A Quotes
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“A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.”
“a jangada é um desrespeitamento flutuante que aconteceu no rio.”
Source: Há Prendisajens com o Xão
“A Jap's a Jap. There is no way to determine their loyalty... This coast is too vulnerable. No Jap should come back to this coast except on a permit from my office.”
“A Japanese proverb says fall seven times, stand up eight. We can also say this: Hate zero times, love infinitely!”
“A jar of wine so priceless did not deserve to die. and
Never think of leaving perfume or wines to your heir. Administer these youself and let him have the money.”
“A jargon form'd from the lost language, wit, Confounded in that Babel of the pit; Form'd by diseased conceptions, weak and wild, Sick lust of souls, and an abortive child; Born between whores and fops, by lewd compacts, Before the play, or else between the acts; Nor wonder, if from such polluted minds Should spring such short and transitory kinds.”
Source: The Works of of the Rev. Jonathan Swift
“A jay hasnt got any more principle than a Congressman. A jay will lie, a jay will steal, a jay will deceive, a jay will betray; and four times out of five, a jay will go back on his solemnest promise.”
Source: A Tramp Abroad
“A jazz beat is a dynamic changing rhythm.”
“A Jazz man should be saying what he feels: humor, sadness, joy... all the things that humans have.”
“A jazz musician can improvise based on his knowledge of music. He understands how things go together. For a chef, once you have that basis, that's when cuisine is truly exciting.”
“A jazz musician is a combination orator, dialectician, mathematician, athlete, entertainer, poet, singer, dancer, diplomat, educator, student, comedian, artist, seducer, public masturbator, and general all-round good fellow.”
“A jazz musician is not a jazz musician when he or she is eating dinner or when he or she is with his parents or spouse or neighbors. He's above all a human being . . . the true artform is being a human being.”
“A jealous fury drove Kraven’s fears from his mind. The thought of Selene rushing to her mangy lover’s arms infuriated him beyond reason. He shouted angrily to anyone within earshot: “I want that lycan’s head on a plate!”
Source: Underworld
“A jealous husband doesnt doubt his wife, but himself.”
“A jealous husband is an ugly thing.”
“A jealous lover lights his torch from the firebrand of the fiend.”
“A jealous lover of human liberty, and deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.”
Source: God and the State
“A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse the phrase of Voltaire, and say that, if God really existed, it would be necessary to abolish him.”
Source: God and the State
“A jealous man always finds more than he is looking for.”
“A jealous man is very quick in his application: he knows how to find a double edge in an invective, and to draw a satire on himself out of a panegyrick on another.”
Source: The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected and Digested Under Alphabetical Heads
“A jealous man only sees his own spectrum when he looks upon other men, and gives his character in theirs.”
Source: A Collection of the Works of William Penn: To which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, with Many Original Letters and Papers Not Before Published
“A jealous person is doubly unhappy-over what he has, which is judged inferior, and over which he has not, which is judged superior. Such a person is doubly removed from knowing the true blessing of creation.”
“A jealous person is never at peace with themselves.”
“A jealous person remains unhappy, even after getting everything.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“A jealous wife is like a hornets' nest in your mattress”
Source: A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time'
“A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.”
“A jednak, choć kochałem swoją dyscyplinę, wzbraniałem się przed obraniem drogi, którą dostrzegali przede mną inni... Była rzeczywiście moja, czy stanowiła tylko logiczne następstwo ukończonych studiów? Chodziło o moje życie, czy czyjeś inne? Odnajdywał się w tym dorosły, nie dziecko. Od najmłodszych lat wykazywałem zainteresowania twórcze, kolekcjonując kukiełki, gryzmoląc komiksy, komponując utwory na fortepian, pisząc opowiadania, podkradając ojcu kamerę albo aparat fotograficzny, czy redagując, a następnie wystawiając komedie w liceum. Otóż studia, choć bardzo mnie uformowały, również mnie zdeformowały. Dużo się nauczyłem. Bardzo dużo. Ale nic poza tym. Wyćwiczono moją pamięć, poszerzono wiedzę, wyrobiono u mnie zdolność do analizy i syntez. Zostawiono natomiast odłogiem fantazję, zapał, wyobraźnię, inwencję, spontaniczność. Od roku miałem wrażenie, że się duszę.”
Source: La Nuit de feu
“A jellyfish is little more than a pulsating bell, a tassel of trailing tentacles and a single digestive opening through which it both eats and excretes - as regrettable an example of economy of design as ever was.”
“A jerk on a motorcycle is equal to a leaf, because I find it beautiful when these things fall.”
“A jest often decides matters of importance more effectively and happily than seriousness.”
“A jest's prosperity lies in the ear”
“A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.”
“A jester unemployed is nobodys fool.”
“A jester, a bad character.”
“A Jesuit once wrote a note to Father Arrupe, his superior general, asking him about the relative value of communism, socialism and capitalism. Father Arrupe gave him a lovely reply. He said, "A system is about as good or as bad as the people who use it." People with golden hearts would make capitalism or communism or socialism work beautifully.”
Source: Awareness: Conversations with the Masters
“A Jesuit retreat master once said, "Sooner or later the mind conforms to the truth." When it comes to human conduct and the condition of the planet, the sooner the better.”
“A Jesus had to be crucified because he was an alive man. He must have called in his childhood, "Jesus, don't be befooled by others." And he was not befooled, so others had to crucify him, because he was not part of the game. Socrates had to be poisoned and killed, Mansoor had to be murdered. These are people who have escaped from the prison, and whatsoever you say you cannot persuade them to come back. They will not come into the prison. They have known the freedom of the open sky.”
“A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears.”
Source: Sermons of Comfort and Assurance
“A jet plane cannot mow the lawn, but it can fly to distant destinations. Don't worry so much about what you can't do; just do what you can as only you can do it.”
“A Jew cannot be a true patriot. He is something different, like a bad insect. He must be kept apart, out of a place where he can do mischief - even by pogroms, if necessary. The Jews are responsible for Bolshevism in Russia, and Germany too. I was far too indulgent with them during my reign, and I bitterly regret the favors I showed the prominent Jewish bankers.”
“A Jew describes another Jew simply as a human being; a Gentile describes him, first and foremost, as a Jew.”
Source: Earth and High Heaven
“A Jew is anyone who says he is.”
“A Jew is for me an object of disgust. I feel like vomiting when I see one. Christ could not possibly have been a Jew. It is not necessary to prove that scientifically - it is a fact. I do not need to prove this with science or scholarship. It is so!”
“A Jew may say, Hebrew is the language of god. A Christian may say, Aramaic is the language of god. A Muslim will say, Arabic is the language of god. A Hindu will say, Sanskrit is the language of god. I only know that kindness is the language of a human.”
Source: Dervish Advaitam: Gospel of Sacred Feminines and Holy Fathers
“A Jew must be sensitive to the pain of all human beings. A Jew cannot remain indifferent to human suffering... The mission of the Jewish people has never been to make the world more Jewish, but to make it more human.”
“A Jew never laughs without looking at his wife for approval.”
“A Jew remains a Jew. Assimilalation is impossible, because a Jew cannot change his national character. Whatever he does, he is a Jew and remains a Jew. The majority has discovered this fact, but too late. Jews and Gentiles discover that there is no issue. Both believed there was an issue. There is none.”
“A Jew who converted, who simulated, was, at least in some periods, safe. Hitler in the beginning did not want to kill all the Jews but he wanted us to have a Germany free of Jews. If America had allowed Jews to come in, the British had accepted Jews from Palestine, they were safe.”
“A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an army or even a pistol, a Jew clearly without a home, just the object itself, like a glass or an apple.”
Source: Novels & other narratives, 1986-1991
“A jewelry box? Ballerinas? She'd been such an active girl that any jewelry she'd been given would have been lost or broken right away. It was Faye Marie who'd loved-
"My sister," she gasped, then louder. "My sister!" She clasped her hands together in a pleading gesture. "My lord, I beg pardon of you, but you're mistaken. I believe you gifted that treasure box to my older sister, Faye Marie. She's the one who loved ballerinas. I was obsessed with-"
"Pegasus." The old justice's eyes melted from cold to kindness. "It was a trick question. I'd forgotten your birthday was so close to mine, and shared my spice cake out of pure guilt." His lined face wrinkled as he smiled with a fond memory. "You were a kind little soul, unspoiled for a girl raised in such wealth. You forgave me instantly and informed me that spice cake was, indeed, your favorite present ever received.”
Source: The Highwayman