Quotes 121 till 140 of 165.
-
The ideas of a time are like the clothes of a season: they are as arbitrary, as much imposed by some superior will which is seldom explicit. They are utilitarian and political, the instruments of smooth-running government.
-
The main threads running through the lives of W. A. Clark and his daughter Huguette include the costs of ambition, the burdens of inherited wealth, the fragility of reputation, the folly of judging someone's life from the outside, and the tension between engaging with the world, with all its risks, and keeping a safe distance from danger.
-
The men whom I have seen succeed best in life always have been cheerful and hopeful men; who went about their business with a smile on their faces; and took the changes and chances of this mortal life like men; facing rough and smooth alike as it came.
-
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.
-
The music that really turns me on is either running toward God or away from God. Both recognize the pivot, that God is at the center of the jaunt.
Rolling Stone interview (2005) -
The path is smooth that leadeth on to danger.
-
The peak of the campaign happened in Albuquerque, where a local reporter said to me, Dr. Commoner, are you a serious candidate or are you just running on the issues?
Quoted in Thomas Vinciguerra, At 90, an Environmentalist From the 70s Still Has Hope, The New York Times (2007-06-19} -
The point of aim for our vigilance to hold in view is to dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect, to call off the thoughts when running upon disagreeable objects, and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances surrounding us.
-
The Republicans have a me too candidate running on a yes but platform, advised by a has been staff.
-
The social damage was not in the failure but in the undertaking, which was expensive. The cost of war was the poison running through the 14th century.
A Distant Mirror -
The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.
-
The time for running has come to an end. You tell them white folk in Mississippi that all the scared niggers are dead!
-
The vision, determination, stamina, hope, relentlessness, and sheer work that are involved in staying afloat, much less succeeding, are the same whether you are running a window on 47th Street or Miramax Films or Microsoft.
-
The world isn't kept running because it's a paying proposition. (God doesn't make a cent on the deal.) The world goes on because a few men in every generation believe in it utterly, accept it unquestioningly; they underwrite it with their lives.
-
There is a rowdy strain in American life, living close to the surface but running very deep. Like an ape behind a mask, it can display itself suddenly with terrifying effect.
-
There is only one really safe, mild, harmless beverage and you can drink as much of that as you like without running the slightest risk, and what you say when you want it is, ''Garcon! Un Pernod!''
-
There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.
-
They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love.
-
True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
-
Two things are bad for the heart - running up stairs and running down people.
Bernard M. Baruch
American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
All smooth-running famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 7)
