S Quotes
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“Steam becomes a mighty power only when it allows itself to be imprisoned in a strong little reservoir, produces tremendous motion and carries huge weights by permitting itself a tiny and measured outlet.”
Source: Gandhi on Nehru
“Steam fingers reached up through Decatur's freshly scoured sidewalks as they did each morning, the ancestors of the Choctaw and Saint-Dominguens and Spanish and French, no doubt reminding them they would not reliquish this colony again to the Americans.”
Source: Tiny Righteous Acts
“Steam in an open space would just simply scatter in different directions. Steam contained in an engine can move a whole train. Success comes from One-pointedness and Constancy of Aim and Effort.”
Source: Experiencing Being - The Golden Lotus Sutras on Life
“Steam is about creating tools for content creators and customers.”
“Steam rises from the surface, smelling of soy and ginger and hot peppers. A fried egg sits atop the slices of braised pork, the golden yolk loose and glistening in the light of the candles. A thick layer of white rice covers the bottom of the bowl, sopping up the rich, porky juices.
"So what exactly is this? Bibimbap?"
"Similar. It's a riff on a Japanese dish---donburi. Meat and an egg with rice.”
Source: A Second Bite at the Apple
“Steam seems to have killed all gratitude in the hearts of sailors.”
Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea / Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (Bilingual Edition: English - French / Édition bilingue: anglais - français)
“Steaming meat slides in our direction, Lucas leading it onto a plate before glancing up at the ticket. He reaches for his belt, covering the meat in some orange sauce and then using his gloved hands to load it with toppings from the trays in front of us. There's cilantro, onions, lime wedges, corn salsa, avocados, and chili peppers. Ten different kinds of salsa, all marked with different colored tape that read either PUSSIES, NIÑOS, BADASS MOFOS, or LOCO. I assume they're heat indexes, and Lucas tells me to fill some plastic cups with a few milds, I reach for the salsa marked PUSSIES.
"Whoa, careful." Lucas points to a bottle out of sight.
I pull it to the front and it reads GABACHOS.
"Pen..." Lucas taps the salsa I reached for first. "Took offense to the labels. Now Pussies is the hottest salsa we have.”
Source: Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet
“Steaming, Sebastian flies up out of his seat and makes a dramatic exit out the front door.
"Is he always so crazy?" I asked.
"Yeah. But he's a hot fuck. You'll see."
"No thanks... I'll pass. That kid's severely psychotic."
"He's just a jealous mess."
"Why did you marry him?"
"We're not married. We're in an open relationship."
"Thank God. I was seriously worried."
"YEAH. Well I better go find him- before he slits his wrists."
"GOOD IDEA. Better take some duct tape-- just in case you're too late.”
Source: Uninhibited From Lust To Love
“Steampunk is nothing more than what happens when Goths discover brown.”
“Steampunk is what happens when goths discover brown”
“Steampunk is...the love child of Hot Topic and a BBC costume drama”
“Stebuklas, kai jį patiri, niekuomet nėra pilnas, tik atmintis padaro jį tokiu.”
Source: The Night in Lisbon
“Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armorers accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.”
“Steeds zie ik ons samen opdoemen in mijn geest en weer verdwijnen. Als jongens, als jongemannen en op latere leeftijd. We kijken allebei star voor ons uit. Het lijkt wel of we met elkaar vergroeid zijn, zo dicht lopen we tegen elkaar. Ik weet niet of we op weg zijn ergens naar toe of dat het zomaar een dwalen is. Er is geen angst want ik weet dat we elkaar niet kwijt kunnen raken.”
Source: De Onverbiddelijke Tijd
“Steeds, steeds, what steeds! Has the whirlwind a home in your manes?”
“Steel can be tempered and hardened, and so can men. In this world of struggle, which was not designed for softies, a man must be harder than what hits him. Yes, he must be diamond-hard. Then he'll not be "fed up" with his little personal troubles.”
“Steel is not forged in a comfortable place.”
“Steel is prince or pauper.”
“Steel is such a nice material to use. It can move. It's terribly easy, you just stick it or you cut it off, and bang! you're there: it's so direct. I think Manet was very direct, he didn't prepare his canvases like Courbet, he just put paint straight on and it's very like that with steel.”
“Steel itself oft lures a man to fight.”
Source: Delphi Poetry Anthology: The World's Greatest Poems
“Steel shards, his eyes held hers. Breathless, Patience blinked up at him. His face was hard, a warrior's mask. Waves of anger and aggression lapped about her.
"When it comes to distraction," he informed her through clenched teeth, "nothing in this world could top you."
His words were invested with meaning- a meaning she didn't understand.”
Source: A Rake's Vow
“Steel that is untested by fire is brittle and will break if it bends too far.”
Source: Waking the Dragon
“Steel True, Blade Straight *In 1955, Doyle's family sold Windlesham, which was turned into a hotel. The bodies of Conan Doyle and his wife, Jean, were moved to a grave at Minstead Churchyard, Hampshire.”
“Steel True, Blade Straight.”
Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles
“Steel your sensibilities, so that life shall hurt you as little as possible.”
“Steele could be so completely still, it felt like he could disappear. His energy would get so low that you could forget he was in your space. He never missed anything when he was like that. He took in the smallest detail.”
Source: Vengeance Road
“Steele felt the weight of that sacred ink on his back. It was there for a reason, to remind all of them they were stronger together.”
Source: Vengeance Road
“Steele had found that once one had a glimpse of what life could be like when it was good, he couldn't go back to dark, ugly days and nights. He existed before Breezy. [...] He hadn't been alive. Breezy had changed all that.”
Source: Vengeance Road
“Steele knew Breezy wasn't going to be won over easily, but as far as he was concerned, there was no other choice. He 'had' to win her over for his own self-preservation.”
Source: Vengeance Road
“Steeling her nerve, she crossed herself with the Glock—mammaries, ovaries, wallet, and watch—and pushed the back door open.”
Source: Burn the Dark
“Steep fall to the ground
shattering
like clay pigeons
missed
by bad shots
and unsteady hands.”
“Steep yourself in your subject, work like hell, and love, honor and obey your hunches.”
Source: Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett
“Steeping my life in beauty brings color to my days and a song to my heart”
“Steer clear of pot. It's an ambition zapper. Wait till you've made it. When you're 45 buy a bong. But for now, buy a suit.”
“Steering the most powerful nation on earth through a perilous time of history is not a job for an old statesman.”
Source: The Last Ark: Lost Secrets of Qumran
“Steerpike was, of course, alive with ideas and projects. These two half-witted women were a gift. That they should be the sisters of Lord Sepulchrave was of tremendous strategic value. They would prove an advance on the Prunesquallors, if not intellectually at any rate socially, and that at the moment was what mattered. And in any case, the lower the mentality of his employers the more scope for his own projects.”
Source: Titus Groan
“Stef is officially the sexiest member of Placebo”
“Stef returned her smile. She was so beautiful. So wounded and tough and beautiful on the inside too, and Becca wanted to hold her like that forever until they were both old and wrinkly and lived in a giant house with forty cats. But with her eyes wide, her lips smiling, Stef's body went slack in Becca's arms.”
Source: #Murderfunding
“Stefan couldn’t believe how much those words hurt”
“Stefan G. Bucher is a man possessed.”
“Stefan needed me. Ha! Stefan needed me, as what? His next meal?”
Source: Corcitura
“Stefan, please, get to work. Take a picture of this.
You want a photo? Of this?
War in all its ugliness. A Pulitzer Prize awaits.
You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime?
Yes. I do.
You understand they can’t be untaken.
Proceed.”
Source: Magenta
“Stefan Sagmeister says that nobody innovates past forty-five, but I think he's wrong. I want to keep doing it.”
“Stefan shook his head. Th' lad's got guts , he thought. Not much sense, but guts.”
Source: Alanna: The First Adventure
“Stefan!" shouted Casimir. "What are you doing, out in the rain with that girl? Madman!"
As Stefan raised his head, Rozalia heard her aunt's bubbling laughter.
"Not a madman, Cass - a lover!"
"Same thing," said Casimir; but he put an arm around Anastasia where she stood holding the baby, and kissed her.”
Source: The Reluctant Bride
“Stefan spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.”
Source: Alanna: The First Adventure
“Stefan would be so great for her, because it's just so annoying watching those two on screen all the time!”
“Stefan Zweig eilte zu seiner Begleiterin. Sie hieß Marcelle und war mit ihr zusammen hergekommen. Eine phantastische Frau. Nichts zum Heiraten, um Himmels Willen nein, es war wohl eher eine novellistische Sache. Eine Geschichte, über die man später einmal würde schreiben können”
“Stefan Zweig writes: “The excess of suffering murders not only men; it kills off the power of compassion.”
Source: How to Make Your Brain Your Best Friend: A Neuroscientist's Guide to a Healthier, Happier Life
“Stefan: "Indian with a dot, not a feather.”