A Quotes
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“A modest critique of an age in which an actor is the President, in which fashion models are asked for their opinions, in which getting into a nightclub is seen as a significant human achievement.”
“A modest demeanor arouses thoughts of seduction.”
“A modest dose of self-love is entirely healthy - who would want to live in a world where everyone hated themselves? But taken too far it soon becomes poisonous.”
“A modest dress is a very good thing, if it be the genuine indication of a humble heart, and is to instruct; but it is a bad thing if it be the hypocritical disguise of a proud ambitious heart, and is to deceive. Let men be really as good as they seem to be, but not seem to be better than really they are.”
Source: Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible: Volume IV-IV - Joel to Malachi
“A modest little person, with much to be modest about.”
“A modest man is steady, an humble man timid, and a vain one presumptuous.”
Source: A vindication of the rights of woman: with strictures on political and moral subjects
“A modest man never talks of himself.”
“A modest person seldom fails to gain the goodwill of those he converses with, because nobody envies a man who does not appear to be pleased with himself.”
Source: The Guardian: With a Biographical, Historical, and Critical Preface by the Rev. Rob. Lynam
“A modest rate-of-return can accumulate a fortune over time. You don’t need to beat the market, do over-leveraging, or pick the best stock to be rich. You just need to earn a decent rate-of-return and let your money compound overtime.”
“A modest ring at the bell at length allayed her fears, and Miss Benton, hurrying into her own room and shutting herself up, in order that she might preserve that appearance of being taken by surprise which is so essential to the polite reception of visitors, awaited their coming with a smiling countenance.”
Source: THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK, AND SKETCHES BY
“A modest woman has good children.”
“A modest woman, dressed out in all her finery, is the most tremendous object of the whole creation.”
Source: She Stoops to Conquer
“A modest, godly woman will dress modestly. . . The one who is simple and unpretending in her dress and in her manners shows that she understands that a true woman is characterized by moral worth.”
Source: Ellen G. White Review and Herald Articles - Book IV of IV
“A modicum of discord is the very spice of courtship.”
“A modo de ejemplo, Katz explica la deriva de una frase como «John agredió a Mary», que se convierte en «Mary ha sido agredida por John» y luego en «Mary ha sido agredida» para acabar en «Mary es una mujer maltratada». John ha desaparecido por completo del relato. Katz sostiene que, a partir de ese momento, «nos centramos exclusivamente en Mary –¿por qué vivía con John, por qué no lo abandonó, etcétera, etcétera?–, cuando a nadie se le escapa que la gran pregunta es POR QUÉ pegó JOHN a Mary». Eso no significa, claro está, que debamos olvidarnos de las víctimas, pero si no nos centramos en comprender por qué hay tantos hombres que pegan, violan y matan a las mujeres, nunca llegaremos a desentrañar las causas de la violencia machista.”
Source: A Book for Her
“A molcajete is a stone mortar and pestle from Mexico. They're great for grinding spices and making salsa and guacamole because they give everything a nice coarse and rustic feel. I've never collected anything, but I think I might start collecting these because each one is decorated differently.”
“A molecular gastronomist is really just someone who explores the world of science and food.”
“A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 AM and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 PM to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch.”
“A molti non piaceranno i miei libri, ma io per questo non serbo loro rancore e anzi voglio comunque confermargli che a me invece piace molto la loro imbecillità.”
Source: Aforismi contro il potere e la stupidità
“A mom and dad found an S&M magazine under their 10-year-old son's bed, and the dad said, 'Well, we sure can't spank him.'”
“A mom empowered is a world empowered.”
Source: High Voltage Habib: Gospel of Undoctrination
“A mom forgives us all our faults, not to mention one or two we don't even have.”
“A mom has to be ready for anything.”
“A mom isn't an individual to lean on, but a person to generate leaning needless.”
“A mom reads you like a book, and wherever she goes, people read you like a glowing book review.”
“A moment after the fairy's entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in.”
Source: Peter Pan: Top 100 Classic Novels
“A moment ago, and how close she had been to him, of what
importance in his life! And how aloof and remote from him she
had become now!
"It was bound to be so," he said, not looking at her.”
Source: ANNA KARENINA
“A moment ago you were a smart, independent individual and now you claim to be a silly, ignorant pawn. You cannot be both. Make up your mind.”
Source: A Pause in the Perpetual Rotation
“A moment can change the way you view the world, and the way you view the world will give you more moments.”
“A moment comes, and if you wish to look at yourself as human, you must take some kind of action. Otherwise, you can read the newspapers and congratulate yourself on your good fortune.”
Source: Dark Star
“A moment comes in war when the last line must be crossed. The line that separates what you hold dear from what total war demands. If he couldn't cross that line, the battle was over, and he was lost. His heart, the war. Her face, the battlefield. With a cry only he could hear, the hunter turned. And ran.”
Source: The 5th Wave
“A moment comes in war when the last lines must be crossed. The line that separates what you hold a from what total war demands. If he couldn't cross that line, the battle was over, and he was lost.”
Source: The 5th Wave
“A moment comes when "other" is no longer other.”
Source: One-Liners: A Mini-Manual for a Spiritual Life
“A moment. Did I mention it? Charles, perhaps finding that he was not much of a success with the lower middle classes, developed in middle life a habit of ennobling the friends who did the decent thing by him. One finds his record full of barons and comtes; the grain of salt is recommended.”
Source: Check to your king
“A moment had the power to either crush or illuminate.”
Source: A Thousand Beauties
“A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the political one who lives in Florida. The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call Kinsley over at The New Republic and see if they'll hire him as a contributing editor or something. That looks like easy work.”
“A moment in the presence of God can change many things in your life.”
Source: Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration
“A moment in the presence of God can change many things in your life. For his presence is an arena of miracles.”
Source: Daily Quotes about God: 365 Days of Heavenly Inspiration
“A moment in time. A memory for life.”
“A moment in time, I was dedicated. Time failed by my speed of light. The light failed by my warm heart of love.”
“A moment in time is so miraculous.”
“A moment is a concentrated eternity.”
Source: Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838
“A moment is a mighty thing
Beyond the soul's imagination;
For in it, though we trace it not,
How much there crowds of varied lot
How much of life, life cannot see,
Darts onward to eternity!”
“A moment is a river in flow. Mindfulness is the river becoming an ocean, losing its identity.”
“A moment is all you can expect from perfection.”
“A moment later Jonathan's body wavered in the air, shimmering, and began to go transparent. "Don't let them spread silly rumors about me, or make me a god. O.K., Fletch? I'm a seagull. I like to fly, maybe...”
Source: Jonathan Livingston Seagull: The Complete Edition
“A moment later, Nesta was stomping through the front door, her face a remarkable shade of green. 'I need- a toilet.'
I met Rhys's stare as he prowled in behind her, hands in his pockets. What did you do?
His brows shot up.
...
Me? Rhys leaned against the bottom post of the banister. She complained that I was flying deliberately slow. So I went fast.
...
Cassian gaped at Rhys, 'What did you do?'
'I asked him the same thing,' I said, crossing my arms. 'He said he "went fast".'
Nesta vomited again- then silence.
Cassian sighed at the ceiling. 'She'll never fly again.”
Source: A Court of Wings and Ruin
“A moment later the music began, and Kate shrank beneath the onslaught of its message: the fury of hope and joy that towered in the notes, outburning the sunlight and outpouring the volumes of the sea. All that was bold and noble and happy in created sound burst from the metempirical quills, and it was a blasphemy not to rejoice.
Christian died in its midst, purposeful and successful; the last struggle unseen by anyone but Kate, and laying no bridle on the living.”
Source: The Game of Kings
“A moment later, Vesta became aware that her life was passing her by in that busy city, where no man could capture her heart… What if she married someone, who wasn’t mentally prepared to keep his Zoroastrian identity intact? Or what if her future husband was forced to convert to Islam? What if he tried to force her to convert as well? What if he suddenly decided to become an extremist and called for Sharia Laws in Kurdland? She shivered at the thought.”
Source: The Viking's Kurdish Love: A True Story of Zoroastrians' Fight for Survival
“A moment later, he plopped down on the sand beside her, and when they accidentally touched, Gabby had the briefest flash of them sitting together just like this on a hundred different weekends in the future.”