P Quotes
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“Potential unexpressed turns to pain.”
“Potential unfulfilled is a story left untold; every underachiever has the power to script their narrative of success with determination, perseverance, and belief in oneself.”
“Potential," I said, "doesn't mean a thing. You've got to do it. Almost every baby in a crib has more potential than I have.”
Source: Women
“Potentially, anyone writing on the Web can reach a global audience. In practice, hardly anyone ever does.”
Source: You Can't Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom
“Potentially being punished for something you want to do can diminish your desire to do it, but the certainty of ridicule if others find out you want to do it usually totally destroys that desire.”
“Potentially evil. Potentially good, too, I suppose. Just this huge powerful potentiality waiting to be shaped.”
“Potentially shippable is defined by a state of confidence or readiness, and shipping is a business decision.”
Source: Agile Transformation: A Brief Story of How an Entertainment Company Developed New Capabilities and Unlocked Business Agility to Thrive in an Era of Rapid Change
“Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.”
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights; it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. When unlimited and unrestricted by individual rights, a government is man's deadliest enemy. It is not as protection against private actions, but against governmental actions that the Bill of Rights was written.”
“Potentially, America is really the greatest, but it's not yet, I don't think. It's too much like an old-fashioned empire, waving the stick and dropping too many bombs on too many people.”
“Potentially, the U.S. military has the ability to stop messages from being delivered or can alter commands without ISIS knowing.”
“Potete avvicinarvi all'atto dello scrivere con nervosismo, eccitazione, speranza, o anche disperazione, la sensazione cioè che non riuscirete mai a mettere sulla pagina quello che avete nella mente e nel cuore. Potete avvicinarvi a quell'atto con i pugni chiusi e gli occhi stretti, pronti a menare e a prendere nota dei nomi. Potete mettervici perché volete farvi sposare da una certa ragazza o perché volete cambiare il mondo. Mettetevici in qualsiasi modo, ma non alla leggera.”
Source: On writing: a memoir of the craft
“Pothinus: "Is it possible that Caesar, the conqueror of the world, has time to occupy himself with such a trifle as our taxes?" Caesar: "My friend, taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“Pothole in the Sky
My veins ground too deep to become a statue,
And the flight is delayed too late—
So I take off again.
I take off without the vein of the city
That lifts me to heaven with a million lights
And a few streets in between.
The darkness blooms like a desert,
And in my aeroplane, I become a small flower,
Travelling too far and without sight.
Clouds outside windows become a stair frame,
And the dark blue of mornings drifts by,
While I dream of Paris and every thought
That drifted by.”
Source: The Willow Song
“Potholes and bumps? Welcome to the world. Every road gas them. They're there to be navigated, avoided, driven over, or through to the other side. Don't keep driving into the pothole.”
“Potluck Supper with Meeting to Follow is a marvel, deftly examining the connections between art and everyday life. Andy Sturdevant's lively, unique inquiries into trust fund kids, co-opted flags, gubernatorial portraits, art in second-tier cities, and Upper Midwestern esoterica, brim with both wit and humor.”
“Potomak Aristotelov u mulju ovom se valja.”
Source: Krugovanje
“Potpuno se pouzdajem u sebe, i znam da se mogu suočiti sa svim problemima koji su preda mnom, ali iskreno, nemam isto pouzdanje u njega, ili u iti jednog tipa u našem bolesnom društvu. Da je naša veza itekako mogla uspeti, morali bismo biti jako snažni. Nas oboje. Ne bih mogla sve sama izgurati. Pa, iako me on nastavio ganjati i svako toliko mi slao e-mail znala sam da to progovara samo jedna strana njega - slaba strana. Znala sam da nije pronašao rešenje našeg problema. Zato sam ga nastavila odbijati i negirati svoja osećanja, ne dopuštajući da me uvuče u svoju slabost. Jedno je od nas moralo biti snažno. Ja sam odlučila da ću to biti ja. Možeš biti sigurna draga, da su obojica - iako je među njima velika generacijska razlika - izrađeni po istom modelu: pasivnom i slabom. Oni su robovi reakcionarnih običaja i prastarih tradicija iako se njihovi prosvetljeni umovi pretvaraju da odbijaju takve stvari ! To je kalup za sve muškarce u našem društvu. Oni su samo piuni koje njihove porodice pomiču po poloči!”
Source: Girls of Riyadh
“Potrei essere qui in quanto qualcuno vuole che sia così. C'è chi lo crede. Dio? dice lei con dolore e ironia nella voce.Se esistesse andrebbe licenziato per giusta causa, incapacità, assenteismo, e poi giustiziato per crudeltà, bruciato per eresia contro le verità che lui stesso ha proclamato. Già fatto, dico io. Già frustato, crocifisso, ucciso e sepolto. Ma pretende l'esistenza, risponde lei, e si sazia feroce dei desideri che ci incidono il cuore.”
“Potrei volare da Barcellona a Londra con Ryanair e poi soggiornare in un hotel a cinque stelle. Ryanair pensa che io sia il loro tipo di cliente, mentre l’hotel pensa che io sia un tipo di cliente a cinque stelle. In realtà potrei essere un viaggiatore più interessato al cuscino su cui dormo rispetto che al sedile su cui mi siedo per due ore. In questo modo, nessuno dei due brand comprenderà le mie reali preferenze di stile di vita finché non inizieranno a collaborare.”
Source: Hotel Distribution 2050. (Pre)visioni sul futuro di hotel marketing e distribuzione alberghiera
“Potremmo affermare che il Futuro (con la F maiuscola) non esista affatto ma che, al contrario, (co)esistano tanti futuri (con le f minuscole) possibili e ugualmente probabili. Quale di questi diventerà il "nostro" Futuro non è in nostro potere prevedere, ma -a conti fatti- è proprio questo l'aspetto più eccitante della scrittura speculativa.”
Source: Hotel Distribution 2050. (Pre)visioni sul futuro di hotel marketing e distribuzione alberghiera
“Potremmo chiamare Orso e sentire che fanno, ha aggiunto, e io le ho risposto che non vediamo Orso da mesi, quell’amicizia – estiva, sincera, reale – è finita come solo ciò che è vero sa finire, siamo distanti adesso, per un motivo o per l’altro, senza discussioni o strappi precisi, ci siamo allontanati.”
Source: L'acqua del lago non è mai dolce
“Potremmo non avere quello che vuoi, ma abbiamo quello di cui hai bisogno.”
Source: Finale
“Potret memotret itu kegemaran yang mahal sekali.”
Source: Surat-Surat Kartini: Renungan Tentang dan Untuk Bangsanya
“Potrudi se da jednom naučiš nešto zaista korisno i prestani da lutaš. A čuvaj se i druge zablude: jer su budale oni koje se celog svoga veka trude i muče, a nemaju pred očima cilj prema kome bi mogli usmeriti svoje težnje i misli.”
“Pots can show malice, the patterns of linoleum can leer up at you, treachery is the other side of dailiness.”
Source: A Wilderness Station: Selected Stories, 1968-1994
“Pots hung from the ceiling beams, between the festoons of braided garlic, the hams, the salsicce, bunches of mountain herbs for medicine, strings of dried porcini, necklaces of dried apple rings in winter, chains of dried figs. The smell of onions, of hot lard and smoldering oak wood, of cinnamon and pepper, always seemed to hang in the air. The larder was full of meat at all times, needless to say: not small pieces, but huge joints and sides of beef and lamb, which Mamma and Carenza could never hope to use just for our household, and which were quietly passed on to the monks of Santa Croce so that they could feed the poor. Carenza made salami with fennel seeds and garlic, prosciutto, pancetta. Sometimes the air in the larder was so salty that it stung your nostrils, and sometimes it reeked of spoiled blood from the garlands of hares, rabbits, quail, thrushes and countless other creatures that would arrive, bloody and limp, from Papa's personal game dealer.
Next to the larder, a door led out to our courtyard, which Mamma had kept filled with herbs. An ancient rosemary bush took up most of one side, and the air in summer was always full of bees. Sage, thyme, various kinds of mint, oregano, rocket, hyssop, lovage and basil grew in Mamma's collection of old terra-cotta pots. A fig tree was slowly pulling down the wall, and a tenacious, knotted olive tree had been struggling for years in the sunniest corner.”
Source: Appetite
“Potser el silenci
per descobrir nous ritmes,
potser la música
per fer molt més intensos
els ritmes del silenci.
Els fulls dels llibres
com un espai molt íntim
que mai refusa.
Del vent me’n quedo
la inquietud que vibra
a cada fulla.
Pledejo encara,
tossut i temerari,
amb vells dimonis;
un ritme greu compassa
raonaments i dubtes.
Amb les mancances
m’he fet una cuirassa
per sobreviure.”
Source: Haikús en temps de guerra
“Potser si torno de puntetes m'acollirà
la mateixa divagatòria complaença
que enyorava, i no hauré de retre
comptes d'una tan llarga absència.
Pugnen els versos per obrir-se pas
entre la fronda de vells moviments
obscurs i contumaços, però l'ordre
restablert amb esforç és una melodia
que ja puc repetir amb dits insegurs
només tancant els ulls.”
Source: Quietud perduda
“Potter, do something. Tell them I mean no harm.
I'm sorry, professor. But I must not tell lies.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Potter for me is something that's been giving me these amazing opportunities to start a career and learn while I'm doing, which is the best way to learn.”
“Potter is mocked by a faculty member for the idea that there is evil in the world from which even children need to learn to defend themselves by the actual practice of doing so rather than familiarity with theory.”
“Potter is piqued with potter, joiner with joiner, beggar begrudges beggar, and singer singer.”
“Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer.”
“Potter journal entry:
"It is odious to a shy person to be snubbed as conceited, especially when the shy person happened to be right, and under the temptation of sauciness.”
Source: Beatrix Potter and the Natural World
“Potter wasn't such an unusual name. He was sure there were lots of people called Potter who had a son called Harry. Come to think of it, he wasn't even sure his nephew was called Harry. He'd never even seen the boy. It might have been Harvey. Or Harold.”
Source: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“Potter! There are hundreds of people thundering through my pub!”
“Potty mouth, rock star, at the top and still tryna climb, Drop the top sit back recline”
“Poucas coisas marcam tanto um leitor como o primeiro livro que realmente abre caminho até seu coração.”
“Poucas coisas nesse mundo prendem tanto nosso coração quanto o dinheiro, e o amor a ele fará você brigar com pessoas amadas, desgastar seu coração e até deixar o seu Deus.”
Source: Isto é filtro solar: Eclesiastes e a vida debaixo do sol
“Pouco a pouco se tornando tão cega como a outra gente que só pode ver o que à vista está.”
Source: Baltasar and Blimunda
“Poucos professores compreendem que a finalidade do ensino da história não deve consistir em aprender de cor datas e acontecimentos ou obrigar o aluno a saber quando esta ou aquela batalha se realizou, quando nasceu um general ou quando um monarca, quase sempre sem significação, pôs sobre a cabeça a coroa dos seus avós. (...) Aprender história quer dizer procurar e encontrar as forças que conduzem às causas das ações que vemos como acontecimentos históricos.”
Source: Mein Kampf
“Poultry Farm (Sonnet)
First law of poultry farming:
keep your livestock busy
with trivial problems,
so they stay ever oblivious
to systemic criminal activities.
That's why the West makes
such a song and dance about Hitler,
so that the actual world criminals
never lose their pedestal of heroic honor.
World War 2 is the ultimate
geopolitical smoke screen,
fed to the livestock religiously,
with Hitler as the moral decoy,
so that Planet Earth never grows
the brain or the backbone to question
the extinction level crimes of the White Allies.
Fascism is not an anomaly,
it's the Operating System of Mock Democracy.”
Source: Sonnets From The Mountaintop
“Poultry is for the cook what canvas is for a painter, or the cap of Fortunatus for a conjurer.”
“Poultry workers are paid very little: in the United States, two cents for every dollar spent on a fast-food chicken goes to workers, and some chicken operators use prison labor, paid twenty-five cents per hour. Think of this as Cheap Work. In the US poultry industry, 86 percent of workers who cut wings are in pain because of the repetitive hacking and twisting on the line. Some employers mock their workers for reporting injury, and the denial of injury claims is common. The result for workers is a 15 percent decline in income for the ten years after injury. While recovering, workers will depend on their families and support networks, a factor outside the circuits of production but central to their continued participation in the workforce. Think of this as Cheap Care. The food produced by this industry ends up keeping bellies full and discontent down through low prices at the checkout and drive-through. That's a strategy of Cheap Food....You can't have low-cost chicken without abundant propane: Cheap Energy. There is some risk in the commercial sale of these processed birds, but through franchising and subsidies, everything from easy financial and physical access to the land on which the soy feed for chickens is grown to small business loans, that risk is mitigated through public expense for private profit. This is one aspect of Cheap Money. Finally, persistent and frequent acts of chauvinism against categories of animal and human life -- such as women, the colonized, the poor, people of color, and immigrants -- have made each of these six cheap things possible. Fixing this ecology in place requires a final element -- the rule of Cheap Lives. Yet at every step of this process, humans resist....”
Source: A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things: A Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet
“Pounce had it easier than any of us. No one noticed a black cat in the street. He stopped here and there to sniff aught of interest. Wherever our Rat stopped, Pounce was there, close enough to see up the Rat's nose. I was so proud. Now there was a proper god, making himself useful! Since my thought might be deemed blasphemy, I said silent prayers to the Goddess and to Mithros. I begged forgiveness and asked them not to misunderstand. Since I wasn't blasted where I stood, I guess they forgave me, or they hadn't heard my blasphemy.”
Source: Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records
“Pounce trotted past the newcomers, carrying a black kitten with a white bib and mittens in his mouth. The small creature hung in Pounce’s grip, ears flat, hindquarters and tail curled up. It seemed as dejected as a body could be at my cat’s handling…
My cat dropped his captive in Aniki’s lap. He then lectured her in meows, saying, I cannot let you maul me about. Do it to him.
…Kora grabbed Pounce. “Why her?” she asked, holding Pounce up. “I’m a mage. By rights I should have a cat. You like Aniki more than you like me!”
Ersken said, “I think Pounce is in a giving mood today.”
Here came my cat with a second kitten. This one was a light and dark brown ball with thin black stripes and spots. Pounce dropped it in front of Kora.”
Source: Terrier
“Pound a few cups of the fizzy stuff [sparkling water] before digging in to your seared Branzino, and you'll realize that you're full after eating only a fraction of what you would normally ingurgitate. It's like an ephemeral version of fiber that won't sit around and threaten you with the risk of imminent flatulence.”
Source: The Chic Diet: The Dietary and Psychological Tactics of the Urban Elite
“Pound described poetry as original research in language, and just as formal experiment in poetry has to try things and has to go too far, so does experiment with writing about politics in poetry and what the politics of poetry is.”
“Pound for pound, these animals don’t add up to much. Dog fanciers with a couple of Rottweilers trump us in terms of sheer biomass. But, when it comes to sheer insistence, even the largest, most unruly dogs—or for that matter, your average herd of cattle—are no match for our ducks, geese, parrots, parakeets, turkeys, cats, rabbits, and other birds.”
Source: Enslaved by Ducks