A Quotes
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“A wholesome family is one where there is a lot of love. It's living by example. It's acceptance of people at their core, but it's also pushing each other to be our best selves and try things we might not be good at.”
“A wholesome mother knows the software to delete, download, upgrade and upload for the best results.”
“A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.”
Source: Vanishing Roads, and Other Essays
“A wholesome regard for the memory of the great men of long ago is the best assurance to a people of a continuation of great men to come, who shall be able to instruct, to lead, and to inspire. A people who worship at the shrine of true greatness will themselves be truly great.”
Source: The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses
“A wholesome sense of humor will be a safety valve that will enable you to apply the lighter touch to heavy problems and to learn some lessons in problem solving that "sweat and tears" often fail to dissolve.”
“A whoop of charmers will go bananas once they have felt all their efforts have been made in vain.”
Source: Looking For Your Tribe: Poems
“A whopping 89 percent of buyers start their home search online. How your house looks online is the modern equivalent of 'curb appeal.' Rent a wide-angle lens and good lighting, get rid of your clutter and post at least eight great photos to win the beauty contest.”
“A whore, I whispered. "That lady is a whore." I'm not certain what reaction I was after, but shock would have done quite nicely.
Instead my mother said, "Well, the, we should probably offer her a drink.”
Source: Naked
“A whoreson jackanapes must take me up for swearing; as if I borrowed mine oaths of him and might not spend them at my pleasure. When a gentleman is disposed to swear, it is not for any standers-by to curtail his oaths, ha?”
“A why has to be for others. It's something you give to the world. It's the reason your friends love you because this is the thing that you give them and it fulfills them. This is the reason your clients love you or your fans love you because you give them something. It's something to offer, that's what the why is.”
“A wicked child is the most beautiful thing in the world.”
Source: Nothing to See Here
“A wicked conscience mouldeth goblins swift as frenzy thoughts.”
Source: The Wisdom and Genius of Shakespeare: Comprising Moral Philosophy, Delineations of Character, Paintings of Nature and the Passions, Seven Hundred Aphorisms, and Miscellaneous Pieces : with Select and Original Notes, and Scriptural References ...
“A wicked curve appears on his lips. “No, you’re wrong. I’m allowed to say whatever I want. What I’m not allowed to do is what I want.”
Source: Tryst
“A wicked grin crinkled one corner of his mouth as he secured another sticky note on the door before shutting it in my face.
I blinked, then read the note.
Use the key.”
Source: Fifth Grave Past the Light
“A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“A wicked look twinkled in her eye. "I'd say it's time to nut up or shut up. All this talking is gonna make me think you're all bark and no bite.
"Wouldn't want to let you down." On a curse, he covered her eager mouth with his, and the world he knew ripped wide open. She tasted cool, sweet, and rich, like ice cream in the summertime, and in that instant Killian knew he would never, ever get enough of her. Laws of nature could be damned. This woman's taste was all he would ever crave. Were there other women? Who the hell cared?
Sadie's soft, pliant lips opened to him as he ran his tongue along the seam of her mouth and she welcomed him in. Grasping her head with both hands, he groaned and took full control of the plundering kiss. He tangled his hands in her long, wet hair, which felt like ribbons of satin as it rushed through his fingers. Killian groaned when her tongue swept along his, seeking him out with the same desperation and urgency.
This was what he needed. This woman. Her touch. Her taste. How on earth could this be wrong?”
Source: Vampires Never Cry Wolf
“A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face.”
Source: A Body of Divinity
“A wicked mans gift hath a touch of his master.”
Source: The poetical works of George Herbert
“A wicked mortal is not the idea of God. He is little else than the expression of error. To suppose that sin, lust, hatred, envy, hypocrisy, revenge, have life abiding in them, is a terrible mistake. Life and Life's idea, Truth and Truth's idea, never make men sick, sinful, or mortal.”
Source: Ciencia y salud: con clave de las escrituras
“A wicked person, swayed by evil motives and evil actions, is described as a demon.”
“A wicked smirk crosses Dari’s lips and he steps closer until his face is level with Girl’s. “Break your soul we will,” he spits, his eyes sparking and sinister. “You and
your empire have no place in this world and will be wiped from living memory.”
Source: Adira and the Dark Horse
“A wicked tyrant is better than a wicked war.”
“A wicked wife, a false friend, a saucy servant and living in a house with a serpent in it are nothing but death.”
“A wide and vague impression exists that so-called Eastern religion is more contemplative, innocuous, and humane than the proselytizing monotheisms of the West. Don't believe a word of this: try asking the children of Indochina who were dumped by their parents for inherited deformities that were attributed to sins in a previous 'life.”
“A wide-angle view of sails sparkling white against a cobalt sky as light dances, silver on the water. Like art, it soothes the edge, allowing you to see something simple from a different perspective.”
Source: Dancing With the Wind: A True Story of Zen in the Art of Windsurfing
“A wide assortment of children's rights advocates, lawyers, and mental health experts were watching closely when we asked the Court to declare life-without-parole sentences imposed on children unconstitutional.
....I told the Court that the United States is the only country in the world that imposes life imprisonment without parole sentences on children. I explained that condemning children violates international law, which bans these sentences for children. We showed the Court that these sentences are disproportionately imposed on children of color. We argued that the phenomenon of life sentences imposed on children is largely a result of harsh punishments that were created for career adult criminals and were were never intended for children--which made the imposition of such a sentence on juveniles like Terrance Graham and Joe Sullivan unusual. I also told the Court that to say to any child of thirteen that he is fit only to die in prison is cruel.”
Source: Just Mercy
“A wide-brimmed spinster’s hat had been thrown up in the sky. It was gradually falling into the deep ocean.”
Source: Spinster Kang
“A wide range of quotations are necessary for the repertoire of a well-rounded speaker. Quotations are able to illustrate in a few words what is difficult to explain in many.”
“A wide range of social, collective phenomena can be made to emerge from the interactions of autonomous agents operating to simple local rules”
“A wide receiver like me wouldn't have won. The quarterback - or even the running back - always wins.”
“A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.”
“A wide variety of dissociative disorders including DID occur in the psychiatric population and may be misdiagnosed or underdiagnosed for a variety of reasons. Some psychiatrists believe these disorders are extremely rare and some believe that they do not exist. More research is needed, but these disorders may be more common than previously thought.”
“A widely held, but rarely articulated, belief in our society is that the ideal self is bold, alpha, gregarious. Introversion is viewed somewhere between disappointment and pathology.”
“A widening circle of researchers believes that the loss of natural habitat, or the disconnection from nature even when it is available, has enormous implications for human health and child development. They say the quality of exposure to nature affects our health at an almost cellular level.”
Source: Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
“A wider of more altruistic attitude is very relevant in today's world. If we look at the situation from various angles, such as the complexity and inter-connectedness of the nature of modern existence, then we will gradually notice a change in our outlook, so that when we say 'others' and when we think of others, we will no longer dismiss them as something that is irrelevant to us. We will no longer feel indifferent.”
“A widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than sensible.”
“A widespread taste for pornography means that nature is alerting us to some threat of extinction.”
Source: The complete short stories
“A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.”
“A widow of doubtful age will marry almost any sort of a white man.”
“A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.”
Source: A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments: a facsimile reproduction
“A widow, the mother of a family, and from her heart she produces chords to which my whole being responds.”
Source: The Idiot (Vintage Classics)
“A wife and a husband! For infinite lifetimes this is all one has done. And in doing so, one has lost his Absolute Supreme Self [Parmatma]!”
“A wife and a husband should be regarded as friends for the sake of Allaah. And that friendship is above material needs; each encouraging the other one to do good deeds, which are pleasing to Allaah.”
“A wife is a gift bestowed upon a man to reconcile him to the loss of paradise.”
“A wife is like a children's movie; always under-appreciated and without either, life would be incomplete.”
“A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature on earth can be.”
Source: Hamishah Humshe Torah Im Ha-Hafterot: Genesis
“A wife is property that one acquires by contract, she is transferable, because possession of her requires title; in fact, woman is, so to speak, only man's appendage; consequently, slice, cut, clip her, you have all rights to her.”
“A wife is the earth itself, changing hands, bearing scars.”
Source: The Poisonwood Bible
“A wife is to submit graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ.”
“A wife isn’t like an ultra-girlfriend or a permanent girlfriend. She’s an entirely new thing. She’s something you made together, with you as an ingredient. She couldn’t be the wife without you. So hating her or turning on her or talking to your friends about the troubles you have with her would be like hating your own finger. It’s like hating your own finger even after it becomes necrotic. You don’t separate yourself from it. You look at your wife and you’re not really looking at someone you hate. You’re looking at someone and seeing your own disabilities and your own disfigurement. You’re hating your creation. You’re hating yourself.”
Source: Fleishman Is in Trouble