S Quotes
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“Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.”
“Some people throw a bit of their personality after their bad arguments, as if that might straighten their paths and turn them into right and good arguments-just as a man in a bowling alley, after he has let go of the ball, still tries to direct it with gestures.”
Source: Basic Writings of Nietzsche
“Some people today are wandering generalities instead of meaningful specifics because they have failed to discover and mine the wealth of potentials in them.”
“Some people took the expression, you can be anything you want to be, too literal. There is work required in anything you want to be and do. You don't wake up and have become without becoming.”
“Some people took the expression, you can be anything you want to be, too literal. You don't just wake up and become without becoming. You must do the work.”
“Some people train for certain sports and I want to train to be able to hold a super heavy electric guitar and carry luggage around myself because I always have to have 7,000 pairs of shoes. Who cares about sports?”
“Some people travel to other dimensions in their astral bodies when they meditate.”
Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap
“Some people travel to other dimensions in their astral bodies when they meditate. But astral traveling doesn't bring a person lasting happiness. If astral traveling is not done properly, it can be quite dangerous.”
Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap
“Some people tried to hurt us to protect themselves, their family and communities...This was one of the consequences of civil war. People stopped trusting each other, and every stranger became an enemy. Even people who knew you became extremely careful about how they related or spoke to you.”
“Some people try and tell you what the songs are about and it bores me to death.”
“Some people try deliberately to exploit the colonial hangover for their own purpose, to serve an external force. To us, Communism is as bad as imperialism.”
“Some people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.”
Source: Autobiography of a Yogi
“Some people try to color inside of the lines, when they are really meant to color outside of the lines and create masterpieces. Don't try to fit in, when you are meant to stand out and be different. You are a true work of art, don't ever try to change that.”
“Some people try to deal with money by pretending it doesn't matter, but financial pressure is something that affects us all every day of our lives.”
Source: Awaken The Giant Within
“Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.”
“Some people try to get out of jury duty by lying. You don't have to lie. Tell the judge the truth. Tell him you'd make a terrific juror because you can spot guilty people.”
“Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play. If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.”
“Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.”
“Some people try to incorporate religion and science by saying, “Just add a Creator to evolution.” That is a total category mistake, pseudoscience. It is not what faith is all about. It is difficult for a religious person to convey the meaning of faith. Spirituality perceives what is happening around us in a way that science cannot and is not intended to see.”
“Some people try to paint in my style. Some simply sell pirated copies of my work. Some claim to be my publisher or agent or even my exclusive representative, when they are not.”
“Some people try to say I'm British by the way I'm speaking. But I think I'm more Canadian, because I speak really slow. Midwestern and Canadian.”
“Some people try to tell me that science will never answer the big questions we have in life. To them I say: baloney! The real problem is your questions aren't big enough.”
“Some people try to tell you the things you want in life are out of your grasp, while others lift you up on their shoulders and help you reach them. I may not know a lot, but I prefer to fill my life with people who let me climb on top of their shoulders, not people who try to keep me planted on the ground.”
Source: Awaken
“Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.”
“Some people turn from God because they cannot understand how a good God can permit evil in the world.”
“Some people turn hurt into hate; I turn my hurt into ambition. I only get better.”
“Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem almost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remember longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world. I know, for I'm one of them.”
“Some people turn to religion or some other ideology or belief system
to find answers to life’s mysteries. But for me, there is no substitute for
the careful hypothesising, testing, and deducing of facts about the world
that are the hallmark of the scientific method. The understanding we
have gained through science—and physics in particular—of how the
world is made up and how it works is, in my view, not just one of many
equally valid ways of reaching the ‘truth’ about reality. It is the only
reliable way we have.”
Source: The World According to Physics
“Some people underestimate him, but he's sharp, a razor blade hiding in a box of tissues.”
Source: Pieces of a Broken Mind
“Some people underestimate how erotic it is to be understood.”
Source: The Memory Room: A Novel
“Some people understand the charity of our Lord and are saved by it; others, relying on this mercy and kindness, continue in their sins, thinking that it may be theirs whenever they wish. But this is not so, for then they are too late and are taken in their sins before they expect it, and so damn themselves.”
Source: The Ladder of Perfection
“Some people us language to describe the lives they lead, and other people use language to create the lives they lead.”
Source: Reinventing Yourself: How to Become the Person You've Always Wanted to Be
“Some people use half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.”
“Some people use NVC to respond compassionately to themselves, some to create greater depth in their personal relationships, and still others to build effective relationships at work or in the political arena. Worldwide, NVC is used to mediate disputes and conflicts at all levels.”
“Some people use the Bible as medicine. Others use it as poison." - Charles James”
Source: The Broken Road
“Some people use the sexual energy particularly during intercourse to take personal power from each other.”
“Some people use their own hurt as an excuse for hurting others”
Source: The Talk-Funny Girl: A Novel
“Some people use things; they destroy. You're a creator, a builder.”
“Some people usually make lemons, when life gives them lemonade.”
“Some people value sentiments over diamonds.”
Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess
“Some people value wealth, land, and prosperity. I value my family. They are all I have, and one thing I’ve learned is that family is something we must hold on to.”
Source: Divine Blood
“Some people, very many actually, both men and women, complained of having enjoyed a very loving relationship with someone, but of no longer feeling the same way despite still being very fond of that person, with whom they generally lived.”
Source: Hector and the Search for Happiness
“Some people view Gene as a man with a wild futuristic utopian fantasy, but that’s too simple. Star Trek did not promise that people would magically become inherently “better,” but that they would progress, always reaching for their highest potential and noblest goals, even if it took centuries of taking two steps forward and one step back. Ideally, humankind would be guided in its quest by reason and justice. The ultimate futility of armed conflict, terrorism, dictatorial rule, prejudice, disregard for the environment, and exercising power for its own sake was demonstrated time and again”
Source: Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories
“Some people view love and romance as a sacred bond between two individuals. Other people see love as a game, where the goal is to manipulate another individual and gain emotional power over a partner. People who view love as a game are much more likely to have multiple love interest; cheating is just another way to gain control over one's partner.”
Source: In My Opinion
“Some people vote for the party, some for the candidate, while there are some that vote for their belief or believing in the ideology. They all believe these are different choices, and that they have chosen wisely.”
Source: The Politics Of Chaos
“Some people wait constructively; they read or knit. I have watched some truly appalling pieces of needlework take form. Others - I am one of them - abandon all thought and purpose to an uneasy vegetative states.”
Source: ARCHITECTURE, ANYONE?
“Some people wait for a miracle to start living their lives happily. Others, use that time and create the miracle themselves.”
“Some people wait for that big breakthrough,
while other people WORK for that big breakthrough. Which one are you?”
“Some people wait so long for their ship to come in, their pier collapses.”
“Some people wake up drowsy. Some people wake up energized. I wake up dead.”