A Quotes
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“Alle Dinge müssen, der Mensch allein ist das Wesen, welches will.”
“Alle disse skæbner. Vi er så forgængelige, vi mennesker. Når vi er børn, skuer vi ind i evigheden; når vi ældes, ser vi tilbage og ved at det kun var et fingerknips, et glimt i tiden, at vore dage var som regndråber der falder i havet.”
Source: Faith
“Alle donne non si devono mai regalare fotografie, ne fanno sempre cattivo uso.”
“Alle Frauen sind im Grunde ihres Herzens Huren, erklärte er immer und immer wieder, wobei er seine traurigen, großen Augen rieb.”
Source: Soldier of Fortune
“Alle Häuser haben Schlösser. Und auch Gärten haben Zäune. Mein Herz aber, das will ich nicht verschließen. Es soll leben wie ein freier Vogel. Über dunkle, große, unbekannte Wälder und tiefe, gefährliche Schluchten fliegen. Die Abenteuer und die Gefahren des Lebens, die an jeder Ecke und in jeder Sekunde warten, erleben und durch sie erstarken. Ich will mit dem Herzen leidenschaftlich genießen, selbst wenn Leidenschaft auch heißt zu leiden, dann will ich auch dies mit Leib und Seele tun. Denn ich habe nur ein Herz. Doch sei dir gewiss, es ist alles was ich habe.”
“Alle kennis is voorlopig en elke uitsig is belemmer.”
Source: Die Onaantasbares
“Alle menschlichen Fehler sind Ungeduld, ein vorzeitiges Abbrechen des Methodischen, ein scheinbares Einpfählen der scheinbaren Sache.”
Source: The Zürau Aphorisms
“Alle parole piace la carta, come a noi la sabbia della spiaggia o le lenzuola del letto. Non appena toccano una pagina, si mettono tranquille, fanno le fusa, diventano docili come anellini; prova e vedrai: non c'è spettacolo più bello di una serie di parole su un foglio.”
Source: La grammaire est une chanson douce
“Alle politieke ideeën waren aangetast door een gewelddadig gezwel, met als gevolg dat dat die ideeën erdoor overheerst werden, en voor al te veel mensen ging het alleen nog om de bereidheid tot ingrijpen. De ene daad lokte de andere uit, zonder enige terughoudendheid, en als je iemand wilde zijn, en zeker als je de aandacht wilde trekken van jongeren en ze voor je karretje wilde spannen, dan moest je verontwaardigd zijn. Het leek alsof de lokroep van geweld alleen nog kon worden genegeerd door helemaal geen doel meer na te streven, door je op superieure wijze te onttrekken aan elke vorm van loyaliteit. Maar was dat geen morele tekortkoming die nog erger was dan woede?”
Source: Open City
“Alle Schätze der Welt sind ein zu geringer Preis für ein einziges Wort, das die Seele erleuchtet.”
Source: Gayan - Vadan - Nirtan: die Essenz der Sufi-Botschaft von Hazrat Inayat Khan
“Alle sogenannten Erleuchtungen im religiösen Kontext und sämtliche Entdeckungen grundlegender oder neuer Prinzipien im Kontext von Erfindungen kommen durch die schöpferische Vorstellungskraft zustande”
Source: Denke Nach und Werde Reich
“Alle volte ci chiediamo cosa Dio voglia da noi?... Che siamo felici.”
“Alle volte sentivo come l'urgenza di registrare quanto più possibile di lui: una specie di premonizione, forse, di ciò che stava per accadere, un ammonimento del fatto che, presto, mi sarebbero rimasti solo i ricordi e che quindi dovevo incamerare tutto di lui.”
Source: The Company of Shadows
“Alle Zeit ist Illusion,
es sei denn, sie ist eine
Dokumentation der Liebe.
Das Leben ist nur Illusion,
bis es ein Instrument der Liebe ist.”
Source: The Centurion Sermon: Mental Por El Mundo
“Alle äußeren Feinde und Widerstände ermangelnd, eingesperrt in unterdrückende Enge und Ordnung, hat der Mensch schließlich keine andere Wahl, als sich selbst zu einem Abenteuer zu machen.”
Source: In The Heart Of The Country
“Alleen als ik iets maak voel ik me vrij. Verder eigenlijk nooit. Ja, misschien in water. Ik moet in, bij of met water zijn óf iets maken. Omdat ik meestal niet in, bij of met water ben, maak ik zo veel mogelijk. Ik werk me een ongeluk en gooi vrijwel alles wat ik schrijf weer weg”
Source: De groef
“Alleen de politici zelf kunnen het vertrouwen in de democratie, de instellingen en zichzelf herstellen.”
Source: Vertrouwen in verkiezingen
“Alleen het toeval kan zich aan ons openbaren als een boodschap. Wat nodig is, verwacht kan worden, zich elke dag herhaalt, spreekt niet aan. Alleen het toeval spreekt tot ons. We proberen erin te lezen zoals zigeunerinnen koffiedik kijken op de bodem van een kopje.”
Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“Alleen vanaf de drempel kijkend naar onze versimpelde, geordende wereld der grote dingen, ervaren we verandering, en dus Tijd. Die Tijd is het gevolg van ons onvermogen om de wereld te zien zoals hij werkelijk is.”
(p. 601/602)”
Source: Het lied van ooievaar en dromedaris
“Allegations of multi-perpetrator and multi-victim sexual abuse emerged to public awareness in the early 1980s contemporaneously with the denials of the accused and their supporters. Multi-perpetrator sexual offences are typically more sadistic than solo offences and organised sexual abuse is no exception. Adults and children with histories of organised abuse have described lives marked by torturous and sometimes ritualistic sexual abuse arranged by family members and other care-givers and authority figures. It is widely acknowledged, at least in theory, that sexual abuse can take severe forms, but when disclosures of such abuse occur, they are routinely subject to contestation and challenge. People accused of organised, sadistic or ritualistic abuse have protested that their accusers are liars and fantasists, or else innocents led astray by overly zealous investigators. This was an argument that many journalists and academics have found more convincing than the testimony of alleged victims.”
Source: Organised Sexual Abuse
“Alleged 'impossibilities' are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched.”
Source: Collected Works of Charles R. Swindoll: A Collection Consisting of Living on the Ragged Edge
“Allegedly Jesus went through the town and spread the word and the word was God. You know what I mean? And Sean Price... Jesus Price... is going through the hood spreading the word and the word is good hip-hop. That's where it started. There ain't no pictures in there with nails on a cross, I ain't walking no water, I ain't turning water to wine, none of that crazy s**t.”
“Allegiance to Jesus and loving the truth are primary truths (2Thessalonians 2 v10). The Body of Christ must tolerate all religions in the sense of greatly valuing the dignity of their people and religious liberties. They possess great dignity before God. Yet, we are not willing to let them go to hell by refusing to love them and tell them the truth about Jesus. A false application of tolerance is foundational in the movements that lead to the harlot religion.”
“Allegiance, after all, has to work two ways; and one can grow weary of an allegiance which is not reciprocal.”
“Allegorical stories of saints battling with giants, monsters and demons may be interpreted as symbolizing the Christian's fight against paganism. At Bwlch Rhiwfelen (Denbigh) St Collen fought and killed a cannibal giantess, afterwards washing away the blood-stains in a well later known as Ffynnon Gollen. In Ireland, the tales of saints slaying giant serpents may have the same meaning; alternatively they (or some of them) may refer to early sightings of genuine water monsters. St Barry banished a serpent from a mountain into Lough Lagan (Roscommon), and a holy well sprang up where the saint's knee touched the ground.”
Source: Sacred Waters
“Allegories are, in the realm of thought, what ruins are in the realm of things.”
Source: The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technological Reproducibility, and Other Writings on Media
“Allegories drawn to great length will always break.”
Source: Johnson's Lives of the British poets completed by W. Hazlitt
“Allegories, when well chosen, are like so many tracks of light in a discourse, that make everything about them clear and beautiful.”
Source: The works of ... Joseph Addison, with notes by R. Hurd
“Allegory dwells in a transparent palace.”
“ALLEGORY, n. A metaphor in three volumes and a tiger.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary - Ambrose Bierce (ANNOTATED) Original Content of First Edition
“Allegra Pazzi: Dr. Fell, do you believe a man could become so obsessed with a woman, from a single encounter?
Hannibal Lecter: Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for her and find nourishment in the very sight of her? I think so. But would she see through the bars of his plight and ache for him?”
“Allegra's Austen wrote about the impact of financial need on the intimate lives of women. If she'd worked in a bookstore, Allegra would have shelved Austen in the horror section.”
Source: The Jane Austen Book Club
“Allein schon der Begriff "Toleranz" setzt voraus, dass man von Zuruckgebliebenen umgeben ist, die man tolerieren muss, als waere man selbst der Traeger einer hoeheren, ueberlegenen Kultur, die sich selbst nie hinterfragt.”
Source: Liebesgrüße aus Deutschland
“Allen [ Ginsberg] was a particular friend, one of my heroes, really. I knew him almost as long as I've been writing.”
“Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking Program achieved for me a thing that I thought was not possible - to give up a thirty year smoking habit literally overnight. It was nothing short of a miracle.”
“Allen gibt es wohl nicht viel,
Aber mir erklingt d'raus leise
Meiner Jugend Sehnsuchtsweise”
“Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and a poet second.”
“Allen Ginsberg to Peter Orlovsky— 1958
Tho I long for the actual sunlight contact between us I miss you like a home. Shine back honey & think of me.”
“Allen Ginsberg was a remarkable guy. He was himself. He was an original.”
“Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world politics.”
“Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team.”
“Allen Klein had achieved his ambition of managing the Beatles, but in doing so, he blew them apart.”
Source: You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup – The Untold Story of the Fab Four
“Allen's [Gisberg] loyalty to his friends was extraordinary. And as he was dying he was calling people: "What can I do for you before I die? Do you need money? What can I do?".”
“Allen's Law of Civilization: It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.”
Source: The Official Rules: 5,427 Laws, Principles, and Axioms to Help You Cope with Crises, Deadlines, Bad Luck, Rude Behavior, Red Tape, and Attacks by Inanimate Objects
“Allende had good ideas, but he executed them poorly. Although he correctly recognized Chile’s problems, he adopted wrong solutions to those problems.”
Source: Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
“Aller bien, c'est simple, c'est facile et évident... quand on va bien. Faire un petit pas devant l'autre quand on va mal, cela tient parfois de l'héroïsme : le patient fait ce qu'il peut, non ce qu'il veut.”
Source: Vivre avec un maniaco-dépressif (Documents)
“Aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach bin ich ein missglücktes Probe-Exemplar, das man trotzdem auf die Erde geschickt und auf die Menschheit losgelassen hat. Warum? Ich denke, um zu zeigen, dass es immer noch schlimmer geht. Ja, ich bin wohl sowas wie ein Worst-Case-Szenario.”
Source: Seelenfall
“Allergic to Opulence (Sonnet 2230)
Do I have any right to happiness,
when millions go without food and shelter!
That's why, there's not a trace of luxury in my life,
I churn out humanitarian electricity all waking hours.
Most expensive clothes I own cost 20 dollars,
most expensive devices I own cost 200 dollars.
Born to a factory worker, I never knew luxury,
then I made me a name, but saw the world's condition,
I grew an absolute repulsion to lifestyle luxurious.
The question is not, how much can I enjoy,
but how much can I endure to lift up the world!
Life's meaning comes not from what we gain for
ourselves, but from what we give up for others.
I'm existentially allergic to opulence,
every soft bed feels like a betrayal -
expensive meals scream of starving children,
dollar spent on luxury is a dollar animal.”
Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper
“Allergies, it seems like everyone is developing them. I lived an allergy free life until I passed through a computed tomography X-ray scanner having my lungs examined. Afterwards I was extremely reactive to pollen with a runny nose and heavy sneezing every spring. It does respond to allergy medication and in my medicine cupboard you will find numerous allergy medications. Research into X-Ray radiation revealed that allergies are a known side effect of the exposure.”
Source: Magee’s Disease
“Allergy is not excess immunity. It is lost instruction.”