A Quotes
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“A single zealot may commence prosecutor, and better men be his victims.”
“A single, one-dimensional way of thinking has created a monoculture of the mind. And the monoculture of the mind has become a self-fulfilling prophecy. This is the root of why we have pitted equity against ecology and sustainability against justice.”
“A single, ordinary person still can make a difference - and single, ordinary people are doing precisely that every day.”
“A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats. In a ten-foot dinghy one can get an idea of the resources of the sea in the line of waves that is not probable to the average experience, which is never at sea in a dinghy.”
Source: The Open Boat and Other Stories
“A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats.”
Source: Open Boat
“A singular fact about modern war is that it takes charge. Once begun it has to be carried to its conclusion, and carrying it there sets in motion events that may be beyond men's control. Doing what has to be done to win, men perform acts that alter the very soil in which society's roots are nourished.”
Source: The Civil War
“A singular fact, that, when man is a brute, he is the most sensual and loathsome of all brutes.”
Source: Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Letters, Diaries, Reminiscences and Extensive Biographies: Autobiographical Writings of the Renowned American Novelist, Author of
“A singular statement of commitment of Yahweh towards Egypt appears in the book of Isaiah: 'The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing; they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their supplicants and heal them' (Isa. 19.22). A similar promise concerning Yahweh's redemption of Egypt is also found in the book of Ezekiel [29.13-14].
Moreover, Egyptians are considered as being circumcised (Jer. 9.24), a detail generally mentioned in order to distinguish the people belonging to the Alliance of Yahweh from others. This is mentioned especially concerning the king of Egypt (Ezek. 31.18).
(p. 402)
(from 'Yahweh, the Canaanite God of Metallurgy?', JSOT 33.4 (2009): 387-404)”
“A Singularitarian is someone who understands the Singularity and has reflected on its meaning for his or her own life.”
Source: The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology
“A singularity is a place where the rules are broken. A miracle is a singularity.”
“A sink full of dirty dishes can make life feel heavier than it is. So wash them. Then turn inward. Clear your mind of clutter, rinse away the weight of negativity, and let stillness shine through.”
“A sinner can no more repent and believe without the Holy Spirit's aid than he can create a world.”
Source: Spurgeon at His Best: Over 2200 Striking Quotations from the World's Most Exhaustive and Widely-read Sermon Series
“A sinner is not justified before God (coram Deo) apart from the righteousness of Christ apprehended by faith.”
“A sinner needs a Saviour. Just like a lost sheep needs a shepherd.”
“A sinning man stops praying; a praying man stops sinning.”
“A sip is the most than mortals are permitted from any goblet of delight.”
“A sip of cold syrup from
Ice cream between my lips
My tongue is the colour of
Pinks and artificial purples”
Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection
“A sip of wine, a cigarette, And then it’s time to go. I tidied up the kitchenette; I tuned the old banjo. I’m wanted at the traffic-jam. They’re saving me a seat.”
“A sister came to meet me the other day all the way from France, and the first thing she said was, "how can you even bear to live like this - working ceaselessly, with no one by your side to share your agony!" I looked up to her face with a gentle smile and said, "that's the price I chose to pay, my dearest, when I took up the responsibility to unify humanity." I am the thread that ties you all together - that's the purpose behind my existence, just like the sun's purpose is to give light and warmth. I exist to serve and I'll die serving. Fortunate are those who get destroyed in the service of others, for the highest use of life is to live for others.”
Source: Lives to Serve Before I Sleep
“A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves - a special kind of double.”
“A sister dovetails into a sister. Under steady state conditions, a sister can’t pinpoint the endpoint between her brain and her sister’s: a flow of speech runs in a loop.”
Source: The Sissy Goes for a Swim
“A sister is a dearest friend, a closest enemy, and an angel at the time of need.”
“A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite.”
“A sister is not a friend. Who can explain the urge to take a relationship as primal and complex as a sibling and reduce it to something as replaceable, as banal as a friend? Yet this status is used again and again to connote the highest intimacy. True sisterhood is not the same as friendship. You don't choose each other and there is no furtive period of getting to know each other. You are a part of each other, right from the start. Look at an umbilical cord—tough, sinuous, unlovely, yet essential—and compare it to a friendship bracelet of brightly woven thread. That is the difference between a sister and a friend.”
Source: Blue Sisters
“A sister is the cure for swollen heads and ego trips. One may a star, a Chief Executive-famous and rich and beautiful. But one's sister has the family photo album. And a long, long memory. And a tendency to wink at one on Top Occasions.”
“A sister’s hug can mend what revolutions cannot.”
Source: Vice and Virtue
“A sister they had, Galadriel, most beautiful of all the house of Finwë; her hair was lit with gold as though it had caught in a mesh the radiance of Laurelin.”
Source: The Silmarillion
“A sitcom is the closest thing for me to doing stage because you work in front of an audience, and if it's well written it can be very satisfying.”
“A sitcom, you rehearse for four days of the week and then you shoot it all in one night in front of a studio audience. It's like a play every week, you just shoot it over a seven or eight-day period with a single camera. I enjoy this format of show much more. I'm a feature guy. I like making movies. So the four camera thing I didn't love it that much. I found myself slightly out of my element.”
“A sitcom. I hate that word.”
“A situation approaching global ruin has existed only in the 20th century. All the more reason, then, to believe that soon Jehovah will take action to protect his property, his creation.”
“A situation comes up, and either you do this or that, or maybe a third alternative comes up. But you simply do not choose. You never really choose anything. It's all presented to you, and then you have alternatives.”
Source: Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
“A situation in a public office is secure, but laborious and mechanical, and without the great springs of life, hope and fear.”
Source: The Letters of William Hazlitt
“A situation in itself is not powerful; We bestow it with power by thinking overtime about it and discussing about it.”
Source: Cancer to Cure
“A situation like Weihsien is fertile soil for producing people of exceptional character. In our eyes, for instance, our teachers were heroes in the way they absorbed the hardships and fears themselves and tried to make life as normal as possible for us.”
Source: A Boy's War
“A situation where a solution to a stakeholder problem is imposed by a government agency or the courts must be seen as a managerial failure.”
Source: Managing for Stakeholders: Survival, Reputation, and Success
“A situation where people can grow old without having a job that rewards them individually while adding to the collective well-being is morally unacceptable.”
Source: Adventures of an Economist
“A ‘situationship’ is not a relationship. Excuses about limitations and obstacles are just a lack of courage and commitment. Those who truly want to be together, find a way to make it happen.”
“A six-foot-tall man—likely in his mid-twenties—appeared, effortlessly striking in a black shirt with the top two buttons undone, revealing a slim gold chain resting against the curve of his neck. His Adam’s apple moved with quiet confidence. He wore loose beige trousers held in place by a simple black belt, the look casual yet deliberate. A sleek watch clung to his left wrist, and the sleeves of his shirt were neatly rolled up to his elbows, exposing forearms toned just enough to notice. His hair dense, black, and brushed back, though a few rebellious strands had fallen onto his fore-head, softening the sharpness of his features. His lips—unexpectedly light pink—stood out against his warm wheat-brown complexion. Draped casu-ally over one shoulder was a bag that didn’t quite match the rest of him—delicate, almost feminine. It looked like something that belonged to his mother. He didn’t seem to care; he carried it like it was the most natural thing in the world.
“What are you doing here?” he asked to Mohini, looking at Nia with sur-prise. He ran a hand through his hair, his gaze steady.
“Your mom got hit by a suitcase, her knees are bleeding. Can you please ask her to do first aid quickly before it gets worse?” Nia stood up, her words tumbling out fast, her brow slightly furrowed.
“What? You got hurt? How? Show me,” he said, sitting down beside his mother’s knees, his hand gently lifting the fabric to reveal dried blood on her clothes.
“It must be a small scratch. It bled, but it’s stopped now—and see, the blood has hardened,” Mohini said in a casual tone, waving her hand as if to brush away the concern.
“I know it’s not hurting you, but sometimes a small wound changes into something bigger if we don’t look after it at the right time. See, it’s almost time to board—please go to the restroom and wash it out at least. The amount of blood is not that small,” Nia said, standing again as she spoke, bending to grab her bag and finally managing to lift it onto her shoulder.
“Well… thank you for taking care of my mom,” the man said, looking at Nia with deliberate attention, his eyes steady on hers.
“He is my son—Dev,” Mohini introduced, her voice carrying quiet pride.
“Nice to meet you,” Nia said, stepping sideways to leave the table space, her body angled toward the exit.
“It was nice meeting you too, Ma’am. I have to go. Bye,” Nia smiled, giv-ing a small nod before turning away and walking off.”
Source: Violets: Where Love Blooms Quietly
“A six mile meteorite cannot compare with a culinary cataclysm of this magnitude.”
“A six year old can probably do more on their iPad than you can do and access more. My daughter's swiping away windows and doing all these things that I don't know how to do.”
“A sixth basic fact about nonviolent resistance is that it is based on the conviction that the universe is on the side of justice. Consequently, the believer in nonviolence has deep faith in the future.”
Source: Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story
“A sixth sense cannot make up for a total lack of common sense.”
Source: Fruits Basket, Vol. 3
“A sixty - eight, he wants you to go down on him but he won't return the favor. It would be sixty-nine but he owes you one.”
“A skater goes through a lot of different feelings during a competition. Staying calm is the key point. You feel a little anxious, a little nervous, a little unsettled. That's when you've got to trust your feelings, trust your abilities. Believe in what you have worked for so long to achieve. Have faith in yourself.”
“A skeleton of forgotten origin undresses at our front door”
Source: Prosopography In Blue
“A skeptic as to all ideas, including especially my own, I have never suffered a pang when the ideas of some other imbecile prevailed.”
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.”
“A skeptic is one who is willing to question any truth claim, asking for clarity in definition, consistency in logic, and adequacy of evidence.”
“A skeptic, I would ask for consistency first of all.”
Source: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath