P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Pres. Lyndon Johnson was a middle-aged man of smalltown America, both a Westerner and a Southerner, and except where politics had demonstrably forced his growth-as on the question of civil rights-he functioned like most men, as a product of his background.”
“Presa coscienza, la prima cosa che feci fu decidere di volare. E volai, perché potevo "È un sogno, cazzo! Vola!”
Source: Sogno chi non c'è più: Il libro su come interpretare i sogni capire se stessi e affrontare il lutto
“PRESBYTERIAN, n. One who holds the conviction that the government authorities of the Church should be called presbyters.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World
“Presbyterianism without infant damnation would be like the dog on the train that couldn't be identified because it had lost its tag.”
Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations
“Presbyterians are the spirit of the Antichrist.”
“Preschool kids learn best when exploring, but kids in school learn best when they do things, interacting with a master. Unfortunately, our schools don't do much of either. Also, kids do need to learn how to deal with technology, and online education and otherwise using electronic devices as learning tools facilitates that.”
“Preschoolers are not familiar with the thorny issue of career choice”
“Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.”
“Preschoolers sound much brighter and more knowledgeable than they really are, which is why so many parents and grandparents are sosure their progeny are gifted and super-bright. Because children's questions sound so mature and sophisticated, we are tempted to answer them at a level of abstraction far beyond the child's level of comprehension. That is a temptation we should resist.”
Source: La educacion erronea. Ninos preescolares en peligro
“Prescott National Forest is right on the edge of my home in Arizona.”
“Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials.”
Source: Reflections
“Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing and one-third of all seniors depend on Social Security for at least 90% of their income.”
“Prescription drugs and heroin act in very similar ways on the brain. And, unfortunately, heroin, because of its widespread availability is a lot cheaper.”
“Prescription drugs and sleep apnea are a potentially dangerous combination.”
“Prescription drugs can be even worse than illegal drugs. The only difference is the legality.”
“Prescription for Life-long Happiness: Purpose enough for satisfaction; Work enough for sustenance; Sanity enough to know when to play and rest; Wealth enough for basic needs; Affection enough to like many and love a few; Self-respect enough to love yourself; Charity enough to give to others in need; Courage enough to face difficulties; Creativity enough to solve problems; Humor enough to laugh at will; Hope enough to expect an interesting tomorrow; Gratitude enough to appreciate what you have; Health enough to enjoy life for all its worth.”
“Prescription for writer’s block: fear of poverty.”
“Prescription: 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Take ten pages, twice a day, til end of course.”
“Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.”
Source: The Devil's Dictionaries: The Best of the Devil's Dictionary and the American Heretic's Dictionary
“Prescriptive grammar has spread linguistic insecurity like a plague among English speakers for centuries, numbs us to the aesthetic richness of non-standard speech, and distracts us from attending to genuine issues of linguistic style in writing.”
Source: The Word on the Street: Debunking the Myth of
“Prescriptive regulations, such as telling electric utilities what kinds of coal to burn or what kinds of scrubbers to install on their smokestacks, were not only intrusive, they were also grossly inefficient.”
“Preseason is just a way to screw fans out of money.”
“Presence always wins out over principles.”
Source: Face to Face with God
“Presence being, dawn of my feelings are crisping with sanctified witness to my saviour and dependence on him to restore me by gaining ma worthfull sweat. I see through you and through your spirit of everlasting love for me.”
“Presence is a result of confidence. Presence... when we see it we feel it.”
“Presence is a state of inner spaciousness”
Source: Oneness With All Life: Inspirational Selections from A New Earth
“Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity.”
“Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity. Ours is a culture that measures our worth as human beings by our efficiency, our earnings, our ability to perform this or that. The cult of productivity has its place, but worshipping at its altar daily robs us of the very capacity for joy and wonder that makes life worth living.”
“Presence is like a gap in the flow of history, where all of [a] sudden it is not past and not future.”
“Presence is more than just being there.”
“Presence is needed to become aware of the Beauty, the Majesty, the Sacredness of Nature”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Presence is not some exotic state that we need to search for or manufacture. In the simplest terms, it is the felt sense of wakefulness, openness, and tenderness that arises when we are fully here and now with our experience.”
“Presence is the key to freedom, so you can only be free now.”
Source: The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
“Presence is the oxygen of deep relationships—silence the screens and breathe together.”
“Presence is the practice of fully inhabiting where you are, with openness and attention, rather than rushing past toward what comes next. Presence does not mean every moment is blissful. Sometimes the present holds discomfort, uncertainty, or boredom. To be present is not to deny these, but to allow them space without immediately trying to escape.”
“Presence is when you're no longer waiting for the next moment, believing that the next moment will be more fulfilling than this one.”
“Presence may offer a glimpse into infinity. This is in reference to the endless possibilities provided by acceptance of what is. There is freedom and serenity to be found in the simple act of being what we are. We are life manifesting in the form of a human being.”
Source: Love Will Show You the Way: Choosing the Path of Least Resistance
“Presence, more valuable than Presents”
“Presence of mind and courage in distress,
Are more than arrives to procure success?”
“Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.”
“Presence remains even amidst worldly activities. Stillness is there even when you're doing something quickly, like rushing to answer the phone. Otherwise you would be condemned to moving in slow motion.”
“Presence requires alignment between your mind, body, and words – to walk the talk, you need a simultaneous focus on all three levers: mental, skill, and physical”
Source: Own the Room: Discover Your Signature Voice to Master Your Leadership Presence
“Presencia y Ausencia
Cierta persona puede tener, como dices, una maravillosa presencia; no lo sé. Lo que sí sé es que tiene una ausencia perfectamente encantadora”
Source: Reflections
“Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.”
Source: The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver
“Present day interactions between the races are directly related to what happened many generations ago. Although we as a people are not directly to blame for what happened those many years ago, many of us do carry with us a collective guilt or shame that can only be attributed to these events. However, we are responsible for how we interact with people of all races now. I am of the opinion that how we feel and act towards others, to a great extent came to us from our elders and the society that we grew up in. Although some of us show more hostile feelings towards people of other races than others, we should all be aware of the bigoted feelings and attitudes that lurk deep within us and our society. Perhaps by overtly attempting to rid ourselves of these hostilities, we can better learn to live together....”
“Present day statesmen are making the biggest blunder of the age if they believe that there can be any peace without equity and justice to all mankind.”
Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“Present-day worthy poets’ and writers’ writings and books should be added to the syllabus and studied in the schools, colleges and universities so that the students can taste the new ideas along with the old ones!”
“Present evils are but means of purifying our soul, of grounding it in virtue, and occasions of acquiring merits, all in view of God's glory, the ultimate end of creation.”
Source: The Spiritual Life: A Treatise On Ascetical And Mystical Theology
“Present fear is never as bad as later regret.”
“Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.”