A Quotes
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“Arbeit ist sichtbar gemachte Liebe.”
“Arbitrage human nature. It's not going to change any time soon.”
“Arbitrage proof has since been widely used throughout finance and economics.”
“Arbitrariness and true liberty are as distinct from each other that the empirical nature is distinct from the higher nature of man.”
“Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.”
“Arbitrary governing hath no alliance with God.”
Source: Lex, Rex, or the Law and the Prince: A Dispute for the Just Prerogative of King and People
“Arbitrary power has seldom... been introduced in any country at once. It must be introduced by slow degrees, and as it were step by step.”
“Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life.”
Source: The works
“Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.”
“Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.”
Source: A circular Letter ... to ... W. Greene, Governor ... of Rhode Island
“Arbitrary power is the natural object of temptation to a prince, as wine and women to a young fellow, or a bribe to a judge, or avarice to old age.”
Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions
“Arbitrary rule has its basis, not in the strength of the state or the chief, but in the moral weakness of the individual, who submits almost without resistance to the domineering power.”
“Arbitrary rules teach kids discipline: If every rule made sense, they wouldn't be learning respect for authority, they'd be learning logic.”
“Arbitration is justice blended with charity.”
“Arbitration is private. It doesn't have the tools to dig into the corporate files. It's usually controlled by arbitrators who want repeat business from corporations not from the injured person.”
“Arbor Day is not like other holidays. Each of those reposes on the past, while Arbor Day proposes for the future.”
“Arbores loqui latine. The trees speak Latin.”
Source: The Dream Thieves
“Arborescent
Exhibiting a steadfast,
unconditional,
unflinching,
selfless
love.”
“Arby's: If I was about to be killed, I would eat it.”
“Arc, amplitude, and curvature sustain a similar relation to each other as time, motion, and velocity, or as volume, mass, and density.”
Source: General investigations of curved surfaces
“Arcades are altruism turned architecture – private property given to an entire community.”
Source: Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-pedigreed Architecture
“Arcadia became symbolic of the historic river flooding that hurricane Ian caused.”
“Arcadia,” Lon’s voice said from my phone. “Who is this?” I teased.
“You can’t take my son on a date.” “I didn’t ask him. He asked me.” “He stole my cell and called without permission.” “Sounds like a personal problem to me.” A low growling noise came out of the phone.”
Source: Kindling the Moon
“Arcadia was ground zero for the river flooding from hurricane Ian.”
“Arcadio had seen her many times working in her parents' small food store but he had never taken a good look at her because she had that rare virtue of never existing completely except at the opportune moment.”
Source: One Hundred Years of Solitude
“Arcana Dawson, envious of Stocking’s life of peace and love, and, Ally Stocking, who was jealous of the Dawson’s coins that jangled in their suits”
Source: Carter’s Kids & the Lovesick Murderer
“Arcana, who prided herself in taking long, tiresome hours of Ally’s precious time, was getting ready for her first day of school.”
Source: Carter’s Kids & the Lovesick Murderer
“Arcane trickery is the cruellest of all deceptions. The coward’s move in
combat is to cast out magics from the mind and fingers, unseen, striking
an enemy combatant off-guard. A nasty business that was outlawed in the
very first year of King Bernard Gur’s rule over the newly conquered Gurav.
Therefore, when judging a criminal for this offence, it is wise to not hold back.
They are a danger to the honour and civility of Pantheran society.”
“Arcesilaus had a peculiar habit while conversing of using the expression, "My opinion is," and "So and so will not agree to this.”
“Arch leaned back into his chair, but he was entertaining a smile. “There are few things more tedious than a friend who will not graciously receive.”
Quincy could have explained that nine years of poverty might have something to do with it, but instead she just replied, “You must find me maddening, then.”
Arch’s mouth twitched. “You, ma chérie, are something else entirely.”
Source: The Q
“Arch your back, Alisa – show me that gorgeous ass. Show me what belongs to me.”
Your voice is enthralling; an intoxicating sound of pleasure and
authority. I obey willingly, closing my eyes as I do so. I want you to use
me. I need you to take what belongs to you. I spread my legs even further
apart, using the wall to keep me in place and push my glistening pussy out
towards you.”
Source: Destination Anywhere
“Archaeological discoveries made in Egypt and in the Near East in the past hundred years have opened our eyes to a spiritual and cultural heritage undreamed of by earlier generations.”
“Archaeological evidence provides significant help in interpreting the Gospels. In a sense, archaeology is an exegetical tool. To ignore the evidence of archaeology would be almost as irresponsible as making no appeal to the original text. The archaeological evidence is a vital component in the context of Scripture.”
“Archaeological evidence suggests that the first, most ancient cities were built around temples,” Kier commented. “And then, around such religious centers, agriculture began, then trade, finance, crafts. The state appeared even later. This indirectly confirms your words. But it’s not that simple. People are not divided into good idealists and bad atheists. Many do not believe in the God but try to behave as if He exists. Some kind of existential schizophrenia. Such self-deception can last long, until meeting a real atheist.”
“A maniac always defeats a schizophrenic,” said Enrique.”
Source: The Outside Intervention
“Archaeological materials are not mute. They speak their own language. And they need to be used for the great source they are to help unravel the spirituality of those of our ancestors who predate the Indo-Europeans by many thousands of years.”
“Archaeologists are underpaid publicity agents for deceased royalty.”
“Archaeology digs the Bible’s grave.”
“Archaeology in general is the recovery and study of the material culture of past civilizations. Biblical archaeology is as an application of the science of archaeology to the field of biblical studies. Through the comparison and integration of Scripture with the evidence of history and culture derived from archaeology, new insights into the biblical context of people and events, and sometimes the interpretation of the text itself, are possible. In this way archaeology serves as a necessary tool for biblical exegesis and for apologetic concerns.”
“Archaeology is a deeply conservative discipline and I have found that archaeologists, no matter where they are working, have a horror of questioning anything their predecessors and peers have already announced to be true. They run a very real risk of jeopardizing their careers if they do. In consequence they focus--perhaps to a large extent subconsciously--on evidence and arguments that don't upset the applecart. There might be room for some tinkering around the edges, some refinement of orthodox ideas, but God forbid that anything should be discovered that might seriously undermine the established paradigm.”
Source: Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
“Archaeology is a science, and like all sciences, has its limitations. For one, archaeological discoveries made in the past centuries have been reappraised and reinterpreted by more recent findings. Some of the older positive claims, as well as most of the negative criticisms of the Bible, have changed, usually for the better. For another, the actual amount of archaeological evidence is quite small. It has been estimated that less than 1% of archaeological sites in the Holy Land have been excavated, and those that have been excavated have only been partially excavated.”
“Archaeology is not a science, it's a vendetta.”
“Archaeology is not only the hand maid of history, it is also the conservator of art.”
“Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.”
“Archaeology is the only branch of Anthropology where we kill our informants in the process of studying them.”
“Archaeology is the peeping Tom of the sciences. It is the sandbox of men who care not where they are going; they merely want to know where everyone else has been.”
“Archaeology is the study of humanity itself, and unless that attitude towards the subject is kept in mind archaeology will be overwhelmed by impossible theories or a welter of flint chips.”
“Archaeology is too much constrained by a rigid reference frame of what is possible and what is not, and tends to ignore, sidestep, or ridicule evidence that challenged that reference frame.”
Source: Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
“Archaeology's calling card - the masonry trowel - does not necessarily inspire joy among people who see it routinely used to systematically dissect their ancestral places. In such contexts, it is not at all difficult to see archaeology as an instrument of settler colonial oppression.”
Source: Stones of Contention
“Archaeology, I found, comprehended all manner of excitement and achievement. Adventure is coupled with bookish toil. Romantic excursions go hand in hand with scholarly self-discipline and moderation. Explorations among the ruins of the remote past have carried curious men all over the face of the earth… Yet in truth, no science is more adventurous than archaeology, if adventure is thought of as a mixture of spirit and deed.”
“Archaeopteryx probably cannot tell us much about the early origins of feathers and flight in true protobirds because Archaeopteryx was, in the modern sense, a bird.”