Quotes
Quotes about Pen
Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.
We are confident that we can penetrate any enemy defenses with our missiles. We know that we are more than the equal of any nation in the world.
At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper. . . .
Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another. â¢Thomas Hobbes Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others. â¢Johann Kaspar Lavater It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals. â¢Fred Allen We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.
It's so much better to desire than to have. . . . The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happenâthat's the most exalting.
But, O thou tyrant, Do not repent these things, for they are heavier Than all thy woes can stir. Therefore betake thee To nothing but despair.
Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.
Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.
What is got over the devil's back is spent under his belly.
The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile, Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind.
The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold; That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. -Chuang Tzu.
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
Modern diplomats approach every problem with an open mouth.
If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could
Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe.
No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.
Question your grace the late ambassadors, With what great state he heard their embassy, How well supplied with noble counsellors, How modest in exception, and withal How terrible in constant resolution, And you shall find his vanities forespent Were but the outside of the Roman Brutus, Covering discretion with a coat of folly; As gardeners do with ordure hide those roots That shall first spring and be most delicate.
I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding in this great adventure in the world of Aids than I ever did in the cut-throat, competitive world in which I spent my life.
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Fanaticism is . . . overcompensation for doubt.
As when the dove returning bore the mark Of earth restored to the long labouring ark; The relics of mankind, secure at rest, Open every window to receive the guest, And the fair bearer of the message bless'd.
