A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“A me, il mare ha invaso l’infanzia come invade le spiagge della riviera francese, nelle notti di luna. Sono venuto su con questo spettacolo negli occhi. Allaga ancora adesso ogni ricordo e lo riduce a una finestra spalancata. Lo spazio deserto, il limite che non si può misurare. Il mare ti insegna a fissare il vuoto.”
Source: La lettrice scomparsa
“A me interessavano di più le storie della chimica solitaria, inerme e appiedata, a misura d'uomo, che con poche eccezioni è stata la mia: ma è stata anche la chimica dei fondatori, che non lavoravano in équipe ma soli, in mezzo all'indifferenza del loro tempo, per lo più senza guadagno, e affrontavano la materia senza aiuti, col cervello e con le mani, con la ragione e la fantasia.”
Source: The periodic table
“A me piacciono solo due tipi di uomini: gli stranieri e quelli del mio Paese.”
“A me piace veder correre pieno di fuoco ciò che era stato quieto per anni e anni.”
Source: La casa de Bernarda Alba
“A meal can be an erotic experience in itself.”
Source: The Joy of Sex
“A meal can be thought of as a ritual and a work of art, with limits laid down, desires aroused and fulfilled, enticements, variety, patterning and plot. As in a work of art, not only the overall form, but also the details matter intensely.”
Source: The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners
“A meal of bread, cheese and beer constitutes the perfect food.”
“A meal was no more than a fragile defense against the inevitability of the next meal. Food itself could never answer the question of food; it only delayed the moment when the question would have to be asked in earnest.”
Source: The New York Trilogy
“A meal without mushrooms is like a day without rain.”
Source: A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings
“A meal without wine is like a day without sun”
“A meal, however simple, is a moment of intersection. It is at once the most basic, the most fundamental, of our life's activities, maintaining the life of our bodies; shared with others it can be an occasion of joy and communion, uniting people deeply.”
“A meaningful apology is one that communicates three R's: regret, responsibility, and remedy.”
Source: The Power of Apology: Healing Steps to Transform All Your Relationships
“A meaningful life is a life lived for others - a religious life, is a life lived for others - a human life, is a life lived for others.”
Source: When Humans Unite: Making A World Without Borders
“A meaningful life is built from the questions we refuse to stop asking.”
Source: The Virtuous Life: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Living
“A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.”
“A meaningful life is not a popularity contest. Do what in your heart you believe to be the right thing, and you may or may not get immediate approval from the world. Do it anyway.”
“A meaningful relationship between two people cannot sustain itself only in the present tense.”
Source: Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
“A MEANINGFUL SILENCE IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN MEANINGLESS WORDS.”
“A meaningful silence is worth more than a meaningless talk. If you have nothing significant to say, give yourself a ‘significant’ shut up.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth.”
“A meaningless statement remains meaningless no matter how often it's heard.”
“A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.”
Source: Their Morals and Ours: The Marxist View of Morality
“A measure of victory has been won, and honors have been bestowed in token thereof. But honours fade or are forgotten, and monuments crumble into dust. It is the battle itself that matters - and the battle must go on.”
“A measuring jug is also vital when cooking rice, as this is always measured by volume rather than by weight”
“A measuring look crossed Javade’s eyes as he said nothing, letting the silence thicken deliberately, drawing out the awkward feeling of something not quite right, like the moment before a coiled snake strikes.
It was the kind of silence that made ancient beings feel watched by something older and more deadly than judgement.
‘I don’t like you.’ He said finally.”
Source: Make-Believe
“A meat grinder, ladies and gentlemen. With attachments. The grinder hasn't changed. Only the attachments have changed. There was no freedom back then, nor is there now.”
Source: The Slynx
“A meat temperature gauge is a priceless tool. You can get a very inexpensive one at most hardware or sporting goods stores, which will easily help you determine the temperature of your meat so it is not over or undercooked. Pork is normally done at about 160, internal temperature. Steaks are cooked medium rare from 145 to 150. 165, medium. Well done is about 175, internal temperature.”
“A mechanic is just an engineer in blue jeans.”
Source: Robopocalypse
“A mechanical encounter or other energy-exchange may cause tissue damage.”
“A mechanism of some kind stands between us and almost every act of our lives.”
Source: The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian’s Stand in Time of Transition
“A mechanism that cannot dream—whether wrought of gears or circuits, whether named clockwork or artificial intelligence—is but the husk of thought, a shadow without breath.”
— from my upcoming book, on reason, imagination, and the living soul of intelligence”
“A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.”
Source: War Speeches: From September 11, 1943 to August 16, 1945
“A media system wants ostensible diversity that conceals an actual uniformity”
“A mediator is an impartial outsider who tries to aid the negotiators in their quest to find a compromise agreement.”
Source: The Art and Science of Negotiation
“A medical man likes to make psychological observations, and sometimes in the pursuit of such studies is too easily tempted into momentous prophecy which life and death easily set at nought.”
Source: Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life
“A medical profession founded on callousness to the pain of the other animals may eventually destroy its own sensibility to the pain of humans.”
“A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.”
“A medicine cat has no time for doubt. Put your energy into today and stop worrying about the past.”
“A medicine that cures death would be the most popular thing in the world. Since that's not available, religions and sects that promise a heaven after death are the most popular.”
“A medida que avanza nuestro conocimiento del mundo físico, disminuye nuestra necesidad de que la religión nos lo explique.”
Source: Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
“A medida que crece nuestra conciencia, a medida que vamos comprendiendo mejor la vida van dejando de importarnos tanto las diferencias exteriores entre unos y otros, vamos siendo cada vez más capaces de ver lo interior, lo que nos une, y así vamos poco a poco aprendiendo el hermoso arte de abrir nuestros corazones”
Source: Ami 3: Civilizaciones Internas
“A medida que crecemos, entendemos mejor los caminos interiores de nuestra infancia, que a veces se convierten en extraños viajes. Conseguimos analizarlos, definir las causas, los motivos o los destinos finales. Sobre todo, en los recuerdos, logramos separar la parte de verdad de la irreal.”
Source: Fish Change Direction in Cold Weather
“A medida que el mundo se moldeaba para que se ajustara a las necesidades de Homo Sapiens, se destruyeron hábitats y se extinguieron especies.”
Source: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
“A medida que envejezcas no caigas en la vulgaridad de quererte ver más joven, tú solo trata de verte más feliz que es más práctico.”
“A medida que las burocracias acumulan poder, se hacen inmunes a sus propios errores”
“A medida que los países se vuelven más inteligentes, se alejan de Dios.”
Source: Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
“A medida que nuestro poder tecnológico se expande, el peligro que planteamos aumenta, y las consecuencias de nuestra estupidez voluntaria se multiplican.”
Source: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
“A mediocre failure is as insufferable as a mediocre success. Embrace failure! Seek it out. Learn to love it. That may be the only way any of us will ever be free.”
“A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no one.”
Source: The Mary Kay Way: Timeless Principles from America's Greatest Woman Entrepreneur
“A mediocre man copying nature will never produce a work of art, because he really looks without seeing, and though he may have noted each detail minutely, the result will be flat and without character... the artist on the contrary, sees; that is to say, his eye, grafted on his heart, reads deeply into the bosom of nature.”