P Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with P. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Presenting statues of honor to reporters for covering an earthquake is like presenting a first prize to a doctor for performing surgery.”
Source: My own story, Donahue
“Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell.”
“Presenting…
The Vexed Bee’s Holy Narco Deathbrrrd and Raptor
Weed Santa-tarium Vomit Landfill Monster’s
Rural Cyberpunk Christmas Blow-Out Sale
At Food Not Toys’ Eyes That Do Not Forget”
Source: Lacustrian Elevators
“Presently a soprano voice of richness and depth floated from the open windows of the parlor, resonating over the darkening greenery. All at once it was as if the entire scene before them was awakened by that voice, infused with unexpected life: the western sky, streaked with bands of pale gold and purple; the two houses, standing gray and disconsolate against that sky; the clusters of trees casting deep black shadows here and there across the ground. The same voice that brought everything suddenly to life also drew them into another, much deeper world—a world that was normally hidden, a world that stretched out into eternity. Yusuke, who had at first looked on with a sense of distance as everyone else sat listening, their faces intent on the music, found himself being gradually drawn in as well, forgetting the moment and the place, lending his ear during that unworldly stretch of time as if entranced. No one spoke. The singing could not have lasted ten minutes, but when it ended he found the darkness all at once grew deeper.”
“Presently he rose and approached the case before which she stood. Its glass shelves were crowded with small broken objects —hardly recognisable domestic utensils, ornaments and personal trifles — made of glass, of clay, of discoloured bronze and other time-blurred substances.
'It seems cruel,' she said, 'that after a while nothing matters... any more than these little things, that used to be necessary and important to forgotten people, and now have to be guessed at under a magnifying glass and labeled: "Use unknown".'”
“Presently, I grew tired and swam back to shore, long, pulling strokes that nevertheless did not seem to take me anywhere. My arms and legs felt leaden, my injured wrist tender and sore. It felt as though I would never reach dry land, and I began to worry that I would indeed drown. But I fought this battle every, fighting upstream against the inevitable, inexorable pull of my own destructive tendencies, and if the body was exhausted, then at least the mind was willing.”
Source: Shadowsong
“Presently I noted that the sun belt swayed up and down, from solstice to solstice, in a minute or less, and that consequently my pace was over a year a minute; and minute by minute the white snow flashed across the world, and vanished, and was followed by the bright, brief green of spring.”
Source: The Time Machine
“Presently I shall be introduced as 'this venerable old gentleman' and the axe will fall when they raise me to the degree of 'grand old man'. That means on our continent any one with snow-white hair who has kept out of jail till eighty.”
“Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is in great demand. This is the day of the milligram.”
Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“Presently it appears that people are mainly concerned with being well rested. Those capable of uninterrupted sleep are much admired. Unconsciousness is in great demand. This is the day of the milligram. The rigors of learning how to do long division have been a traditional part of childhood, just like learning to smoke. In fact, as far as I am concerned, the two go hand in hand. Any child who cannot do long division by himself does not deserve to smoke.”
“Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you"— here I opened wide the door; —
Darkness there, and nothing more.Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you"— here I opened wide the door; —
Darkness there, and nothing more.”
Source: The Raven
“Presently, one after another, like shyly hopping sparrows, her friends arrived, black against the snow.”
Source: Swann’s Way
“Presently the newly awakened psychology will gradually accomplish what pure religious devotion might have done: throw out Paul, and let Jesus in!”
Source: De Mysteriën van Jezus in ons Leven
“Presently the recruiting sergeant was not able to use the children of this regime even as cannon fodder: the Boer War and the First World War, did perhaps as much as any other factor to promote better housing there.”
Source: The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformations, and Its Prospects
“Presently we have to train our unconscious to function better. Then we can depend upon our instincts, that will be noble instincts. At this moment, our instincts are very impure. When we have practiced for a long time, living the higher values of life and following the instructions of great masters or the Scriptures, that is when you have trained your unconscious. Then when a situation comes, you can to an extent, depend on your inner voice.”
“Presently we're seeing these kinds of battles for our most vulnerable students - such as Trans and LGBTQ students. You have a lot of conservative parents/school boards making life much harder for these children by trying to ensure bullying remains in place.”
“Presently, my understanding of the fundamental principles of the theory of high-intensity training is thorough and complete - not two plus two equals three-and-a-half, but two plus two equals four! Heretofore, I would only occasionally have clients gain 10 to 20 pounds in a month or 30 to 40 pounds in three to four months. Now such is no longer the exception , but the rule!”
“Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary.”
“Presently, we were aware of an odour gradually coming towards us, something musky, fiery, savoury, mysterious, - a hot drowsy smell, that lulls the senses, and yet enflames them, - the truffles were coming.”
Source: The Fitz-Boodle papers, and other sketches
“Presents are delivered from the sky,
in every package a prize, a chance,
to choke, to suffocate, to forget,
yes to forget every last word ever spoken of
man higher in the scale than animal creation,
the gorilla and the tiger being mere beasts
while man has shrines, altars, lights,
books awarding him personal immortality,
books not yet banned nor burned.”
Source: Selected poems
“Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them.”
Source: The Shadow Of The Wind
“Presents are the best way to show someone how much you care. It is like this tangible thing that you can point to and say, Hey man, I love you this many dollars-worth.”
“Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed.”
“Presents can make up for some of the disappointments that life doles out, such as it makes almost no sense and is coming to an end more quickly than ever.”
“Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.”
“Presents
I snipped and stitched my soul
to a little black dress,
hung my heart on a necklace,
tears for its pearls,
my mouth went for a bracelet,
gracing your arm,
all my lover's words
for its dangling charms,
and my mind was a new hat,
sexy and chic,
for a hair of your head on my sleeve,
like a scrawled receipt.”
Source: Rapture
“Presents of love fear not to be ill taken of strangers.”
Source: The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall
“Presents, believe me, seduce both men and gods.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ovid (Illustrated)
“Presents, I often say, endear absents.”
“Presents? We already bought you a lot of things. Member when we were at the market and I bought you gum? You'member.”
“Presença, ausência,no fundo vai a dar no mesmo, não? Alguém definiu cultura de uma forma engraçada: aquilo que fica depois de esquecermos o que aprendemos. Um resíduo, um resto, uma poeira dentro de ti."
"Como pé numa garrafa de vinho?"
"Como pé numa garrafa de vinho. Boa imagem, surfista. Aprendemos a desaprender. Lemos livros para ler aquilo que é o oposto dos livros. Tentamos domar as palavras para podermos prescindir das palavras.”
Source: Os Surfistas
“Preservation of human life generally outweighs some stupid code about returning objects on time.”
“Preservation of life is the only true joy.”
“Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
Source: An Organizer's Tale: Speeches
“Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense.”
Source: Ronald Reagan
“Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family.”
Source: The Garden of God
“Preservation of the environment, promotion of sustainable development and particular attention to climate change are matters of grave concern for the entire human family. No nation or business sector can ignore the ethical implications present in all economic and social development. With increasing clarity scientific research demonstrates that the impact of human actions in any one place or region can have worldwide effects.”
“Preservationists are the only people in the world who are invariably confirmed in their wisdom after the fact.”
“Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
Source: Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“Preserve and treat food as you would your body, remembering that in time food will be your body.”
“Preserve me from such cordiality! It is like handling briar-roses and may-blossoms - bright enough to the eye, and outwardly soft to the touch, but you know there are thorns beneath, and every now and then you feel them too; and perhaps resent the injury by crushing them in till you have destroyed their power, though somewhat to the detriment of your own fingers.”
“Preserve me from unseasonable and immoderate sleep.”
Source: Prayers and Meditations, composed by S. Johnson ... and published from his manuscripts, by George Strahan ... The fourth edition
“Preserve my artistic creativity and ennoble my artistic fame.”
Source: Giacomo Meyerbeer: A Life in Letters
“Preserve the core, and let the rest flux. In their wonderful bestseller Built to Last, authors James Collins and Jerry Porras make a convincing argument that long-lived companies are able to thrive 50 years or more by retaining a very small heart of unchanging values, and then stimulating progress in everything else. At times "everything" includes changing the business the company operates in, migrating, say, from mining to insurance. Outside the core of values, nothing should be exempt from flux. Nothing.”
“Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.”
“Preserve the President's options. He may need them.”
Source: Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001
“Preserve the sayings of those people who are indifferent to the world. They say only that what Allah wishes them to say.”
“Preserve the spirit of a ‘lost’ age, when time moved slower.”
Source: Traditional Angling: Fennel's Journal No. 6
“Preserve there [bohemia] a hidden seed to glorify thy name.”
“Preserve therein in prayer.”