A Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with A. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Accidents. It's all about the accidents.”
Source: Just One Year
“Acclaim is a distraction.”
“Acclimatization to high altitudes used to occur naturally until the adoption of the car and airplanes.”
“Accommodated; that is, when a man is, as they say, accommodated; or when a man is, being, whereby a' may be thought to be accommodated,?which is an excellent thing.”
Source: The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition: The Complete Works
“Accommodation Denomination marries human decision rather than Godly transformation”
“Accommodation is a central aspect of the cross-centered interpretation of violent portraits of God that I'm advocating. Like everything else in Cross Vision, this concept is anchored in the cross. On the cross, God stoops to meet us, and to enter into solidarity with us, right where we are at, which is in bondage to sin and to Satan. And he does this to free us and to bring us where he wants us to be, which is united with him in Christ. The cross is thus the paradigmatic example of God mercifully stooping to accommodate people in their fallen conditioning.”
“Accommodation is a willingness to maintain constructive relationship with others with whom one is in serious and even intractable disagreement. Social cooperation would come under impossible pressure if it always depended on strict agreement.”
“Accommodation of mental structures to reality implies the existence of assimilatory schemata apart from which any structure would be impossible.”
Source: The Construction of Reality in the Child
“Accommodation to change, the thoughtful pursuit of alternative futures are keys to the survival of civilization and perhaps of the human species.”
Source: Broca's brain: reflections on the romance of science
“Accompanied with good eye contact, a smile serves as an immediate icebreaker to warm up relations and turn a stranger into a friend.”
Source: The Art of Body Language: 8 Ways to Optimize Non-Verbal Communication for Positive Impact
“Accompanying the people in their growth through good times and also through their difficulties, accompanying people in their joy and in their bad moments, in their difficulties when there is no work, ill health and the challenge of the Church.”
“ACCOMPLICE, n. One associated with another in a crime, having guilty knowledge and complicity, as an attorney who defends a criminal, knowing him guilty. This view of the attorney's position in the matter has not hitherto commanded the assent of attorneys, no one having offered them a fee for assenting.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
“Accomplices listen with respect for the range of cultural practices and dynamics that exist within various indigenous communities.
Accomplices aren't motivated by personal guilt or shame; they may have their own agenda, but they are explicit.
Accomplices are realized through mutual consent and build trust. They don't just have our backs; they are at our side, or in their own spaces confronting and unsettling colonialism. As accomplices, we are compelled to become accountable and responsible to each other; that is the nature of trust.
Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex. Taking Sides.”
“Accomplish a work with fullness, but never expect anything in return”
“Accomplish but do not boast, accomplish without show, accomplish without arrogance, accomplish without grabbing, accomplish without forcing.”
“Accomplish more only in the best manner and not by taking away from the needy.”
Source: Resistance To Intolerance
“Accomplish one small thing a day. Maybe it’s cleaning that counter, maybe it’s writing one thank-you note. Don’t make the task too difficult. For the rest, you’re healing a uterus; adding millions of cells to your baby’s brain (though it might sometimes feel as if they are being siphoned off from your own); developing his liver, heart, and lungs; boosting his immune system; and maintaining the integrity of his intestines … you’re a busy lady! All while sprawled comfortably on the couch. Multi-tasking raised to an art form!”
Source: The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
“Accomplish something every day of your life.”
“Accomplish your tasks by one step at each time. Don't cut your coat according to your elder brother's size. Dream big, but start small; do what you can do at a time.”
“Accomplishing something provides the only real satisfaction in life.”
“Accomplishing the impossible is all about seeing the invisible.”
Source: Sun Stand Still: What Happens When You Dare to Ask God for the Impossible
“Accomplishment begins with two words: 'I'll try.'”
“Accomplishment comes from making positive efforts, even in the face of negative circumstances.”
“Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on others to find out how one is doing.”
Source: Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory
“Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.”
“Accomplishment of your dreams requires personal sacrifice and hardworking.
May the you have a determined spirit, will power and a great passion for the accomplishment of your dreams.”
“Accomplishment will prove to be a journey, not a destination.”
“Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past.”
“Accomplishments don’t just fall in your lap, they first demand a great deal from you—things like study and learning; intentional, arduous work; steadfast determination; ongoing attempts despite failures; personal sweat, blood, tears; and moments of exhaustion. Accomplishments don’t just fall in your lap, the demand actual growth.”
Source: Being Bold: Quotes, Poetry, & Motivations for Every Day of the Year
“Accomplishments have no color.”
“Accomplishments have taken virtue's place, and wisdom falls before exterior grace.”
Source: The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review of schools. Miscellaneous poems
“Accomplishments of children shine most brightly in the light of a parent's sincere praise.”
“Accordez-moi, Seigneur, ce vin qui est aussi nécessaire que votre précieux sang. Ce vin, sans quoi, tout ici bas est laid et maussade, ce vin qui rend la vie acceptable, et tolérables les foutus contemporains que vous m'avez données.”
“According
to my own experience, the highest level of inner calm comes from the
development of love and compassion. The more concerned we are with the
happiness of others, the more we increase our own well-being.
Friendliness and warmth towards others allow us to relax and help us to
dispel any sense of fear or insecurity so we can overcome whatever
obstacles we face.”
“According as a man acts and walks in the path of life, so he becomes. He that does good becomes good; he that does evil becomes evil. By pure actions he becomes pure; by evil actions he becomes evil.”
“According as each has been educated, so he repents of or glories in his actions.”
“According as the man is, so must you humour him.”
“According the Jesus' life and work, the second half of human history was supposed to be characterized by love, mercy, and grace.”
“According to "Huffington Post", one Democratic opposition research firm said they spent the past eight months compiling material on [Donald] Trump as he`s risen on the ranks. And that research estimated that if the all material compiled, court and property records,newspaper clips and video, approximately 80 percent of it has yet to surface in this election cycle.”
“According to "matter-ism," matter is all that exists. The only things that are real are physical things in motion governed by natural law. That story starts, "In the beginning were the particles," or, as one famous person put it, "The cosmos is all that is, or ever was, or ever will be." No God. No souls. No Heaven or Hell. No miracles. No transcendent morality. Just molecules in motion following the patterns of natural law. This is the story that most atheists, most "skeptics," most humanists, and most Marxists believe is true.”
“According to 1st AD, Dennis Maguire, Roy made my job on A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3 easier because I knew that he and I could get through a day with a difficult situation, with a crew that maybe didn't like us, and I'm not talking about the camera, grip, and electric guys, but Mick Strawn [art department] and the special effects people that looked at us as the bad guys because their friends got fired. But they got fired because they weren't good. I'm sorry about that, but we're just here to do a job; they needed to raise their game because we were coming at it from a certain level. And yeah, we expected a lot, we pushed people to get the work done. And at the end of the day, I couldn't have done it without Roy, because Roy controls so much of the film crew.”
Source: Roy H. Wagner: A Cinematographer's Life Beyond the Shadows
“According to [Maxine Hong] Kingston, the prose writer is "a workhorse."”
“According to [the Bible], a leader is first and foremost a servant. His concern is not for himself; his concern is not to give orders, to boss other people around, to have his own way. His concern is to meet the needs of others.”
“According to a 2000 New York Times study of 100 "rampage" mass murders, where 425 people were killed and 510 injured, the killers:
1. Often have serious mental health issues
2. Are not usually motivated by exposure to videos, movies, or television
3. Are not using alcohol or other drugs at the time of the attacks
4. Are often unemployed
5. Are sometimes female
6. Are not usually Satanists or racists
7. Are most often white males although a few are Asian or African American
8. Sometimes have college degrees or some years of college
9. Often have military experience
10. Give lots of pre-attack warning signals
11. Often carry semiautomatic weapons obtained legally
12. Often do no attempt escape
13. Half commit suicide or are killed by others
14. Most have a death wish (Fessenden, 2000)”
Source: Serial Murderers and their Victims
“According to a brand new report, alcohol abuse in Ireland is on the rise. Mainly because the guy who didn't drink now does.”
“According to a British poll, you've only got a one in five chance of achieving your childhood career ambition. Which probably explains why you don't run into that many cowboys, princesses, or space rangers.”
“According to a charming law of nature which is evident even in the most sophisticated societies, we live in complete ignorance of whatever we love.”
Source: The Maxims of Marcel Proust
“According to a CNN poll, Trump nearly doubled his support from March. Actually, he just combed his March numbers over his current ones.”
“According to a Confucian view, there are four steps in social develpment, wrote Wilhem (Sr.). There are the individual, the family, the state, and mankind. The West had always emphasized the individual and the state. Individual development is extolled, and the single human being is regarded as central and as an atom of society. Over-emphasis on the function of the individual has led to deterioration of the family. Unlike Westerners, the Chinese have given greater weight to family and mankind. The consciousness of the individual is contained in the family, and since traditional China considered itself the world, Chinese considered themselves responsible for humankind rather than for the state.”
Source: Understanding the I Ching
“According to a medival Turkic saying, "a Turk is never without a Persian [Tat, a sedentary Iranian], just as a cap is never without a head." The relationship was mutually beneficial.”
Source: Central Asia in World History