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Can the cannibal speak in the name of those he ate?

An indefinable something is to be done, in a way nobody knows how, at a time nobody knows when, that will accomplish nobody knows what.

The test of an abstract picture, for me, is not my first reaction to it, but how long I can stand it hanging on the wall of a room where I am living.

You cannot speak of the ocean to a frog that lives in a well.

Where would the gardener be if there were no more weeds?

The same sun that melts butter hardens clay.

The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.

Nothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn't be seen dead at

What a pity that the only way to heaven is in a hearse.

Sorrows when shared are less burdensome, though joys divided are increased.

The devil, my friends, is a woman just now. 'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.

Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.

So there is a natural efficiency that you pick up as you can prioritize capital across a bigger set of opportunities.

Optimism, unaccompanied by personal effort, is merely a state of mind and not fruitful.

The most malignant of enemies is the lust which abides within.

Dread not events unknown, and be not downhearted, for the fountain of the water of life is involved in obscurity.

I certainly hope the strengths and values of this country hold up to comparison to other cultures.

I do not believe in a religion that cannot wipe out the widow's tears or bring a piece of bread to the orphan's mouth.

A learned man is a tank; a wiser man is a spring.

The Four Rules of Life:
1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results.

The price of power is responsibility for the public good.

It is only the first obstacle which counts to conquer modesty.

We have got to keep the momentum going in order to achieve all of our objectives.

Blushes are the rainbow of modesty.

Official intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs was flawed, but even with its flaws, it was not what led to the war.

I don't think other people in the world would share the view there is mounting chaos.

The contrast between the 1970's and today is very marked.

Failed the bright promise of your early day?

It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back

When it is not necessary to amend the Constitution, it is necessary not to amend the Constitution.

All change, all production and generation are effected through the word.

On the neck of a giraffe a flea begins to believe in immortality.

For a deed to be totally pure, it must be done without any thought of reward, whether worldly or divine.

Economics is the science which studies human behaviour as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses.

A tyrant does not remain in the world; But the curse on him abides forever!

What is a highway to one is a disaster to the other.

Men are more like the time they live in than they are like their fathers.

Bottom is bottom, even if it is turned upside down.

Every time I see a bluebird, I say, well, hey, all this hard work is all worth while.

A cancer is not only a physical disease, it is a state of mind.

It is better to be killed than frightened to death.

I got shot in the head by my own guys in my foxhole. And they didn't even give me an honorable death.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

He (God) doesn't need me, but He desires me.

The petition of an empty hand is dangerous.

Look for strength in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.

The true problem of living is to keep our hearts sweet and gentle in the hardest conditions and experiences.

The more wit you have, the more good nature you must show, to induce people to pardon your superiority, for that is no easy matter.

The nature of our constitution makes eloquence more useful and more necessary in this country than in any other in Europe.

There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!

How meagre one's life becomes when it is reduced to its basic facts. And the last, most complete reduction is on one's tombstone: a name, two dates.

What we need to envision the future, ... stop thinking about the present and saying, 'Let's put a Band-Aid here.

Humility is the embroidery of chiefs.

When a woman talks, she just wants to be heard.

He knows not the value of a day of pleasure who has not seen adversity.

It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying.

Never seem wiser or more learned than the people you are with.

What the result means is that the Franco-German axis is in serious trouble. It's the end of a phase which began in 2002.

Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.

At bank, post office or supermarket, there is one universal law which you ignore at your own peril: the shortest line moves the slowest.

To God, thy country, and thy friend be true.

Know, he that foretells his own calamity, and makes events before they come, twice over, doth endure the pains of evil destiny.

Were the Inhabitants of Italy charming as their Country, all other Regions would be depopulated I think.

Are there any vegetarians among cannibals?

Our court dockets are so crowded today it would be better to refer to it as the overdue process of law.

O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth, The bless'd hour of our dinners!

Mutual aid is as much a law of animal life as mutual struggle.

It doesn't set off any alarm bells. As is typical with T. Rowe, no transition comes about abruptly; they tend to be planned pretty well.

Work is the means of living, but it is not living.

Improving efficiency on the farm is not only a risk-reduction strategy, it's a profitability strategy.

The dews of the evening most carefully shun; Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.

All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion.

A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong.

If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind.

It's not what's going to happen, but who's coming.

In the next century it will be the early mechanical bird which get the first plastic worm out of the artificial grass.

The finger of God never leaves identical fingerprints.

Your thoughts are making you.

The less important you are on the table of organization, the more you'll be missed if you don't show up for work.

Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?

It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.

Every man seeks the truth, but God only knows who has found it.

When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.

To be a good friend remember that we are human magnets: that like attracts like and that as we give we get.

We tried to be as ready and solid as we could be, ... Filmmaking is always some form of chaos, and to what extent you're able to harness the chaos.

SAP is becoming the standard for business software. Oracle is in a state of chaos.

You have to climb to reach a deep thought.

The real process of making decisions, of gathering support, of developing opinions, happens before the meeting or after.

You know when I was depressed I said I didn't want to live? Well, I'll tell you something - I didn't want to die.

The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.

Behavior is the theory of manners practically applied.

The cold war was an aberration. Note how quickly the Europeans turned on America once 400 hostile divisions were no longer on their borders.

The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature-nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.

A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.

Who's going to manage (health savings accounts)?. It's not going to be your local accountant, it's going to be Fidelity.

I would say the damage here is much more [than the tsunami], the magnitude of the calamity here is much more

A silly row which got out of hand.

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.