A Quotes
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“A stomach that is seldom empty despises common food.
[Lat., Jejunus raro stomachus vulgaria temnit.]”
“A stomach, used to being only half filled, becomes complacent; if it starts getting enough, it soon leads to a loud mouth.”
“A stomach without bread and a purse without gold have led to so many revolutions in history.”
“A stone can be used for building a house, blocking a road, or killing someone. The same is true for any idea.”
“A stone house is wonderful; it will be even more wonderful if you cover it with ivy; then add the sunset over them and it will be even more awesome! You can reach ultra-beauty by adding new beauties to a beauty!”
“A stone hut is not an ordinary house because it has the two most important things that an ordinary house does not have: Magic and tank-like sturdiness!”
“A stone is broken by the last stroke of hammer. That doesn't mean that the first stroke is useless. Success is the result of continuous efforts.”
“A stone is frozen music”
“A stone is heavy and the sand is weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.”
Source: DUNE
“A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.”
“A stone lies in a river; a piece of wood is jammed against it; dead leaves, drifting logs, and branches caked with mud collect; weeds settle there, and soon birds have made a nest and are feeding their young among the blossoming water plants. Then the river rises and the earth is washed away. The birds depart, the flowers wither, the branches are dislodged and drift downward; no trace is left of the floating island but a stone submerged by the water; - such is our personality.”
“A stone that looks satisfied with its position reflects the sense of ease the waller felt when placing it there.”
“a stone / which in its own archaic, simpleminded way / sees life as a chain of failed attempts.”
Source: View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
“A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.”
Source: More Information Than You Require
“A store in Houston is selling Donald Trump piñatas filled with candy. So finally something good is going to come out of Donald Trump.”
“A store is just a collection of content. The Steam store is this very safe, boring entertainment experience. Nobody says, 'I'm going to play the Steam store now.'”
“A store's best advertisement is the service its goods render, for upon such service rest the future, the good-will, of an organization.”
“A storm breaks trees. It only bends grass.”
Source: Cancer Ward: A Novel
“A storm-filled life replete with piercing and unearthly sounds ravages the soul of any thoughtful person. In contrast, the genteel wind of restoration moves silently, invisibly. Renewal is a spiritual process, the communal melody that sustains us. Inexpressible braids of tenderness whispering reciprocating chords of love for family, friends, humankind, and nature plaits interweaved layers of blissful atmosphere, which copious heart song brings spiritual rejuvenation. For when we love in a charitable and bountiful manner without reservation, liberated from petty jealously, and free of the toxic blot of discrimination, we become the ineluctable wind that vivifies the lives of other people. The mellifluous changes in heaven, earth, and our journey through the travails of time, while worshiping the trove of fathomless joys of life, constitute the seeds of universal poetry.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“A storm is an artist who passes by on her way to paint your rainbow.”
“A storm is coming and that storm is me!”
“A storm is coming; our storm. Emperor - we come for you!”
“A storm is never quiet because it is always calling out to the rainbow.”
“A storm makes a tree grow its roots deeper so it can keep standing”
Source: Park Avenue Player
“A storm of distrust, ambition, selfishness, and lovelessness invaded people's hearts, almost spiraling them into complete darkness. The dark matter of the universe prevailed over the light of the stars.”
Source: 2092 La era de la superinteligencia artificial: Primero nos observó. Luego nos entendió. Ahora decide por nosotros.
“A storm of fruity sweetness!
A concerto of seafood and herbs!
And a fragrant duet of thick lamb mousse and creamed root vegetables!
All three glasses present their own colorful tableau that unfolds across your tongue!
"Though each glass maintains a clear and unique flavor profile...
... from creamed raw sea urchin to smoked scallop mousse- the perfect accenting layer is always slipped into the perfect place.
It's like a gorgeous richly colored show of mousses is dancing in my mouth!”
Source: 食戟のソーマ 34 [Shokugeki no Souma 34]
“A storm tests the strength of roots, not the beauty of leaves.”
“A storm that loves to destroy is happy when it sees a house made of paper, it is sad when it sees a house made of stone! A person with an educated mind who has read different books is like a house made of stone; his steadfast standing grieves the storms. If paper houses take him as a role model, the storm won't wash them away either.”
“A storm was brewing. The wind has picked up and a mass of purple clouds was coming in from the West. It felt good to have my hair whipping around my head. I thought it might feel good to have hail beat down on me. Sometimes storms outside are the only relief for storms inside.”
“A storm was coming; you could feel it in the air, chill wind was cutting through the thickest coat and there was a faint wetness in the air that was touching the skin if turned towards the storm. Mark looked at the sky above the ocean. The sky was getting darker it no longer felt like midday, the storm moved the clock forward and it felt more like the beginnings of sunset. With lightening flashes every few minutes, the sky would light up all of a sudden. It was magnificent, breathtaking and even life taking.”
“A story - with a message about praising what have rather than criticizing what haven't: There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators!!!”
“A story ... has a sturdy sense of itself of being built out of its own necessity, not just to shelter or beguile you.”
Source: A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994
“A story a friend told me about being in New York and meeting this Latin-lover kind of guy. They went up to her hotel room, and the guy kind of pounced on her and told her to spread her legs, shouting, "Surrender the pink! Surrender the pink!" That's where it's from.”
“A story about family, first loves, second chances, and the moments in life that leads you back home”
“A story about my life would be utterly dull.”
“A story about the Jack Spratts of medicine [was] told recently by Dr. Charles H. Best, co-discoverer of insulin. He had been invited to a conference of heart specialists in North America. On the eve of the meeting, out of respect for the fat-clogs-the-arteries theory, the delegates sat down to a special banquet served without fats. It was unpalatable but they all ate it as a duty. Next morning Best looked round the breakfast room and saw these same specialists—all in the 40-60 year old, coronary age group—happily tucking into eggs, bacon, buttered toast and coffee with cream.”
Source: Eat Fat and Grow Slim
“A story, after all, is best when shared, a gift in the truest sense of the word.”
Source: The Book of Salt
“A story begins and it always passes from the subjunctive to the declarative. And Italians don't seem to care about making a fine distinction between that which is speculation and that which is fact.”
“A story begins with this nebulous feeling that’s hard to get a hold of and you’re testing your feelings and assumptions, testing what you believe. They end up turning into keepsakes and mementos –like amber in which a memory gets trapped.”
“A story can always break into pieces while it sits inside a book on a shelf; and, decades after we have read it even twenty times, it can open us up, by cut or caress, to a new truth.”
Source: Meditations from a Movable Chair: Essays
“A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story.”
“A story can fly like a bee, so straight and swift you catch only the hum of its passing. Or move so slowly it seems motionless, curled in upon itself like a snake in the sun. It can vanish like smoke before the wind. Linger like perfume in the nose. Change with every telling, yet always remain the same.”
Source: The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of
“A story can only be contained in a book.”
“A story can sing the truth and not just tell it.”
Source: The Great Mysteries: Experiencing Catholic Faith from the Inside Out
“A story can take you through a whole process of searching, seeking, confronting, through conflicts, and then to a resolution. As the storyteller and the listener, we go through a story together.”
“A story comes into your head fully formed, you know exactly the place, the setting, the people. All you've got to do is get it our and written as soon as you possibly can.”
“A story comes to you; it isn't like you choose it. You have no real control.”
“A story communicates fear, hope, and anxiety, and because we can feel it, we get the moral not just as a concept, but as a teaching of our hearts. That’s the power of story.”
“A story contained in the family lore of Brigham Young's descendants illustrates the submissive nature of humility. It recounts that in a public meeting the Prophet Joseph, possibly as a test, sternly rebuked Brigham Young for something he had done or something he was supposed to have done but hadn't - the detail is unclear. When Joseph finished the rebuke, everyone in the room waited for Brigham Young's response. This powerful man, later known as the Lion of the Lord, in a voice everyone could tell was sincere, said simply and humbly, "Joseph, what do you want me to do?"”
“A story could lead you into a different world for a while. It might be a world where a foolish youngest son could turn into a brave and clever hero, or a beaten young woman could end up as a wise leader of folk. And when the story was ended and that world was gone, you still had the idea of it inside you. Like a flame that didn't go out even when the bad things rattled and swirled and screamed, and worse, oh, much worse, when they whispered and goaded and tormented.”
Source: Den of Wolves