Quotes with set-in-stone

Quotes 361 till 380 of 530.

  • Bruce Springsteen The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Plato The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Herbert Marcuse The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.
    Herbert Marcuse
    German political philosopher (1898 - 1979)
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  • Seng-Ts'an The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not like, do not dislike; all will then be clear. Make a hairbreadth difference, and Heaven and Earth are set apart.
    Seng-Ts'an
    Chinese third patriarch of Zen Buddhism
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  • Milton Friedman The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm, capitalism is that kind of a system.
    Milton Friedman
    American economist (1912 - 2006)
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  • Aldous Huxley The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Clarence Darrow The pursuit of truth will set you free; even if you never catch up with it.
    Clarence Darrow
    American Lawyer (1857 - 1938)
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  • Robert A. Cook The question is not ''How much may I indulge in and still be saved. God forbid! I must rather ask, ''What about Christ's will and the example I set for my fellow Christians?''
    Robert A. Cook
    American Christian author, radio broadcaster, and pastor (1912 - 1991)
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  • Ben Folds The reason I stop playing songs is usually because I get sick of them, and then they find themselves back into the set list at some point.
    Ben Folds
    American singer-songwriter, musician and composer (1966 - )
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  • Bill Goldberg The Rock has definitely set the bar. He's in a class by himself, and he always will be, I believe.
    Bill Goldberg
    American professional wrestler and actor (1966 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw The savage bows down to idols of wood and stone: the civilized man to idols of flesh and blood.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Carl Schurz The Senator from Wisconsin cannot frighten me by exclaiming, My country, right or wrong. In one sense I say so too. My country; and my country is the great American Republic. My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.
    Carl Schurz
    American statesman, journalist, and reformer (1829 - 1906)
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  • Henry Giles The silent influence of books, is a mighty power in the world; and there is a joy in reading them known only to those who read them with desire and enthusiasm. Silent, passive, and noiseless though they be, they yet set in action countless multitudes, and change the order of nations.
    Henry Giles
    British Unitarian minister and writer (1809 - 1882)
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  • Bode Miller The silver medals I won in Salt Lake City didn't give me anything. Last year I set myself the goal of winning the World Cup and lining up a long series of wins. It was my private challenge.
    Interview with Gazzetta dello Sport, 16 Feb. 2006 [1]
    Bode Miller
    American former World Cup alpine ski racer (1977 - )
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  • Abraham Joshua Heschel The stone is broken, but the words are alive.
    The Zookeepers Wife (2008)
    Abraham Joshua Heschel
    Polish-American rabbi (1907 - 1972)
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  • Erich Fromm The task we must set for ourselves is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
    Erich Fromm
    German - American philosopher and psychologist (1900 - 1980)
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  • Biz Stone The thing that excites me, and the thing that excited me about Twitter, is the idea of a flock of birds moving around an object in flight.
    Biz Stone
    American entrepreneur (1974 - )
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  • William Shakespeare The time is out of joint. O cursed spite that ever I was born to set it right!
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Susan Scott The truth will set you free - but first it may thoroughly irritate you.
    Susan Scott
    American self-help writer
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  • Biz Stone The two things I use the most are the MacBook Air and my iPhone. Those are my two most-used gadgets that are dented, scratched and smashed.
    Biz Stone
    American entrepreneur (1974 - )
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