A Quotes
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“A tortoise's shell is a house of the poverty and if the tortoise is taken to the wealthy town, it will still be living in its house of poverty.”
Source: Ajaiyi and His Inherited Poverty
“A Tory government with a decent mandate seems the only hope of tackling the fiscal catastrophe responsibly.”
“A Tory minister can sleep in ten different women's beds in a week. A Labour minister gets it in the neck if he looks at his neighbour's wife over the garden fence.”
“A tory youth is a youth speculating on his future.”
Source: Letty Fox: Her Luck
“A Tory..., since the revolution, may be defined in a few words, to be a lover of monarchy, though without abandoning liberty; anda partizan of the family of Stuart. As a Whig may be defined to be a lover of liberty though without renouncing monarchy; and a friend to the settlement in the protestant line.”
“A total absence of self-doubt is the first sign of insanity.”
“A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“A total acceptance of yourself brings about a total transcendence of yourself.”
“A total commitment gives you the extra ounce of courage that it takes to win.”
“A total commitment is paramount to reaching the ultimate in performance.”
“A total commitment to anxiously serve the Lord and others is the surest way to overcome temptations of the adversary.”
“A total immersion in life offers the best classroom for learning to love.”
“A total nuclear freeze is counterproductive - especially now, when technology is rapidly changing and the Soviets have some important strategic advantages.”
Source: Thinking Unth 80SP
“A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other towns and villages of our country.”
“A total population of 250-300 million people, a 95% decline from present levels, would be ideal.”
“A total reverse of fortune, coming unawares upon a man who 'stood in high degree,' happy and apparently secure,-such was the tragic fact to the mediaeval mind. It appealed strongly to common human sympathy and pity; it startled also another feeling, that of fear. It frightened men and awed them. It made them feel that man is blind and helpless, the plaything of an inscrutable power, called by the name of Fortune or some other name,-a power which appears to smile on him for a little, and then on a sudden strikes him down in his pride.”
“A total spiritual direction given to the whole life and the whole nature can alone lift humanity beyond itself. . . It is only the full emergence of the soul, the full descent of the native light and power of the Spirit and the consequent replacement or transformation and uplifting of our insufficient mental and vital nature by a spiritual and supramental Supernature that can effect this evolutionary miracle.”
Source: The Future Evolution of Man: The Divine Life on Earth
“A total stranger, and one not of one's sex, is often the least prejudiced judge.”
Source: The French Lieutenant’s Woman
“A Total Woman caters to her man's special quirks, whether it be in salads, sex, or sports.”
“A total work of art is only possible in the context of the whole of society. Everyone will be a necessary co-creator of a social architecture, and, so long as anyone cannot participate, the ideal form of democracy has not been reached. Whether people are artists, assemblers of machines or nurses, it is a matter of participating in the whole.”
“A totalitarian dictatorship cannot explain; it can only suppress.”
Source: The Corrupt Society: From Ancient Greece to Present-Day America
“A totalitarian society which succeeded in perpetuating itself would probably set us a schizophrenic system of thought, in which the laws of common sense held good in everyday life and in certain exact sciences, but could be disregarded by the politician, the historian, and the sociologist. Already there are countless people who would think it scandalous to falsify a scientific text-book, but would see nothing wrong in falsifying an historical fact.”
Source: Books v. Cigarettes
“A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy, and its ruling caste, in order to keep its position, has to be thought of as infallible. But since, in practice, no one is infallible, it is frequently necessary to rearrange past events in order to show that this or that mistake was not made, or that this or that imaginary triumph actually happened.”
Source: All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays
“A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself.”
Source: Chance and necessity: an essay on the natural philosophy of modern biology
“A totally different attitude is needed: the attitude of love. Christ brings love to the world. He destroys law, the very basis of it. That was his crime; that's why he was crucified - because he was destroying the whole basis of this criminal society; he was destroying the whole foundation rock of this criminal world, the world of wars, and violence, and aggression. He gave a totally new foundation stone.”
“A totally healthy actor is a paradox.”
“A totally honest organization would never hide or disguise actions or stonewall.”
Source: Justice Ignited: The Dynamics of Backfire
“A totally nondenominational prayer: Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that I be forgiven for anything I may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to insure any possible benefit for which I may be eligible after the destruction of my body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure said benefit. I ask this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between yourself and that which may not be yourself, but which may have an interest in the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of this thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen.”
Source: Creatures of Light and Darkness
“A touch and a word from Jesus can change everything about your life. Do not settle for what it looks like right now or for what others believe about you or for what may have been spoken over you. There is life and hope in the promises of God.”
Source: Live
“A touch less ego and dash more humility will improve the quality of anything you turn your hand to.”
“A touch may not always be a love but love is always a touch!”
“A touch may not be always be a love but love is always a touch!”
“A Touch of Crimson explodes with passion and heat. A hot, sexy angel to die for and a gutsy heroine make for one exciting read!”
“A Touch of Crimson
will rock readers with a stunning new world, a hot-blooded hero, and a strong, kick-ass heroine. This is Sylvia Day at the top of her game!”
“A touch of love has healing power. A song of love can heal deep scars.”
“A touch of madness is, I think, almost always necessary for constructing a destiny.”
Source: With Open Eyes: Conversations with Matthieu Galey
“A touch of nature is a touch of a mother.”
Source: Safa Tempo: Poems New & Selected
“A touch of ray on the stream
A twinkle on waves and the sunset gleam
I faintly remember seeing this picture
Or maybe it was just a dream.
Soothing solitude in the sky
Of tired footprints and a probing eye
I sparsely remember words of this song
Or maybe it was a lullaby”
“A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale.”
“A touch of truth makes a lie worth believing.”
Source: The Iron Thorn The Iron Codex Book One
“A touch so honest you lose the need for asking questions.”
“A touch turns it into a tender pain that then breaks into a poem. The beautiful moon I know is born only in a night thick with darkness and the silvers glitter in a black sea only when daylight goes to sleep.”
“A touch turns it into a tender pain that then breaks into a poem...The beautiful moon I know is born only in a night thick with darkness and the silvers glitter in a black sea when daylight goes to sleep....”
“A touching and compassionate yet completely professional account of the psychological--indeed spiritual--dimensions of the doctorDpatient relationship that make the difference between fixing and healing.”
“A touchstone to determine the actual worth of an "intellectual" - find out how he feels about astrology.”
Source: Time Enough for Love
“A tough but nervous, tenacious but restless race [the Yankees]; materially ambitious, yet prone to introspection, and subject to waves of religious emotion. . . . A race whose typical member is eternally torn between a passion for righteousness and a desire to get on in the world.”
“A tough fight against evil is the duty of good man.”
“A tough hide with a tender heart is a goal that all leaders must have.”
Source: Why Great Men Fall
“A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.”
“A tough life can be defeated only by the tougher person!”