C Quotes
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“Chastity, non-injury, forgiving even the greatest enemy, truth, faith in the Lord, these are all different Vrittis. Be not afraid if you are not perfect in all of these; work, they will come. He who has given up all attachment, all fear, and all anger, he whose whole soul has gone unto the Lord, he who has taken refuge in the Lord, whose heart has become purified, with whatsoever desire he comes to the Lord, He will grant that to him. Therefore worship Him through knowledge, love, or renunciation.”
Source: Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature
“Chastity, once lost, cannot be recalled; it goes only once.”
“Chastity, or cleanness of heart, holds a glorious and distinguished place among the virtues, because she, alone, enables man to see God; hence Truth itself said, 'Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.'”
“CHASUBLE: Your brother was, I believe, unmarried, was he not?
JACK: Oh yes.
MISS PRISM: [Bitterly.] People who live entirely for pleasure usually are.”
Source: The Importance of Being Earnest
“Chat is like the ball..... you throw it... then they... then you.... then they... until one of you... stops... and the chain reaction is over.”
“Chat to the ghosts! That's what I do!”
“Chater: You dare to call me that. I demand satisfaction! Septimus: Mrs Chater demanded satisfaction and now you are demanding satisfaction. I cannot spend my time day and night satisfying the demands of the Chater family.”
Source: Arcadia
“ChatGPT and other Generative AI platforms will have huge implications for business productivity.”
Source: Business Essentials
“ChatGPT has access to every poem ever written, at least in theory, but it can't feel anything when it generates a poem from a prompt. Is this still poetry?”
Source: More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI
“Chatgpt is cheatgpt.”
Source: World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets
“Chatgpt is just a glorified xerox machine.”
Source: Neurosonnets: The Naskar Art of Neuroscience
“ChatGPT is like using Google, a calculator, or spellcheck: a tool is only as good as the mind using it.”
“ChatGPT tende à esquerda; outras IAs tendem à direita. Isso não significa que não possa confiar nas informações do chat. Isso significa que o bot tenderá a falar de forma mais suave com pessoas da esquerda/direita.”
Source: Desinformação, infodemia, discurso de ódio, e fake news : Saiba o que são e como se informar online de forma saudável (Inteligência Artificial, Democracia, e Pensamento Crítico)
“Chato visualised strangling her thin neck with the same underwear; tying it around her collar like a luscious red bow on a birthday present. Pesto gasped for air, her reptile like tongue sticking out, her face turning to a beautiful shade of onion pink as she choked on Chato’s kachcha. What a lovely contrast of that delicate pink against that gaudy red and green underwear. Poetry in motion, Chato thought, smiling. What an exquisite and intense way to die.”
Source: Cinnamon Bizarre : Collection of Short Stories
“Chats are so new to newspapers, historically. But they're so incredibly valuable because editors/reporters/columnists get to find out what's on the minds of our readers, what you think we should be writing about, what ticks you off, what makes you happy. Sometimes it can confirm what you think readers are interested in; sometimes it can turn you around 180 degrees.”
“Chatter about art is almost always useless.”
“Chatterers are a menace.”
“Chatty, defensive, observant. My new favorite witness.”
Source: Mr. Kiss and Tell
“Chaturvarna system... is the foundational bureaucracy of Indian humiliation.”
Source: The Great Indian Brain Rot : Love, Lies and Algorithms in Digital India
“Chaucer followed Nature everywhere, but was never so bold to go beyond her.”
Source: The Poetical Works of John Dryden: With Life and Critical Dissertation
“Chaucer, like Homer, writes about a journey, but as a Christian he has a different goal. Homer wanted to go home, but Chaucer's pilgrims want a place of man's true home: paradise”
Source: The Great Books Reader: Excerpts and Essays on the Most Influential Books in Western Civilization
“Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales was expected to clock in at anywhere between 100 and 120 chapters. Unfortunately, the dude only managed to finish 24 tales before he suffered an insurmountable and permanent state of writer's block commonly known as death.”
“Chauncey seethed at the outrageous insult. "And your father?" he demanded, extending the sword. He didn't yet know all his vassals, but he was learning. He would brand the family name of this boy to memory.”
Source: All Good Things Come to an End: Free Teen eSampler
“Chauncy Burr ... talks well, possibly better than he thinks. But this is a common failing.”
Source: Elizabeth Cady Stanton as Revealed in Her Letters, Diary and Reminiscences
“Chauncy made a huge effort to control himself. “I had lunch at Maisie’s Diner.”
“And?”
“And what? It was the most revolting lunch it has been my misfortune to consume.”
“And after?”
“Diarrhea, of course.”
Source: Still Life With Crows
“Chaung Tzu was one of the most natural men the world has seen. He has not given any discipline, he has not given any doctrine, he has not given any catechism. He has simply explained one thing: that if you can be natural and ordinary, just like the birds and trees, you will blossom, you will have your wings open in the vast sky.”
“Chausar is also a battlefield, dear father. It’s not merely a game. Someone wins while another loses, and no one likes to play to lose.”
Source: The Oath of Shakuni
“Chauvet Cave is rather like the awakening of the modern human soul or I would say the awakening of modern human culture. Because Neanderthal men who still rode the landscape parallel to the people who did these paintings didn't have culture. There's no evidence of culture, no symbolic depiction, no evidence of music, no evidence of sculptures, no evidence of religious beliefs.”
“Chauvinism characterizes both feminism and ‘masculinism’. Proponents of each are all too poised to antagonize the other; as a result, neither is at peace with him/her self.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“Chauvinism is totally absent in a heart of a man who truly respects a woman.
~ Angelica Hopes, Life Issues”
Source: Life Issues
“Chavela le respondió: «A veces, pero siempre acabo donde debo». Me tatuaría esa frase en su honor. ¡Cuántas veces la he visto terminar donde debía!”
Source: El último sueño
“Chavez made a compete fool of himself in front of the entire world while giving the U.N. a black eye. But the real losers are the Venezuelan people who have to put up with this unstable character every day.”
“Chavez will hit the canvas. He will be sitting in his corner, or with the doctor or referee stopping the fight. There's no other outcome.”
“Chavez's oil is unimportant for Bolivia... We are not dependent on Venezuela. We complement each other. Venezuela shares its wealth with other countries, but that doesn't make us subordinate.”
“Chavo or Kerwin White or whatever his name is! He called me stupid.”
“Chaykin at his ballsiest and most dynamic. This is how the Shadow should be done.”
“Chaykin's Shadow is a modern legend at his best.”
“Chaz looks me dead in the eye and says, 'Why yes, Lizzie. I’m manically depressed because the girl I’ve finally realized I’ve always been in love with, and who I was beginning to think just might love me back, turned around and got herself engaged to my best friend, who, frankly, doesn’t deserve her. Does that answer your question?”
“Chazz Palminteri is just the ultimate screen husband.”
“Chcel som ti ukázať, čo je opravdivá odvaha, a nie ťa utvrdiť v presvedčení, že odvaha znamená človeka s puškou v ruke. Odvaha je: pustiť sa do boja, aj keď vopred vieš, že si porazený, a napriek tomu vytrvať v boji až do konca. Zriedka zvíťazíš, ale niekedy sa ti to podarí.”
Source: To Kill a Mockingbird
“Chciał wszystko zinwentaryzować (...) Pod tą encyklopedyczną pasją dostrzegałem niepokój. Czy nazywanie nieskończoności nie oznaczało jej odrzucania?
Ja prezentowałem odwrotną postawę: rozglądałem się dokoła siebie nie po to, żeby się czegoś nauczyć, ale żeby się oduczyć, usiłując uchwycić w każdej istocie, każdym żywiole, każdym pejzażu coś innego niż to, co już powiedzieli o nich ludzie. W rzeczywistości próbowałem napełnić się pustką.
Kto miał rację?
Nikt...
Każdy podróżnik odpowiada na niejasne wezwanie niepokoju, który go dręczy.”
Source: La Nuit de feu
“Chciałabym poznać kogoś, kto Cię znosi przez tyle czasu i jeszcze Cię nie udusił w nocy poduszką.”
Source: Bez wyboru
“Chciałem leczyć uczucia niezakwalifikowane jako cierpienie i niezdiagnozowane przez medycynę. Wszystkie owe śladowe emocje, porywy, którymi nie interesuje się żaden terapeuta rzekomo właśnie z powodu ich znikomości czy nieuchwytności. Na przykład poczucie, że znów kończy się lato. Albo uświadomienie sobie, że nie ma się już całego życia na szukanie swojego miejsca. Albo mała żałoba, kiedy nie udało się zbliżyć w jakiejś przyjaźni i trzeba znów szukać bratniej duszy. Lub też poranna melancholia w dzień urodzin. Tęsknota za zapachem powietrza z dzieciństwa.”
“Chcę czerwień zerwać z kwiatów polnych,
Czerwienią nocy spalić krew,
Jak piersi nieba chcę być wolny,
W chmury się wbić w koronach drzew.”
Source: Utwory zebrane, Tom 2
“Che bello! Silenzio, niente televisione, poche macchine per le strade, casa tiepida. È quasi come l'anno che scrissi la "Storia di Tonle", quando una grande nevicata fece cadere la linea telefonica e quella elettrica. E in casa ero ben fornito di tutto: libri, legna, farina, patate, crauti, carne, vino...
Ecco: questo "buiofuori" potrebbe far accendere la "lucedentro". Si può vivere senza tanti artifizi; per anni l'ho provato e con la mente si possono superare e trovare soluzioni che sembrano impossibili.”
Source: Aspettando l'alba e altri racconti
“Che bisogno c'è di invocare i mali che fin troppo presto dovremo sopportare, quando siano venuti? Perché anticiparli e guastare il presente con la paura del futuro? È senza dubbio una follia che tu sia infelice già da questo momento perché, tanto, o presto o tardi, lo sarai. Ma io ti condurrò alla tranquillità per una via diversa: se vuoi toglierti di dosso ogni angoscia, dà per scontato che tutto ciò che temi avverrà comunque, e quale che sia quel male, misuralo nel tuo intimo e soppesa le tue paure: ti renderai certamente conto che quanto tu temi non ha grande importanza né può durare a lungo.”
Source: Letters from a Stoic: Complete (Letters 1 - 124) Adapted for the Contemporary Reader
“Che c’è?”
“Non ci avevo mai pensato.”
“Non lo fa quasi nessuno, non preoccuparti.”
Matteo arriccia le labbra, nervoso. “Ora vuoi solo farmi passare per stronzo.”
Davide alza istintivamente le mani in segno di resa. “Non era mia intenzione. Mi dispiace. Sono solo stanco e nervoso.”
“Mh.” L’altro non risponde per qualche istante mentre riprendono a camminare. “Perché sei nervoso?”
Sospira, afflitto. “Perché ti comporti… perché sembra che ti vergogni di avermi vicino. Io… non sono abituato, tutto qui. Sto bene. Starò bene.”
Matteo inchioda sulle piastrelline bianche del pavimento al centro della corsia. “Non mi vergogno di te. Non mi piace che la gente sappia i fatti miei.”
“La gente non sa proprio niente di quello che fai o facciamo.”
“Questo lo dici tu.” Inspira a fondo e si passa una mano tra i riccioli scuri che gli ricadono sulla fronte. “Senti… mi dispiace, okay? Andiamo a casa, per favore. Non voglio fare una piazzata qui in mezzo.”
Davide annuisce e rimane in silenzio per tutto il resto del tempo, a due passi di distanza da lui. A quanto pare negli anni ‘90 non è contemplato che due uomini possano fare la spesa insieme. Sarà un’altra cosa da femmine, per citare Matteo stesso.”
Source: Adrenalina
“Che cos'è l'insonnia se non la maniaca ostinazione della nostra mente a fabbricare pensieri, ragionamenti, sillogismi e definizioni tutte sue, il suo rifiuto di abdicare di fronte alla divina incoscienza degli occhi chiusi o alla saggia follia dei sogni? L'uomo che non dorme - da qualche mese a questa parte ho fin troppe occasioni di constatarlo su me stesso - si rifiuta più o meno consapevolmente di affidarsi al flusso delle cose.”
Source: Memorie di Adriano: La voce dell'imperatore
“Che cosa aveva fatto in otto anni di deputazione? Come un burattino, aveva alzato ed abbassato il capo, per dire sì o no, secondo gl’imbeccavano! E avesse una volta, una sola volta, aperto la bocca! Si scusava col dire che il pubblico lo sgomentava; ma la verità era che non aveva neppur un'idea in fondo alla zucca, non sapeva scrivere un rigo senza fare sette spropositi; e credeva di poter nascondere la sua supina ignoranza con l'aria di presunzione e di sufficienza! E a una bestia di tale cubatura affidavano tutti gli affari della città e della provincia, lasciavano dettar sentenze intorno a ogni sorta di quistioni: d'istruzione pubblica, di ingegneria, di musica, di marina!... Non contento di esercitare personalmente tanto potere, ficcava i suoi aderenti da per tutto perché facessero il suo giuoco.”
Source: The Viceroys
“Che cosa disprezzi? È da questo che ti si conosce veramente.”
Source: DUNE