A Quotes
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“A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.”
“A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. But you don't hear a word about it.”
“A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things.”
“A trim and tan bikini clad Aphrodite”
“A trip there would be about as enjoyable as fending off a pack of hippos with a piece of cauliflower while someone pours scorching coffee into your ears”
Source: Super Volcanoes: What They Reveal about Earth and the Worlds Beyond
“A trip to a Central American jungle to watch how Indians behave near a bridge won't make you see either the jungle or the bridge or the Indians if you believe that the civilization you were born into is the only one that counts. Go and look around with the idea that everything you learned in school and college is wrong.”
“A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny floors.”
Source: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
“A trip to the mainland was a big event and happened maybe once a year, although now you can get across in a speed boat in seven minutes but then it was a long way away.”
“A trip to the Maldivian Isles was an adventurous, though stressful—while still totally amazing—vacation which I described in much detail in the travel guide “Maldives… The Paradise” readers can find at major book retailers.”
“A triptych in which the presiding deities are Mother, England and Me.”
“A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary
“A trite word is an overused word which has lost its identity like an old coat in a second-hand shop. The familiar grows dull and we no longer see, hear, or taste it.”
“A triumph of enthusiasm over medical knowledge.”
Source: Hemlock & Silver
“A triumphal arch rises in the sky, a bridge of colours that dispels sorrow.”
Source: Mountain poems: Musings on stone, forest, and snow
“A triumphalist corporate capitalism, free at last of the specter of Communism, has mobilized its economic power to relentlessly marginalize all nonmarket values; to subordinate every aspect of American life to corporate "efficiency" and the bottom line; to demonize not only government but the very idea of public service and public goods.”
“A triune God would call us to converse with him . . . because he wants to share the joy he has. Prayer is our way of entering into the happiness of God himself.”
Source: Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy with God
“A troop surge in Baghdad would put more American troops at risk to address a problem that is not a military problem.”
“A trop le battre, même le fer devient épée.”
“A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.”
“A trophy isn't special if it wasn't hard to get.”
“A trouble is a trouble, and the general idea, in the country, is to treat it as such, rather than to snatch the knotted cords from the hand of God and deal out murderous blows.”
Source: Casuals of the Sea: The Voyage of a Soul
“a trouble shared is a trouble half endured.”
Source: The Keeper of the Bees
“A trouble with poetry is the presence of presumptuousness in poetry, the sense you get in a poem that the poet takes for granted an interest on the reader's part in the poet's autobiographical life, in the poet's memories, problems, difficulties and even minor perceptions. I try to presume that no one is interested in me. And I think experience bears that out. No one's interested in the experiences of a stranger - let's put it that way. And then you have difficulty combined with presumptuousness, which is the most dire trouble with poetry.”
“A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and - above all - responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill.”
“A troubled countenance oft discloses much.”
“A troubled life beats having no life at all”
“A troubled mind can make rocket science out of nearly anything.”
Source: Lydia Green Of Mulberry Glen
“A troubled soul is a troubled life.”
Source: The Mountain of Ignorance
“A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.”
“A trout fisherman is something that defieth understanding.”
“A trout is a moment of beauty known only to those who seek it.”
“A truce between Israel and Palestine? Imagine walking into a doctor’s office. You sit down, pick up a magazine, and begin to read. A few minutes later, a man walks in, the man who killed your wife, the man whose son you murdered. He sits down, picks up a magazine, and begins to read.
A two-state solution to the problem between Israel and Palestine? Imagine walking into a doctor’s office. You sit down, pick up a magazine, and begin to read. Next door, a man walks into the restaurant, the man who killed your wife, the man whose son you murdered. He sits down at a table, orders a meal, and begins to eat.
In either case, there is an intolerable tension that has resisted resolution by diplomacy, combat, sanctions, or segregation. Forgiveness is the only reasonable solution.”
“A truce to idle phrases!”
Source: Plutus (Sparklesoup Classics)
“A truce to philosophy!—Life is before me, and I rush into possession. Hope, glory, love, and blameless ambition are my guides, and my soul knows no dread. What has been, though sweet, is gone; the present is good only because it is about to change, and the to come is all my own.”
Source: The Last Man
“A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. A sign comes up that reads, Low Bridge Ahead. Before he knows it, the bridge is right ahead of him and he gets stuck under the bridge. Cars are backed up for miles. Finally a police car comes up. The cop gets out of his car and walks to the truck driver, puts his hands on his hips and says, Got stuck, huh? The truck driver says, No, I was delivering this bridge and ran out of gas.”
“A true admirer is also an artist.”
“A true and faithful Christian does not make holy living an accidental thing. It is his great concern. As the business of the soldier is to fight, so the business of the Christian is to be like Christ.”
“A true and nonviolent combination of labour would act like a magnet attracting to it all the needed capital.”
Source: Collected Works
“A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of [circumstances]... The man who is ambitious to lead is disqualified as a leader. The true leader will have no desire to lord it over God's heritage, but will be humble, gentle, self-sacrificing and altogether ready to follow when the Spirit chooses another to lead.”
“A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by the inward pressure of the Holy Spirit and the press of the external situation.”
“A true anecdote which illustrates his unworldly nature is of the instruction he received in 1922 to appear at Buckingham Palace to receive the accolade of the Order of Knighthood; Bayliss replied that as the date coincided with that of a meeting of the Physiological Society, he would be unable to attend.”
Source: Reminiscences of Bayliss and Starling
“A true apology is more than just aknowledgment of a mistake. It is recognition that something you have said or done has damaged a relationship and that you care enough about the relationship to want it repaired and restored.”
“A true architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist. They take a diverse number of stakeholders, extract needs, concerns, and dreams, then create a beautiful yet tangible solution that is loved by the users and the community at large. We create vessels in which life happens.”
“A true artist could and should create till the day they die. You don't ever fail as an artist until you quit being an artist.”
“A true artist creates art because they have a passion and desire to do so.”
Source: Almost a Turkish Soap Opera
“A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support”
“A true artist does not ever stop creating art!”
“A true artist is an ugly man.”
“A true artist is driven by the never-ending desire to create.”
“A true artist is never satisfied with settling, so you will never see them stay the same for very long. They are like chameleons... ever-changing, ever-scheming, ever-chasing that glimpse of divine inspiration that creates them anew.”
Source: Les Belles Lettres