Quotes with things-blocking

Quotes 1541 till 1560 of 2349.

  • Umberto Eco The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
    Umberto Eco
    Italian writer and critic (1932 - 2016)
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  • Bjork The good thing about Pro Tools is you can actually hear what you're working on, so it doesn't just become this intellectual idea. But Pro Tools can be dangerous, too. It can make things sterile.
    Bjork
    Icelandic singer, songwriter and actress (1965 - )
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  • Seneca The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Christian Nevell Bovee The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.
    Christian Nevell Bovee
    American writer
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  • Bill Walton The Grateful Dead, they're my best friends. Their message of hope, peace, love, teamwork, creativity, imagination, celebration, the dance, the vision, the purpose, the passion all of the things I believe in makes me the luckiest Deadhead in the world.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
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  • William Somerset Maugham The great critic must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Beyonce Knowles The great thing about McDonald's is that they have a lot of different things on the menu. I love their salads.
    Beyonce Knowles
    American singer and actress (1981 - )
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  • Billy Graham The greatest legacy one can pass on to one's children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one's life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Alfred A. Montapert The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
    Alfred A. Montapert
    American writer
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  • Ernest Dimnet The happiness of most people we know is not ruined by great catastrophes or fatal errors, but by the repetition of slowly destructive little things.
    Ernest Dimnet
    French priest, writer and lecturer (1866 - 1954)
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  • Caroline Knapp The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind.
    Caroline Knapp
    American writer and columnist
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  • Ben Horowitz The hardest thing about starting a company and running a company is, there's just so many expectations on you, and there are so many people who have things that they want you to do. It's a lot like life about that.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld The height of ability consists in a thorough knowledge of the real value of things, and of the genius of the age in which we live.
    Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Caitriona Balfe The herbalist I met a few times - it was great - she gave me literature about the different processes that an herbalist would do to make medicines from certain herbs and things.
    Caitriona Balfe
    Irish actress, producer and former (1979 - )
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  • Baruch Spinoza The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, is to understand things by intuition.
    Source: Ethics
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Richard Cecil The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His will in all things.
    Richard Cecil
    British Evangelical Anglican priest (1748 - 1810)
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  • Italo Calvino The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines.
    Italo Calvino
    Italian writer (1923 - 1985)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Charles Horton Cooley The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds.
    Charles Horton Cooley
    American sociologist (1864 - 1929)
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