S Quotes
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“See, that’s what I want more of. A little spunk!’
‘Fuck off!’ I yell, shocking myself with my vulgar language.
‘Ooh, yes, carry on, you filthy-mouthed bitch!’
I gasp and swing around, finding him grinning from ear to ear. ‘Wanker.’
‘Cow.’
‘Tosser.’
He grins some more. ‘Dog.’
‘Shirt-lifter,’ I retort.
‘Tart.’
I recoil, horrified. ‘I am not a tart!”
Source: One Night Promised
“See that the mind is honest, first; the rest may follow or not as God wills. [That] the fundamental treason to the mind ... is the one fundamental treason which the scholar's mind must not allow is the bond uniting all the Oxford people in the last resort.”
Source: The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist
“See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, their decisions may be poor, not made, or not confidently or persuasively implemented.”
Source: Public Statements of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, 2001
“See that unfortunate soldier who is falling hurt to death ("tombe blessé à...", Fr.) on the battlefield; he learns that his folks have vanquished and dies happy. He detached himself from himself (s'est détacher de lui-même", Fr.), has identified himself with something greater and more lasting than himself; his homeland ("patrie", Fr.); thus, while dying as an individual, he has the certainty to survive in a larger existence.”
“See that vine?" I said to Tobble. "My siblings and I used to swing out from it, then land in the lake." I gave a small laugh. "Well, they did anyway. I was too afraid."
"You? Afraid?"
"Always and forever," I said. "I'm beginning to think that's how life works."
"Are we stopping here?" Tobble asked. "The horses are well watered."
"Yes, but I'm not. Do you know what I need, Tobble? I need a swim."
I checked the icy water with a long stick to be sure it was as deep as I recalled. Two silver fish darted past. As I clambered to a low-hanging branch, I felt a familiar shiver of anticipation and dread, and for a moment, I was the old Byx, with all her hopes and fears and longings. Then I kicked off as hard as I could, swung far out over the pond, and let go.”
Source: The Only
“See, that wasn't so bad!" I grin as we tread water.
Eventually he smirks at me, obviously relieved. "No, I guess it wasn't. Except I'm wet," he grumbles, but his tone is playful.
'I'm wet, too."
"I like you wet." He leers.”
“See that ye all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as ye would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. [] Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. [] Whatsoever [the bishop] shall approve of, that is also pleasing to God, so that everything that is done may be secure and valid.”
“See that you are not suddenly saddened by the adversities of this world, for you do not know the good they bring, being ordained in the judgments of God for the everlasting joy of the elect.”
Source: The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross
“See that you are not what you believe yourself to be. Fight with all the strength at your disposal against the idea that you are nameable and describable. You are not. Refuse to think of this or that. There is no other way out of misery, which you have created for yourself through blind acceptance without investigation. Suffering is a call for inquiry, all pain needs investigation. Don't be lazy to think.”
“See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.”
Source: Letters of the Rev. Samuel Rutherford
“See that you do not use the trick of prayer to cover up what you know you ought to do.”
Source: Prayer: A Holy Occupation
“See that you feel the truths that you speak.”
“See that you promise: what harm is there in promise? In
promises anyone can be rich.”
Source: Ovid
“See that your chief study be about heart, that there God's image may be planted, and his interest advanced, and the interest of the world and flesh subdued, and the love of every sin cast out, and the love of holiness succeed; and that you content not yourselves with seeming to do good in outward acts, when you are bad yourselves, and strangers to the great internal duties. The first and great work of a Christian is about his heart.”
Source: The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings
“See that your children are properly educated in the rudiments of their mother tongue, and then let them proceed to higher branches of learning.”
Source: Journal of Discourses
“See that your children be taught, not only the labors of the earth, but the loveliness of it.”
“See that your difference makes a difference.”
“See that's a goal that I think it's very good in the debate to find out who the person is.”
“See that's what people don't get about food. It's never the food, it's the love that goes into making it. That's what's important.”
Source: Sweet Love
“See that's where it falls apart for me!" Anne cried. "What sticks in my throat is that God gets the credit but never the blame. I just can't swallow that kind of theological candy. Either God's in charge or he's not.”
Source: The Sparrow
“See the ball; hit the ball.”
“See the bear in his own den before you judge of his conditions.”
Source: The wisdom of Narnia
“See the BEAR of fearsome size! All the WORLD'S within his eyes. TIME grows thin, the past is a riddle; The TOWER awaits you in the middle.”
Source: The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
“See the beauty in the hearts of people and help them to discover it.”
“See the best, believe the best and speak the best.”
Source: WELCOME TO YOUR MARRIED FOR A PURPOSE REBOOT FACILITATOR’S GUIDE: A handbook to assist Married for a Purpose Certified Coaches in leading personal one-on-one Reboot Retreats for Married Couples.
“See the bigger picture of yours and refuse the passport size creature that people think you are! Your nature is large; go for it. Feel free to wake up and print your bigger picture!”
Source: Dream big!: See your bigger picture!
“See the bowtie? I wear it and I don't care. That's why it's cool.”
“See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.”
“See the cat at love, rolling with its sweetheart, up and over, with shriek and moan. But if a person comes by, they break away, sit separate upon a fence washing their faces - and might never have met at all.”
“See the cat? See the cradle?”
Source: Cat's Cradle: A Novel
“See the child. He is pale and thin, he wears a thin and ragged linen shirt. He stokes the scullery fire.”
Source: Blood Meridian: Picador Classic
“See the clock only when you have No work.... Don't see the clock when you are working.... Clock is a lock for success”
“See the Congress' track record. It has taken the nation backwards. They keep talking about Rights. The Nation is tired of your Acts, the Nation needs action.”
“See the Divine in everyone. Eschew hatred and ill will. After years of devotion, many still lack a broad outlook and an all-encompassing love.”
“See the effect of commercial intercourse.”
“See the encounters of Jesus life as windows into possibilities for yours. Accept the invitation to go or strive to go through the narrow door. Choose between life and fear, for the unengaged life is truly not worth living, and has no possibility of salvation or abundance.”
“See the exquisite contrast of the types of mind! The pragmatist clings to facts and concreteness, observes truth at its work in particular cases, and generalises. Truth, for him, becomes a class-name for all sorts of definite working-values in experience. For the rationalist it remains a pure abstraction, to the bare name of which we must defer. When the pragmatist undertakes to show in detail just why we must defer, the rationalist is unable to recognise the concretes from which his own abstraction is taken. He accuses us of denying truth; whereas we have only sought to trace exactly why people follow it and always ought to follow it. Your typical ultra-abstractions fairly shudders at concreteness: other things equal, he positively prefers the pale and spectral. If the two universes were offered, he would always choose the skinny outline rather than the rich thicket of reality. It is so much purer, clearer, nobler.”
Source: Pragmatism and Other Writings
“See the Face of God in everyone.”
“See the first stroke as a start and everything after that a recovery.”
“See the genius in everyone you encounter. Just as the mountain cannot crack a nut though it can carry a forest on its back, so too does every living creature have its own perfection built into it.”
“See the gift that change delivers.”
“See the gold sunshine patching, And streaming and streaking across The gray-green oaks; and catching, By its soft brown beard, the moss.”
Source: Festus: a poem
“See the good in everyone. Be blind to the faults of others.”
“See the good in everything, and the best of it will find you.”
Source: We Are Voulhire: A New Arrival under Great Skies
“See the good in people and help them.”
“See the good in the person and see the bad. That’s him. That’s all.”
“See, the good Lord loves everybody. He don't care what color your hair is or where you put your jewelry.”
Source: Wet Matches
“See the hand that nursed the serpent. The fine hasped pipes of her fingerbones. The skin bewenned and speckled. The veins are milkblue and bulby. A thin gold ring set with diamonds. That raised the once child's heart of her to agonies of passion before I was. Here is the anguish of mortality. Hopes wrecked, love sundered. See the mother sorrowing. How everything that I was warned of's come to pass.”
Source: Suttree
“See the healer, Sage. We have a big week ahead of us, and I can’t afford you falling dead on me.”
“I don’t think anyone’s ever died from a bruise on the ass, sir”
Source: Assistant to the Villain
“See the hurdles on your path not as obstructions, but as tools meant to prep you up for the ultimate game of life.”
Source: These Words Pour Like Rain