S Quotes
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“Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.”
“Surely, if we considered detraction to be bred of envy, nested only in deficient minds, we should find that the applauding of virtue would win us far more honor than the seeking slyly to disparage it. That would show we loved what we commended, while this tells the world we grudge at what we want in ourselves.”
Source: Resolves: divine, moral and political
“Surely, if we take on thinking partners - or, at the least, thinking servants - in the form of machines, we will be more comfortable with them, and will relate to them more easily, if they are shaped like humans. It will be easier to be friends with human-shaped robots than with specialized machines of unrecognizable shape. And I sometimes think that, in the desperate straits of humanity today, we would be grateful to have nonhuman friends, even if they are only the friends we build ourselves.”
“Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says: it can't be done.”
Source: You learn by living
“Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know was last year no better than ourselves, and will be no better next year.”
Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished
“Surely, it is only when the mind is creatively empty that it is capable of finding out whether there is an ultimate reality or not. But, the mind is never creatively empty; it is always acquiring, always gathering, living on the past or in the future, or trying to be focused in the immediate present: it is never in that state of creativeness in which a new thing can take place. As the mind is a result of time, it cannot possibly understand that which is timeless, eternal.”
“Surely, life is not merely a job, an occupation; life is something extraordinarily wide and profound, it is a great mystery, a vast realm in which we function as human beings.”
Source: Think on these things
“Surely, no one hoped for so many things. Hold the flowers close to your heart; they may someday bloom.”
“Surely, nothing can be more plain or even more trite common sense than the proposition that innovation [...] is at the center of practically all the phenomena, difficulties, and problems of economic life in capitalist society.”
“Surely, serious problems can't be solved just by talking about them.”
“Surely, surely the only one true knowledge of our fellow man is that which enables us to feel with him--which gives us a fine ear for the heart-pulses that are beating under the mere clothes of circumstance and opinion.”
Source: Scenes of Clerical Life
“Surely, that's what interns were invented for?”
“Surely, the best and most effective measure is to get the economy moving and shorten the period of recession or slowdown. That's the rationale for Gordon Brown's "fiscal stimulus" and it sounds like a good one to me.”
“Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.”
Source: The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone
“Surely, you go to the theater because you want to have a great evening in the theater.”
“Surely: the adverb of a man without an argument.”
Source: The Patrick Melrose Novels: Picador Classic
“Surety is a narcotic which masks the fact that you're dying. Losing it is a gift.”
Source: There and Never, Ever Back Again: Diary of a Dark Lord
“Suretyship (Dogma) is the precursor of ruin.”
“Surevan niin sanottuun paranemiseen riittäisi, että hän saisi takaisin menettämänsä ihmisen.”
Source: Kuolema: Kaikki mitä olet aina halunnut tietää
“Surf is something I have been obsessed with since I was a child.”
“Surf is that music which is entirely about evoking something. There's never any vocals, so it's not about the lyrics, it's about the reverb.”
“Surf the Web is a happy coincidence.”
“Surf too low and there’s nowhere to go but down. Surf too high and you risk being thrown to the sky. The true path is straight and narrow down the eye of the barrel.”
Source: Musings from a Small Island: Everything under the Sun
“Surface cures are not going to get rid of the torment that's inside.”
“Surface interviewing means you don’t fully dive in with questioning this individual. You meet your candidate; they seem nice, and you never get around to fully understanding what makes them tick, their career goals, background, and accomplishments.”
Source: HIRE with FIRE: The Relationship-Driven Interview and Hiring Method
“Surface is a modernist concept. What surface does is to encourage one to see the painting as object rather than as a window on the world.”
“Surfaces reveal so much. The marks painters make reveal so much about their work and themselves; their sense of proportion, line, and rhythm is more telling than their signature. Looking at the surfaces of nature may offer equivalent revelations. What do these shapes and patterns reveal about the world and their creator? Surfaces hide so much.”
“Surfaces simultaneously reveal and conceal.”
“Surfboards were everywhere. When I got my first new board, I was probably in kindergarten.”
“Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man.”
“Surfeits kill more than fasting does.”
Source: The letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple
“Surfeits of happiness are fatal.”
Source: The Art of Worldly Wisdom
“Surfer girls rip and they are hot”
“Surfers are in tune with the weather because if there's a storm coming, there are waves coming. I love the rain.”
“Surfers are members of a different race of people from the man in the street”
“Surfers are the canaries down the mine. Those of us who surf spend more time than anyone soaking in whatever the sea has become. We're suspended in consequences, you might say.”
“Surfers are the ‘throw-aheads’ of mankind, not the dregs; they aren’t the black sheep of humanity, but the futurists and they are leading the way to where man ultimately wants to be. The act of the ride is the epitome of ‘be here now’, and the tube ride is the most acute form of that. Which is: your future is right ahead of you, the past is exploding behind you, your wake is disappearing, your footprints are washed from the sand. It’s a non-productive, non-depletive act that’s done purely for the value of the dance itself. And that is the destiny of man.”
“Surfers have the most attitude.”
“Surfers travelled and opened up and changed. It became more mainstream, less of a cult. And it diversified. On any given day in the water now I'll meet three generations of surfers, male and female, everyone sporting a different craft. I started surfing in the 60s and I can tell you it's infinitely more diverse. It might be more crowded but it's also more interesting.”
“Surfing - I have to go surfing.”
“Surfing also teaches quality . I will wager that it is not the number of waves that makes a session memorable for any given surfer, but that one beautiful wave that he or she waited for … and rode all the way the way to shore.”
“Surfing and climbing are both useless sports. You get to be conquistadors of the useless. You climb to the summit and there is nothing there. And you could hike to the top from another direction. How you get there is the important part. It's the same with surfing.”
“Surfing and Life hold parallels.”
“Surfing and music have always been two completely separate things in my life, and a lot of people, especially in the UK, don't really get surfing very much. They think it's the Californian dream. They're like, "Oh, so you're a surfer and you're this and that," and it's like, I go surfing because I like the outdoors. In England it's freezing cold, and it's usually dark and raining and it's the middle of winter, and you do it because it's invigorating. It's like going on a walk in some remote place on the planet. It's really - it's not very glamorous.”
“Surfing and music were incredible outlets for me when I was a kid. And there are some really tricky times when you're growing up and it's easy to make a wrong decision, even with a good family and community around you. Surfing and music kept me out of trouble.”
“Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it's my passion, my love and it's a part of me.”
“Surfing frees everything up, it's just the best soul fix. Life should be stress-free, and that's what surfing is all about. It's something you do in your sleep, with your eyes closed; it's something you'll constantly embrace and be passionate about, and whatever it takes, you're gonna do it, because nothing else in the world can give you that kind of self-esteem.”
“Surfing frees everything up. It's just the best soul fix. Life should be stress free, and that's what surfing is all about.”
“Surfing is a deeply wonderful thing – anytime, anywhere and any way”
Source: Surf Is Where You Find It
“Surfing is a huge passion of mine. I'm and addict to it in a sense. I think it is a good addiction. I spend about anywhere from two to eight hours a day in the water when I am home. I enjoy competing and traveling. I don't know, I just like being in the ocean and enjoying God's creation. Just the adrenaline you get and its good exercise you get at the same time.”