry us up down the aisles. You can't even complain because they might stop you getting on to the flight. ~Len Goodman
#quotes #len-goodman #airports
The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
#proverbs #persian-proverbs #kindness #hurt
Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #love #time
Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
#proverbs #roses #complaining
You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
#quotes #al-michaels #work #entrepreneurship
Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. ~Joseph Addison
#quotes #joseph-addison #sunday #weekend
Everything we "know" from above [heaven], we know from down here [earth]. How can you take something like that seriously? ~Steve Stevaert
#quotes #steve-stevaert #heaven #earth
If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
#quotes #richard-p-feynman #knowledge
I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
#quotes #jason-aldean #jeans #georgia
Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
#quotes #paul-theroux #travel #maine
In Denmark, lots of people come up to me for autographs. ~Caroline Wozniacki
#quotes #caroline-wozniacki #denmark #people
They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs
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