N Quotes
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“Not perfection as a final goal, but the ever-enduring process of perfecting, maturing, refining is the aim of living.”
Source: Reconstruction in Philosophy: Top American Authors
“Not perhaps until later life, until the follies, passions, and selfishness of youth have died out, do we . . . recognize the the inestimable blessing, the responsibility awful as sweet, of possessing or of being a friend.”
“Not philosophy, after all, not humanity, just sheer joyous power of song, is the primal thing in poetry.”
Source: The Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm
“Not planning enough is like preparing for failure even if you are extremely passionate about your idea.”
Source: 17 Reasons Why Businesses Fail :Unscrew Yourself From Business Failure
“Not playing by the rules, not seeing things conventionally, that's the heart of who he [ Steve Jobs] is, and he does it in small ways of everyday rebellion just almost to assert who he is, like not putting a license plate on his car.”
“Not playing every day, I kind of healed up a little bit from the little injuries that I had the year before. Then, when I got home this winter and my body wasn't beat up, I said, 'Wait a minute, this may work out.'”
“Not playing on Sunday has caused problems for other organizations or teams who wanted us to do so, but we never had to think twice about such a decision.”
“Not playing the game is the best way to play the game.”
“Not politician - not soldier - not scientist - not philosopher - not a professional of any kind - but a human being - a human being with the fire of accountability - that's what the world is desperately craving for. And that human - that majestic, life-giving, torch-bearing, vigorous human - is not going to fall from the sky - for it is nobody else but you.”
Source: Sleepless for Society
“Not poor? How can you sit there and say that with a straight face? Why I remember your momma told my momma once that your daddy got drunk and spent his paycheck and you had to pick up beer bottles alongside the road for lunch money and you had holes in the bottoms of your shoes. You had to line them with newspapers. If that ain’t poor, I sure don’t know what is.”
Source: The Jailing of Cecelia Capture
“Not poppy, nor mandrake, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep, Which thou owest yesterday.”
“Not possessing definite geographical boundaries, at least in the East - its distinction from Asia is problematic, considering that two large countries, Russia and Turkey, stretch between the two continents - , Europe, from the beginning, has defined itself from the perspective of the constitutive specificity of its philosophical principles: the freedom of the Greek cities as opposed to the Asian despotic regimes. Although these principles were often contradicted and reversed into their opposite, the idea of Europe is inseparable from them.”
“Not praising the deserving prevents envy.”
“Not proud you have, but thankful that you have. Proud can I never be of what I hate, but thankful even for hate that is meant love.”
Source: Romeo and Juliet
“Not purpose but chance is at the heart of mental life.”
Source: The Foundations of Normal and Abnormal Psychology
“Not pursuing your “own pleasure” on the Sabbath requires self-discipline. You may have to deny yourself of something you might like. If you choose to delight yourself in the Lord, you will not permit yourself to treat it as any other day. Routine and recreational activities can be done some other time. Think of this: In paying tithing, we return one-tenth of our increase to the Lord. In keeping the Sabbath holy, we reserve one day in seven as His. So it is our privilege to consecrate both money and time to Him who lends us life each day.”
Source: Accomplishing the Impossible: What God Does, What We Can Do
“Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.”
“Not quite sure how far she'd already fallen, she imagined loving him would feel like falling in love with darkness, frightening and consuming yet utterly beautiful when the stars came out.”
Source: Caraval
“Not quite what one expected, but once it happened one realized it couldn't be any other way.”
Source: The Secret History
“Not rape, not theft---not something that cowards would rather hide from. Yell fire, the stranger had instructed her. A threat to all. If you are attacked, yell about a fire.”
“Not rarely, and this is especially true of wives and mothers, the motive behind assuming a disproportionate share of work and responsibility is completely unselfish. We want to protect, to spare those of whom we are fond. We forget that, regardless of the motive, the results of such action are almost always destructive and unproductive.”
“Not reaching back for what was lost in my yesterdays. And not reaching for what I hope will be in my tomorrow. But living fully with what is right in front of me. And truly seeing the gift of this moment.”
“Not reacting with anger, but responding with compassion and equanimity, is a personal choice. Particularly so, in an explosive situation, when someone is provoking you, by trampling all over your self-esteem. How can you employ compassion when someone is spewing venom? Well, if you observe their behavior closely, someone causing you pain and anguish is actually suffering a lot within themselves. Their thoughts and actions are only reflecting their distressed state of mind. They surely know not what they are doing. So, respond – don’t react – with compassion. Ahimsa is not just non-violent action. It includes non-violent thought as well. Respond with ahimsa – that’s the best way to disarm your ‘opponent’! When you leave the other party guessing, as to why you are not striking back, you have won the battle without even fighting it. Isn’t that a great way to be protect your inner peace and profit from it?”
“Not reading a beautiful book again because you've already read it, that is, as if you were not visiting a dear friend again because you know him already.”
“Not reading, it might be said, was the highest expression of atheism, or at least of atheism as he conceived of it. If you don't believe in God, how do you believe in a fucking book?”
Source: 2666
“Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.”
“Not real can tell us about real.”
Source: Oryx And Crake
“Not real estate, gadgets or cash, give me languages, give me cultures.”
Source: Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood
“Not realizing that I craved his warmth, his nearness, until he was gone.”
Source: A Court of Thorns and Roses
“Not realizing that in an instant my privileged self brutally equated her entire identity to that of a street dog ~ (Pagli, Memoirs-The Imperfections of My Life)”
“Not realizing what you want is a problem of knowledge. Not pursuing what you want is a problem of motivation. Not achieving what you want is a problem of persistence.”
Source: Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell
“Not really a first thing I will buy, but the first thing I would do is take care of my mother and my family and then go from there. Whatever she needs. Not so much a house or car or material things, just making sure everything is taken care of from a family standpoint.”
“Not really a party until someone brings the surprise zombies.”
Source: The Demon's Covenant
“Not Really," he said then lit a cigarette and handed it to me. I inhaled. Coughed. Wheezed. Gasped for breath. Coughed again. Considered vomiting. Grabbed the swinging bench, head spinning, and threw the cigarette to the ground and stomped on it, convinced my Great Perhaps did not involve cigarettes.”
Source: Looking for Alaska
“Not really hungry." "She’ll eat." Pritkin said curtly. "I said —" "If you starve to death it would damage my professional reputation." "I eat plenty." "The same does not apply should I strangle you in understandable irritation, however." "I’ll have a sandwich," I told Nick. "No meat.”
“Not really. I am happy here. Why want another universe if this one has dogs? Dogs are the same here as they are in London. I had a place, you know. I'd got into Glasgow University to do Veterinary Medicine. And I went for a week but I missed my dogs too much. Then my dad lost his job and couldn't really afford for me to go. So yeah, I never got to be a vet. And I really wanted to be a vet. But I don't regret it. I have a good life. I've got some good friends. I've got my dogs.
Nora smiled. She liked Dylan, even if she doubted she could be as attracted to him as this other Nora. He was a good person, and good people were rare.”
Source: The Midnight Library
“Not really in all honesty because until you take control of your own health and go to your own doctor and have your own doctor tell you what's going to work for you.”
“Not really. It’s called OCD and—”
'Yes, yes, so my psychiatrist tells me.'
'You have a shrink?'
'Apparently, I have some repressed anger and unresolved abandonment issues after my experiences with God.”
“Not really riding weather, is it, miss? Unless you're a duck." He chuckled at his own joke.
"Quack," Jenna said...”
Source: Dangerously Charming
“Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now.”
“Not really, but after that I think about how I could kill him while he slept if I really wanted to, and then I feel better.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“Not really, definitely not from any outside sources. If there was any pressure it was just from ourselves. We just wanted to make sure that what we were doing was right. But, you know, when you're dealing with any kind of art, I think pressure really doesn't help at all. All you can do is give what comes out of you - and that's what we did.”
“Not really. I'm not a fan of Chinese food”
“Not reassuring when weathermen say 'Today will be terrible but don't worry it won't be as terrible as tomorrow or Friday.”
“Not recognizing natural mind is simply an example of the mind's unlimited capacity to create whatever it wants.”
“Not red or blue, not black or white,
but every shade holds the human light -
no stars for hate, no stripes for fear,
let human hearts be what we wear.”
Source: Tierra Carta: Naskar Charter of Earth
“Not reporting the number of dead bodies that were known to law enforcement created confusion about the total number of hurricane Ian deaths.”
“Not responding is a response - we are equally responsible for what we don't do.”
“Not responding is a response--we are equally responsible for what we don't do. In the case of animal slaughter, to throw your hands in the air is to wrap your fingers around a knife handle.”
“Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world.”
Source: Special Topics in Calamity Physics