P Quotes
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“Paper Matches My aunts washed dishes while the uncles squirted each other on the lawn with garden hoses. Why are we in here, I said, and they are out there? That’s the way it is, said Aunt Hetty, the shriveled-up one. I have the rages that small animals have, being small, being animal. Written on me was a message, “At Your Service,” like a book of paper matches. One by one we were taken out and struck. We come bearing supper, our heads on fire.”
Source: Blackwater
“Paper money cheats, the real value lies in owning gold.”
“Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value - zero.”
“Paper money has had the effect in your State that it ever will have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open a door to every species of fraud and injustice.”
“Paper money is liable to be abused, has been, is, and forever will be abused, in every country in which it is permitted.”
Source: The Real Thomas Jefferson
“Paper money is like dram-drinking, it relieves for a moment by deceitful sensation, but gradually diminishes the natural heat, and leaves the body worse than it found it. Were not this the case, and could money be made of paper at pleasure, every sovereign in Europe would be as rich as he pleased. But the truth is, that it is a bubble and the attempt vanity. Nature has provided the proper materials for money: gold and silver, and any attempt of ours to rival her is ridiculous.”
Source: The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: Secretary to the Committee of Foreign Affairs in the American Revolution : to which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life
“Paper money is made of cotton, and I'm long cotton, by the way. One reason I'm long cotton is because Dr. Bernanke is out there running the printing presses as fast as he can.”
“Paper money will invariably operate in the body of politics as spirit liquors on the human body. They prey on the vitals and ultimately destroy them”
“Paper Moon didn't bring me love.”
“Paper or razor blade, never give up And just remember just to hold out more A couple years ago I couldn't just control that thought You'd find me buskin' on the street When it was cold outdoors And now I'm sweating on the stage With the sold out tours Writing love songs for the sake of it Never to make a hit”
“paper planes,
or angel wings, anything
to lift the heavy, to let her dream…
she’s always been searching for some
way to escape gravity”
“paper planes, or angel wings, anything to lift the heavy, to let him dream…
he’s always been searching for some way to escape gravity”
Source: wild spirit, soft heart
“Paper publishers are doing everything they can to slow the transition to eBooks because, in a digital world, paper publishers' high hardback margins essentially disappear.”
“paper-pushers can't figure me out. all they understand is bullshit and politics, which amounts to the same thing.”
Source: The Deep
“Paper qualification is no longer enough in today’s competitive society. You need skills that people will pay for.”
“Paper remains the standard to which digital media can only aspire.”
“Paper should be edible, nutritious. Inks used for printing or writing should have delicious flavors. Magazines or newspapers read at breakfast should be eaten for lunch. Instead of throwing one's mail in the waste-basket, it should be saved for the dinner guests.”
Source: M: Writings ’67–’72
“Paper terrorists, contrast flow as a domesticated emperoist. Building my empire, elevation to the Heaven is a high that keeps me higher. A pillar of fire, lead us to the Promised Land even though our nature makes us a liar. Always set my feet on the right path you've paved but when setting out on a path of revenge, make sure you dig up two graves. It's either love or hate and who can relate? Enter the Kingdom of Heaven or Hell is your fate.”
Source: The Land Flowing With Milk And Honey
“Paper thin heart
but so many words written
on its exterior.”
“PAPER TOWERS
The library was on the second floor of the House, not far from my room. It had two floors—the first held the majority of the books and a balcony wrapped in a wrought-iron railing held another set. It was a cavalcade of tomes, all in immaculate rows, and with study carrels and tables thrown in for good measure. It was my home away from home(away from home.
I walked inside and paused for a moment to breathe in the scent of paper and dust—the perfumes of knowledge. The library was empty of patrons as far as I could tell, but I could hear the rhythmic squeal of a library cart somewhere in the rows. I followed them down until I found the dark-haired vampire shelving books with mechanical precision. I knew him only as “the librarian.” He was a fount of information, and he had a penchant for leaving books outside my door.”
Source: Drink Deep
“Paperbacks make the world go round. Okay, maybe only my world. Either way paperbacks rock!”
“Paperbacks weren't considered real books in the book trade. Up till then it was just murder mysteries, potboilers, 25-cent pocket books sold in newsstands. When the New York publishers started publishing quality paperbacks, there was no place to buy them.”
“Papers from Count Jules Greindl, who was the main collaborator of Leopold II in this curious affair, the author has drawn a very precise account, supplemented by documents. To take advantage of the financial ruin of Spain to make the Philippines a kingdom of its own, distinct from Belgium and then to form a company which would exploit the islands in the name of Spain, such were the successive ideas of Leopold. They failed both for lack of capital and for the reaction of Spanish pride. But they show, in Leopold II, the progress of the colonial idea with all the aspects that will then be found in the Congolese affair. When Henry Morton Stanley discovered the Congo, Leopold was ready.”
Source: A la recherche d'un Etat Independent: Léopold II et les Philippines
“Papers identify monkeys, not the human spirit.”
Source: Nazmahal: Palace of Grace
“Papers should include more side remarks, open questions, and such. Very often, these are more interesting than the theorems actually proved. Alas, most people are afraid to admit that they don't know the answer to some question, and as a consequence they refrain from mentioning the question, even if it is a very natural one. What a pity! As for myself, I enjoy saying 'I do not know'.”
Source: Oeuvres, Collected Papers: 1985-1998
“Papers that use queer Theory usually begin by examining an idea, problematizing it in queer (or "queering" or "genderfucking") ways, and eventually concluding that there can be no conclusions.”
Source: Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
“Paperwork is the embalming fluid of bureaucracy, maintaining an appearance of life where none exists.”
“Paperwork wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for all the paper. And the work.”
Source: The Charley Davidson Series
“Paperwork, cleaning the house, dealing with the innumerable visitors who come all through the day, answering the phone, keeping patience and acting intelligently, which is to find some meaning in all that happens-these things, too, are the works of peace, and often seem like a very little way.”
“Papery moths fly above our heads, circling up as though tragically drawn to the light of the stars.”
Source: The Wicked King
“Papi and well loved master. My heart is sighing next to your immense father's heart. You have brought a lot of peace to me. I am happy about the lovely family that you have formed and have allowed me to join. I think you equally for the promise of better days. I feel very good at being at your side to be one of your children and to live simply but fully. It feels wonderful to realise we were all of one body that is are condemned to die, and before finishing I would like to tell you again what I told you when I had the impression of losing my breath the other night. I am slime, I am less than nothing and I beg your pardon for all of the errors of my flesh. I love you Papi and I will be returning to work. PS. Please excuse my handwriting.”
“Papi taught me every piece
has its own space.
Papi taught me every piece
moves in its own way.
Papi taught me every piece
has its own purpose.
The squares do not overlap.
& neither do the pieces.
The only time two pieces
stand in the same square
is the second before one
is being taken & replaced.”
Source: Clap When You Land
“Papi will have two funerals.
Papi will have two ceremonies.
Papi will be mourned in two countries.
Papi will be said goodbye to here and there.
Papi had two lives.
Papi has two daughters.
Papi was a man split in two,
playing a game against himself.
But the problem with that
is that in order to win, you also have to lose.”
Source: Clap When You Land
“Papier
Un jour,
un peuplier immense
fut abattu dans la forêt.
On le débita,
et on en fit du papier.
Avec tout ce papier,
on fabriqua mille bouquins.
Il suffisait de les ouvrir
à n’importe quelle page
pour écouter, tel un écho lointain,
le chant des oiseaux
dans le feuillage de l’arbre.”
“Papiere zweimal anzufassen, ist die Vorbereitung zur Insolvenz.”
“Pappy's word was his bond and his name was all he had, all that he could control.”
Source: Losing My Cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture
“Paprika is evidence that Japanese animators are reaching for the moon, while most of their American counterparts remain stuck in the kiddie sandbox.”
“Papua New Guinea adalah negara dengan bahasa dan dialek paling banyak di dunia, dengan 848 bahasa dan dialek lokal. Pembentukan dialek dan isolasi geografi adalah penyebab utama banyaknya bahasa di dunia. Jadi, bisa dibayangkan letak geografis Papua New Guinea yang masih berhutan lebat, dengan gunung-gunung, membentuk isolasi alami bagi bahasa-bahasa ini.”
Source: Man's Defender
“Papá, es que yo quiero estar siempre en el cine, quiero vivir en el cine...”
Source: Paraíso Inabitado
“Par amour, j’ai donné mon âme à une personne par cruauté, elle m’a tué sans pitié”
“Par che a questo mondo la regola sia questa. Ogni persona ha ciò che non vuole, e ciò che vorrebbe l’hanno gli altri.”
Source: Tre uomini in barca
“Par delà les brumes anciennes,
Demain rit au lointain bleu;
D'autres mains après les miennes
Entretiendront le feu...”
Source: Sous l'Auvent
“Par-dessus tout, les humains sont vrais, la seule divinité que je connais est l'humanité.”
Source: L'humain Impossible: Cent Sonnets pour Ma Famille Mondiale
“Par l'imagination nous abandonnons le cours ordinaire des choses. Percevoir et imaginer sont aussi antithétiques que présence et absence. Imaginer c'est s'absenter, c'est s'élancer vers une vie nouvelle.”
Source: Air and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Movement
“Par l'univers ! Je crois que ma femme est honnête et qu'elle ne l'est pas ; je crois que tu es probe et que tu ne l'es pas ; je veux avoir quelque preuve. Son nom, qui était pur comme le visage de Diane, est maintenant terni et noir comme ma face !... S'il y a encore des cordes ou des couteaux, des poisons ou du feu ou des flots suffocants, je n'endurerai pas cela ! Oh ! avoir la certitude !”
Source: Othello
“Par malheur, ces jeunes gens ne comprennent pas qu’il est souvent bien facile de sacrifier sa vie, tandis que consacrer, par exemple, cinq ou six années de sa belle jeunesse à l’étude et à la science – ne fût-ce que pour décupler ses forces afin de servir la vérité et d’atteindre le but qu’on s’est assigné – c’est là un sacrifice qui les dépasse.”
Source: The Brothers Karamazov
“Par Odin, Thor et Tom Hiddleston !”
Source: Entre Feu & Glace
“Par tibi, Roma, nihil, cum sis prope tota ruina.”
“Par toi tout le bonheur que m'offre l'avenir Est dans mon souvenir. Through you, all the happiness that the future offers Is in my memory.”
“Para a maioria das pessoas, não perceber a presença do mal é um sinal de que tudo está bem. Para Edgar Wilson, é justamente o contrário. Não pressentir o mal não é sinônimo de que ele não existe ou desapareceu. São os opostos devidamente dosados que mantêm o sistema equilibrado e, assim, se o mal se ausentou, é provável que o bem também o tenha feito.”
Source: Enterre seus mortos