A Quotes
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“A linear projection into the future of any science or technology is like a form of propaganda &emdash; often persuasive, almost always wrong.”
“A linguagem acha-se toda ensopada de mentiras.”
Source: Relatório sobre os Homens
“A linguagem é a morada do ser. Na habitação da linguagem mora o homem. Os pensadores e os poetas são os guardiões dessa morada. Sua vigília consiste em levar a cabo a manifestação do ser, na medida em que, por seu dizer, a levam à linguagem e nela a custodiam. O pensar não se converte em ação pelo fato de provir dele algum efeito ou por ser utilizado. O pensar age na medida em que pensa. Essa ação é provavelmente a mais simples e ao mesmo tempo a mais elevada, pois diz respeito à relação entre o ser e homem. Toda atuação, porém, repousa no ser e se dirige ao ente.”
“A linguist deaf to the poetic functions of language and a literary scholar indifferent to linguistics are equally flagrant anachronisms.”
Source: Language in Literature
“A linguist who specialised in the languages of incense and burnt offerings, of moths and radial cremations.”
Source: And the Burned Moths Remain
“A linguist would be shocked to learn that if a set is not closed this does not mean that it is open, or again that "E is dense in E" does not mean the same thing as "E is dense in itself".”
Source: A mathematicians's miscellany
“A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas...”
“A linha entre um humorista e um abutre é muito ténue. E, muitas vezes, os humoristas estão-se a cagar e não vêem essa linha. Eu não gosto de ser abutre, mas muitas vezes há uma situação de actualidade, e é sete cães a um osso. – Salvador Martinha”
Source: Com o Humor não se Brinca
“A link: one who could speak aloud the perceptions of the subconscious. To "speak" that tongue it to act. To do a new thing. To change or to be changed, radically, from the root. For the root is the dream.”
Source: The Word for World is Forest
“A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing.”
“A lion can't stay in a cage. A lion has to be on the pitch.”
“A lion cannot surrender to a dog.”
Source: The Strength of the Few
“A lion chased me up a tree, and I greatly enjoyed the view from the top.”
“A lion does not become king of the jungle hunting mice.”
“A lion does not earn its crown quarreling with sheep.”
“A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“A lion does not flinch at laughter coming from a hyena. A gorilla does not budge from a banana thrown at it by a monkey. A nightingale does not stop singing its beautiful song at the intrusion of an annoying woodpecker.”
Source: Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“A lion does not seek the approval of sheep, nor does the storm beg the earth for permission to rage. Why, then, do you?”
Source: If Nietzsche Wrote Meditations: Think Fight Club Vibes for The Self-Improvement Fanatic.
“A lion doesn't concern itself with the opinion of sheep.”
“A lion is born knowing how to hunt, but has to learn how to hunt well.”
“A lion is called a 'king of beasts' obviously for a reason.”
“A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested.”
“A lion is not a lion is not a lion. As individuals, as mates, as members of a society, they're all very different.”
“A lion is not afraid of walking alone, even if the whole jungle is pursuing it.”
“A Lion may be injured but it will still never learn to hunt from a sheep!”
Source: Veni Vidi Vici: How to win and achieve all that you want from life!
“A lion may die of an ass's kick.”
“A lion never loses sleep over a sheep’s sentiments.
A fox never loses sleep over a rabbit’s sentiments.
A bird never loses sleep over a worm’s sentiments.
A cat never loses sleep over a mouse’s sentiments.
A monkey never loses sleep over a fruit’s sentiments.
A crocodile never loses sleep over a fish’s sentiments.
A chameleon never loses sleep over an insect’s sentiments.
A hyena never loses sleep over a corpse’s sentiments.
A serpent never loses sleep over a mouse’s sentiments.
A dog never loses sleep over a rodent’s sentiments.
A dog’s appetite is served by its boldness.
A serpent’s appetite is served by its craftiness.
A hyena’s appetite is served by its covetousness.
A chameleon’s appetite is served by its deceptiveness.
A crocodile’s appetite is served by its fierceness.
A monkey’s appetite is served by its skillfulness.
A cat’s appetite is served by its inquisitiveness.
A bird’s appetite is served by its swiftness.
A fox’s appetite is served by its wittiness.
A lion’s appetite is served by its fearlessness.”
“A lion never roars after a kill.”
Source: The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching
“A lion rending a unicorn, I’ll bet. Sounds like Dalt’s.”
Source: Blood of Amber: Book 7 in The Chronicles of Amber
“A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry.”
“A Lion that hunts for survival in the jungle does not envy the one being fed in a zoo”
“A lion will never be afraid of sheep, no matter how many outnumber it.”
“A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.”
Source: Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist
“A lioness has got a lot more power than the lion likes to think she has.”
“A lioness. She mates with her lion and he thinks the moment is about him when it is really about her, her children, her posterity. Her tricki s to make him think that he is king of the bush, but what he does a king matter? Really, she is king and queen and everything in between.”
Source: Homegoing
“A liquidity crisis is ended by government actions and by government actions only. When you see that governments are providing liquidity support or have started talking about it, it is the time to start buying.”
“A LISP programmer knows the value of everything, but the cost of nothing.”
“A list is only as strong as its weakest link.”
“A list of authors who have made themselves most beloved and therefore, most comfortable financially, shows that it is our national joy to mistake for the first-rate, the fecund rate.”
Source: Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words
“A list of things you might not hear: eylash opening on the pillow, the appearance of a star, a leaf leaving a tree, a hand in your hair, a lie being withheld, a tear's journey from eye to shoe, air becoming blue, longing.”
Source: How to make a bird
“A list of true wealth assets would likely include family, friends, education, talents, experience, connection to community, self-esteem, the ability to help others, and good health. All of these wealth assets contribute to an overall personal sense of well-being. It also includes the ability to earn more money and to be at peace with you inner self.”
Source: Average to Abundant: How Ordinary People Build Sustainable Wealth and Enjoy the Process
“A list of your own making is the most powerful list of all... The good stuff can be 'love at first sight' - in need of study, courting and claiming. And like a love note, it's nice to have things in writing.”
“A listening ear can be more powerful than a hundred solutions. Sometimes, all we need is to feel heard. Sometimes, the best way to help someone isn't by fixing their problems. Not every problem needs a solution. It's not about offering solutions, it's about offering a safe space. The most comforting thing we can offer is not always a solution, but the validation that their feelings are real and worth acknowledging. You don't have to have all the answers.”
“A listening heart, a compassionate gesture, and a touch of kindness can care and cure many wounds that medicine cannot reach.”
“A lit candle glows
Illuminating the space in which it stands
Jesus is the Light
Shining on the inside
Radiating on the outside
A light that never goes dim
Is that Light that comes from within”
“A Litany for Survival
For those of us who live at the shoreline
standing upon the constant edges of decision
crucial and alone
for those of us who cannot indulge
the passing dreams of choice
who love in doorways coming and going
in the hours between dawns
looking inward and outward
at once before and after
seeking a now that can breed
futures
like bread in our children's mouths
so their dreams will not reflect
the death of ours:
For those of us
who were imprinted with fear
like a faint line in the center of our foreheads
learning to be afraid with our mother's milk
for by this weapon
this illusion of some safety to be found
the heavy-footed hoped to silence us
For all of us
this instant and this triumph
We were never meant to survive.
And when the sun rises we are afraid
it might not remain
when the sun sets we are afraid
it might not rise in the morning
when our stomachs are full we are afraid
of indigestion
when our stomachs are empty we are afraid
we may never eat again
when we are loved we are afraid
love will vanish
when we are alone we are afraid
love will never return
and when we speak we are afraid
our words will not be heard
nor welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid
So it is better to speak
remembering
we were never meant to survive.”
Source: The Black Unicorn: Poems
“A literal interpretation of the Gita lands one in a sea of contradictions.”
Source: Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi
“A literally perfect style should conceal itself so completely behind what it expresses that it goes unnoticed.”
“A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.”
“A literary achievement of the highest order.”