A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“At the heart of the matter of masculine excess is a great longing for the love and approval of a father, a man who can tell another man that his masculinity is splendid enough and he can now relax.”
“At the heart of the message of the Savior of the world is a single, glorious, wonderful, still largely untried concept. In its simplest terms the message is that we should seek to overcome the selfishness we all seem to be born with, that we should overcome human nature and think of others before self.”
“At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent.”
Source: The Corrupt Society: From Ancient Greece to Present-Day America
“At the heart of The Power Life is the belief that we all have unique gifts to share with the world. When we commit to becoming our highest self, we can unleash those gifts and make a positive impact on those around us. We can create a ripple effect that extends far beyond our individual lives. It requires a daily practice of self-reflection, self- improvement, and self-discipline. We must be willing to face our fears and push beyond our limitations, and we must be willing to take risks and step outside of our comfort zone.”
Source: The Power Life: Master the Secrets to Living an Extremely Powerful Existence
“At the heart of the problem is the fact that the United States is a racially divided nation where extreme racial inequalities continue to persist.”
“At the heart of the ridiculous, the sublime”
“At the heart of the struggle of women, people of color, the disabled, the poor, organized workers, immigrants, religious minorities, atheists,and sexual minorities is the radical belief that we are all created equal and deserve the right to life, liberty and pursuits of happiness.”
“At the heart of the universe
is a musical note
If you care to be silent
you can hear it.”
“At the heart of the WTO is an assault on everything left standing in the commons, in the public realm. Everything is now for sale. Even those areas of life that we once considered sacred like health and education, food and water and air and seeds and genes and a heritage. It is all now for sale. Economic freedom - not democracy, and not ecological stewardship - is the defining metaphor of the WTO and its central goal is humanity's mastery of the natural world through its total commodification.”
“At the heart of thermodynamics lies the second law, which forbids heat to flow spontaneously from cold to hot bodies, while allowing it to flow from hot to cold. This law is therefore not reversible: it imprints upon the universe an arrow of time, pointing the way of unidirectional change.”
Source: The Mind of God: The Scientific Basis for a Rational World
“At the heart of world time is the momentum of history. At the heart of personal time is the mystery and wonder of individuality. At the heart of deep, new time is the creative spirit. But at the heart of our time is love.”
“At the heart, it is world music that I do. It's all connections. Ultimately, we're all connected.”
“At the height of creative activity fueled by enthusiasm, there will be enormous intensity and energy behind what you do. You will feel like an arrow that is moving toward the target-and enjoying the journey.”
Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
“At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.”
“At the height of rush hour, people on the London underground actually say "excuse me." Imagine what would happen if you tried an insane stunt like that on the New York City subway. The other passengers would take it as a sign of weakness, and there'd be a fight over who got to keep your ears as a trophy.”
Source: Dave Barry Talks Back
“At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.”
“At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.”
“At the height of the Thirty Years' War (1618-48), France found itself bankrupt, unable to rely on mercenaries and proxy forces, and in possession of a corrupt and moribund army. The government solved this problem through the creation of a modern civil service to administer the army, organize and regulate it, and better support it through regular management and logistics. The result, by the end of the seventeenth century, was the most powerful, professional, and advanced military in Europe.”
Source: On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
“At the height of their love affair, they had bought this house, a quaint little home with a patch of a garden, the gnarled bougainvillea tree blooming furiously, the only adornment there and the dual parking.”
Source: Generously Yours
“At the high rate man-made satellites are being launched, I suspect there will be little biological life alive on Earth within a century.”
“At the higher stage of communism, when the productive forces will be greatly developed and the principle "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" will be practised, personal interests will be acknowledged still more and more personal needs will be satisfied.”
“At the highest level in the NFL, the pass game is as complex as you can imagine.”
“At the highest level of awareness, the greatest gift given and received when you give someone flowers, is the joy of living a life based on love.”
“At the highest level of consciousness, you no longer see yourself as separate, you become one with all things, for that is the truth of the Universe.”
Source: The One Idea That Saves The World: A Message of Hope in a Time of Crisis
“At the highest level the first two yards are in your head.”
“At the highest levels of the medical cartel, vaccines are a top priority because they cause a weakening of the immune system. I know that may be hard to accept, but its true. The medical cartel, at the highest level, is not out to help people, it is out to harm them, to weaken them. To kill them. At one point in my career, I had a long conversation with a man who occupied a high government position in an African nation. He told me that he was well aware of this. He told me that WHO is a front for these depopulation interests”
“At the highest peak of success, you will meet some of those who are filled with envy. They may try to pull you down, but you must choose to hang in there so they can never get to celebrate your downfall.”
Source: The Kind of Substance You Need For Your Success
“At the highest proof, friendship is God, and God is friendship.”
Source: Who Is Your Friend?: The School Of Friendship
“At the highest stage of capitalism, the most necessary revolution appears as the most unlikely one.”
Source: Counterrevolution and Revolt
“At the hospital, an unfamiliar doctor told them that Vivi hadn't made it. She didn't make it was too gentle a phrase because it sounded like Vivi hadn't made it this time but could maybe try again.”
Source: Golden Girl
“At the hospital, my mother wept and wailed. She'd lost her mother. When anybody, no matter how old they are, loses a parent, I think it hurts the same as if you were only five years old, you know? I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.”
Source: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
“At the hour of death when we all come face to face with God we are going to be judged on love: how much we have loved, not how much we have done but how much love we have put in our action.”
“At the hour of midnight the Salerian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the Imperial city, which had subdued and civilised so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.”
“At The Huffington Post, we thought of the front page as a one-stop shop for everything you'd need in news.”
“At The Humane Society of the United States, we know how difficult it is to prevent cruelty to animals in movies because so many of the animal welfare problems occur behind the scenes in training, housing, and transportation, long before the animals get on the set.”
“At the immortal touch of thy hands my little heart loses its limits in joy and gives birth to utterance ineffable.”
Source: Poems
“At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States”
“At the incredible pace most of us live, the arrested image becomes of maximum necessity.”
“At the individual level Swaraj is vitally connected with the capacity for dispassionate self-assessment , ceaseless self purification and growing self-reliance.... It is Swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves”
“At the individual level, if we can identify the psychological mechanisms linking adverse environments to psychosis (and there has been a lot of progress with this despite minimal funding) we should be able to devise more effective interventions for those who are already ill.”
“At the individual level, you need to examine what you truly value, share this with key stakeholders in various life domains both to get feedback and support, and then to experiment with new ways of doing things so that - over the arc of a life - you can achieve harmony and have more of what it is that you uniquely want out of life.”
“At the interface of the say-able and the unsay-able is the novel, the new, the never before seen, said or done. And that's what I think it's important to try and bring out, ideas. Because I think we are the animals that bring back ideas.”
“At the international level, one has to keep working hard and develop new skills. International cricket is all about improving yourself.”
“At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose”
“At the Isle of Wight, the sound went out and kind of kept on going. And I wasn't... when I came off stage I was kind of unhappy about how we had played. But now, I listen back to those recordings and it's not bad.”
“At the job interview your qualification and degrees matter but on the job your abilities, effectiveness, and efficiency matter. On the basis of qualification on the paper one can get a job but not necessarily a person on the paper is the same person in action be, for a paper is written with a pen but a person with knowledge, experience, and wisdom. An employer sees what you can deliver not just what you carry on paper with you.”
Source: US Staffing Industry 2020
“At the judgment, in response to our questions, the Lord will show us his wounds, and we will understand. In the meantime, however, he simply expects us to stand by him and to believe what these wounds tell us, even though we cannot work right through the logic of this world.”
“At the KFC there's, lot of black people there innit *laughs*”
“At the last census it indicated that about 22 per cent of Australians were born overseas.”
“At the last dim horizon, we search among ghostly errors of observations for landmarks that are scarcely more substantial. The search will continue. The urge is older than history. It is not satisfied and it will not be oppressed.”