A Quotes
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“As was his language so was his life.”
“as was his way, once he acknowledged the problem, he set about finding a means to resolve it”
Source: Devil's Brood
“As was noted in the Wall Street Journal, last March 21st, FDA approval of drug labelling, '...requires seven to ten years, and costs each applicant an average of $70 million.'”
“As was predicted at the beginning of the Human Genome Project, getting the sequence will be the easy part as only technical issues are involved. The hard part will be finding out what it means, because this poses intellectual problems of how to understand the participation of the genes in the functions of living cells.”
“As was the case for Nobel's own invention of dynamite, the uses that are made of increased knowledge can serve both beneficial and potentially harmful ends. Increased knowledge clearly implies increased responsibility.”
“As was the case for Nobel's own invention of dynamite, the uses that are made of increased knowledge can serve both beneficial and potentially harmful ends. Increased knowledge clearly implies increased responsibility. We reject the notion advocated in some quarters that man should stop eating from the tree of knowledge, as if that were humanly possible.”
“As was the case in Requiem for a Dream, Pollock, A Beautiful Mind, House of Sand and Fog, The Hulk and Dark Water, Connelly's mere presence in a film guarantees that things will turn out badly for the male lead, as Connelly is always cast as the Angel of Death. Fun to hang out with, great eyes, amazing eyebrows, but the Angel of Death.”
“As was the custom in such cases, the pear tree was charged with murder and sentenced to be uprooted and burned.”
Source: I, Claudius ; and, Claudius the god
“As was to be expected, the discovery of the nervous apparatus of the salivary glands immediately impelled physiologists to seek a similar apparatus in other glands lying deeper in the digestive canal.”
Source: Essential works
“As water and fire oppose one another when combined, so are self-justification and humility opposed to one another.”
“As water by cooling and condensation becomes ice, so thought by condensation assumes physical form. Everything in the universe is thought in material form.”
Source: Self-realization Magazine
“As water cannot rise higher than its source, so the moral quality in an act can never be higher than the motive that inspires it. For this reason no act that arises from an evil motive can be good, even though some good may appear to come out of it. Every deed done out of anger or spite, for instance, will be found at last to have been done for the enemy and against the kingdom of God.”
Source: The Root of the Righteous
“As water changes its shape according to the shape of the vessel, I change myself by changing my thoughts.”
“As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.”
“As water given sugar sweetens, given salt grows salty,
we become our choices.”
Source: Given Sugar, Given Salt
“As water has no constant form, there are in war no constant conditions.”
Source: Sun Tzu For Success: How to Use the Art of War to Master Challenges and Accomplish the Important Goals in Your Life
“As water shapes its flow in accordance with the ground, so an army manages its victory in accordance with the situation of the enemy.”
Source: The Art of War
“As watercourse is replaced by watercourse,
So no river allows itself to be concealed.
It breaks the channel in which it was hidden.”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
“As wave is driven by wave
And each, pursued, pursues the wave ahead,
So time flies on and follows, flies, and follows,
Always, for ever and new. What was before
Is left behind; what never was is now;
And every passing moment is renewed.”
Source: Metamorphoses
“As we [with Edward Herman] discuss there [in Manufacturing Consent] and elsewhere, recognition of the importance of "manufacturing consent" has become an ever more central theme in the more free societies.”
“As we abide in the Vine we begin to take on the vine’s attributes, and it will become more natural for us to see things through God’s eyes.”
“As we acquire knowledge, things do not become more comprehensible, but more mysterious.”
Source: The Words of Albert Schweitzer
“as we acquire new aches and new pains, our health care is, of necessity, being supplied by internists, cardiologists, dermatologists, podiatrists, urologists, periodontists, gynecologists and psychiatrists, from all of whom we want a second opinion. We want a second opinion that says, don't worry, you are going to live forever.”
“As we act 'right,' our right results are guaranteed.”
“As we act in faith, we often find that the blessings from the Lord are different than we expected but much better than we imagined.”
“As we addicted gamblers plunge into our addiction, and as we see and know how much financial damage we are doing to our family and friends, our despair, shame, and guilt multiply. All too often this leads to suicidal thoughts and actions. Therefore, the sooner you can keep family assets safe from the gambler, the less likely you will have to deal with the horrifying aftermath of their death.”
Source: Gambling Addiction: The complete guide to survival, treatment, and recovery from gambling addiction.
“As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.”
“As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.”
“As we advance in life, we acquire a keener sense of the value of time. Nothing else, indeed, seems of any consequence; and we become misers in this respect.”
Source: The Collected Works of William Hazlitt: Fugitive writings
“As we advance in life, we learn the limits of our abilities.”
Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects: Second series
“as we age we are more alive than seems likely, convenient, or even bearble. Too often our problem is the fervor of life within us. My dear fellow octogenarians, how are we to carry so much life, and what are we to do with it?”
“As we age, we feel less like leaves and more like trees. We have roots that ground us and sturdy trunks that may sway, but don't break, in the wind.”
Source: The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter - And How to Make the Most of Them Now
“As we age, the bright light of youth either burns out or burns stronger - it's our choice.”
“As we age, there are different things that become important to us and that means that different aspects of our character come to the forefront; certain aspects recede. And that's fun. It would be shitty to have to imitate myself.”
“As we age, we become our parents; live long enough and we see faces repeat in time.”
Source: The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel
“As we all grow and we get older, there are always little changes about our personality that happen.”
“As we all have an infinite capacity to make mistakes, we all have an infinite capacity for forgiveness.”
Source: Queen of Air and Darkness
“As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human beings who have just reached the end of a war against a common enemy of theirs will sooner or later start or continue killing and/or fighting against each other.”
Source: The Use and Misuse of Children
“As we all know from witnessing the consuming jealousy of husbands who are never faithful, people do not confine themselves to the emotions to which they are entitled.”
“As we all know, poodles are a type of curly-haired dog preferred by petit bourgeois retirees, ladies very much on their own who transfer their affection upon their pet, or residential concierges ensconced in their gloomy loges. Poodles come in black or apricot. The apricot ones tend to be crabbier than the black ones, who on the other hand do not smell as nice. Though all poodles bark snappily at the slightest provocation, they are particularly inclined to do so when nothing at all is happening. They follow their master by trotting on their stiff little legs without moving the rest of their sausage-shaped trunk. Above all they have venomous little black eyes set deep in their insignificant eye-sockets. Poodles are ugly and stupid, submissive and boastful. They are poodles, after all”
Source: The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“As we all know, the spine ridges of adult cats are highly poisonous. If you are coming to see a kitten that you have adopted, it is important that you check for the location and severity of the spine ridge before attempting any petting. Also, keep your hands away from their mouths. A few of them have developed their venom sacks. We lost two cat adopters already this month, so...let's just be careful people.”
Source: The Great Glowing Coils of the Universe
“As we all know, blinking lights means science.”
“As we all know, it is the proper duty of every British subject to come to the aid of the TARDIS.”
“As we all know, lasting relationships can't be rushed.”
“As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death.”
“As we all know, no crude oil refineries have been built in the United States since 1976. During that time, close to 100 ethanol refineries have been built.”
“As we all know, poets are born brain-wired a certain way and every poet I know wrote as a child. I'm no exception.”
“As we all know, reality has a liberal bias.”
“As we all know, the Discworld is a flat planet - like a geological pizza, but without the anchovies.”
Source: Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far
“As we all know, the internet is not a true friend of the music industry yet, but technology is slowly changing that. Soon it will work right for all involved.”