Quotes with present-day

Quotes 1301 till 1320 of 1406.

  • Abraham Kuyper When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
    Abraham Kuyper
    Dutch politician and theologian (1837 - 1920)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton When the world has got hold of a lie, it is astonishing how hard it is to kill it. You beat it over the head, till it seems to have given up the ghost, and behold! the next day it is as healthy as ever.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer ''present'' or ''not guilty.''
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Billy Williams When they told me there would be a statue erected at Wrigley Field, I was happy with that. I know there will be a meeting place for a lot of people. There will be a conversation every day. They say now, 'I'll meet you at Ernie Banks' statue.' After Sept. 7, they'll say, 'I'll meet you by Billy Williams' statue.'
    Billy Williams
    American baseball player (1938 - )
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W. Bruce Cameron When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.
    W. Bruce Cameron
    American writer and columnist (1960 - )
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  • Jack Kornfield When we come into the present, we begin to feel the life around us again, but we also encounter whatever we have been avoiding. We must have the courage to face whatever is present - our pain, our desires, our grief, our loss, our secret hopes our love - everything that moves us most deeply.
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  • Henry Fielding When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh When you are in deep meditation, you feel a great serenity, a joy that is unknown to you, a watchfulness that is a new guest. Soon this watchfulness will become the host. The day the watchfulness becomes the host, it remains twenty-four hours with you. And out of this watchfulness, whatever you do has a wisdom in it. Whatever you do shows a clarity, a purity, a spontaneity, a grace.
    Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
    Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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  • Carlo Ratti When you have all these traces of trash moving around, you can ask yourself how can we make the system more efficient. Then we can make better decisions. And perhaps we will not throw away the plastic bottles that go every day to the dump.
    Carlo Ratti
    Italian architect, engineer and activist
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  • Campbell Brown When you have Candidate A saying the sky is blue, and Candidate B saying it's a cloudy day, I look outside and I see, well, it's a cloudy day. I should be able to tell my viewers, 'Candidate A is wrong, Candidate B is right,' and not have to say, 'Well, you decide.' Then it would be like I'm an idiot.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Sidney Madwed When you have too much month for you paycheck, then what you need to do is realize that there is abundance all around you and focus on the abundance and not your lack and as night follows day abundance will come to you.
    Sidney Madwed
    American business consultant, lyricist and author
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  • Alan Cohen When you invest your time and energy in stuff that drags you down, you die a little bit every day.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Frank Tyger When you like your work every day is a holiday.
    Frank Tyger
    American aphorist (1929 - 2011)
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  • Cass Elliot When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.
    Cass Elliot
    American singer and actress (1941 - 1974)
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  • Bruce Forsyth When you've been brought up in variety, I think timing is always important in your life. If I'm ever late for anything, whether it's personal or business, I always apologise. 'I'm sorry I'm late,' and all that. And if somebody is late meeting me, I expect them to say 'I'm sorry I'm late.' It's just, shall we say, showbiz etiquette of my day.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • William James Whenever two people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Epictetus Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.
    Epictetus
    Roman philosopher (50 - 130)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Bob Taft Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe.
    Bob Taft
    American politician and attorney (1942 - )
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  • Campbell Brown While the protection of speech is at the bedrock of our democracy, it's critical as a nation that we exercise our right every day - and that includes embracing and engaging with those we may not agree with.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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