T Quotes
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“The only sovereign I can allow to rule me is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists exists; what is is. From this irreducible, bedrock principle, all knowledge is built. This is the foundation from which life is embraced. Reason is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts, nor are they a means to discovering them. Reason is our only way of grasping reality–it is our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss we refuse to see." -Richard”
Source: Faith of the Fallen
“The only spark of humanity in me is from you, because I love you. If you die, so do I.”
Source: Evil
“The only species of human beings that are immune to failure are those that are dead and gone. Failure is constant; just prepare to deal with it!”
Source: The Great Hand Book of Quotes
“The only spirit that ever gave me a name was St. Tammany whom reassured me of my future success early on and kept saying the name Matthew Edward Hall whom i predict will be a prophet or future savior of some sort. I've confirmed St. Tammany to be Tamanend, the only Native American Saint.”
“The only sport I really get into is snowboarding. Cause that's the only sport where they perform a half pipe just after smoking a full pipe.”
“The only sport I'm not interested in is horse racing. That's because I don't know the horses personally.”
“The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.”
Source: Politics
“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.”
“The only standard we have for judging all of our social, economic, and political institutions and arrangements as just or unjust, as good or bad, as better or worse, derives from our conception of the good life for man on earth, and from our conviction that, given certain external conditions, it is possible for men to make good lives for themselves by their own efforts.”
Source: Desires, Right & Wrong: The Ethics of Enough
“The only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself.”
“The only step that makes the valuable to become valueless is the negative side of your eyes that you use to see it.”
“The only still center of my life is Macbeth. To go back to doing this bloody, crazed, insane mass-murderer is a huge relief after trying to get my cell phone replaced.”
“The only story that seems worth writing is a cry, a shot, a scream. A story should break the reader's heart.”
Source: As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980
“The only strange thing about Jackson was the tattoo on the inside of his forearm - a trident as dark as seared wood, with a single line underneath and the letters SPQR.
He'd told me the letters stood for Sono Pazzi Quelli Romani - those Romans are crazy. I wasn't sure if he was kidding.”
Source: The Ship of the Dead
“The only strategy is to be totally indifferent to either of the two opposing solutions. It is at this point that everything comes effortlessly to you since you don't know what fate you're precipitating yourself into. It's as if ideas appeared from both directions at the same time, since you are equally open to the other's strategy. And if he is defeated, it won't have been by the relation of forces, but because you could just as easily have taken his side. This suggests stratagems and solutions to you before which he can only yield.”
Source: Cool memories
“The only street I like is Rue Honore de Balzac, because 'Balzac' sound so gay, and I love my gays. I might like Parisians more if they named their streets only for gay icons, like Rue Liza Minnelli or Rue Bette Midler or, my favorite, Rue McClanahan.”
Source: I Hate Everyone...Starting with Me
“The only struggle came from me wanting more for my family and feeling like if they had one less individual to take care of - if my mom only had her and my sister and my grandmother and my aunt to take care of, couldn't she do the things she was doing for me for herself? That's the reason I took myself away from my family. I left home when I was 13 years old to assume the responsibilities of being a man.”
“The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity's own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.”
“The only stuff I don't like are Broadway musicals. I hate them. I don't even like to talk about it. I can't bear musicals.”
“The only stuff we looked at were incidents for which there are a paper trail ... (and) everything we looked up was full of lies. (Winfrey said) the belief this book is changing the lives of people trumps the fact that maybe the story is a fake. You would expect somebody in her position would take the ethical stand.”
“The only stupid question is the question that is never asked.”
“The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.”
Source: A Little House sampler
“The only subject fewer authentic Americans cared about than the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo was World Cup Soccer. America is an epic global battle with ruthless savages who seek our destruction, and liberals are feeling sorry for the terrorists.”
“The only success that matters is sustained success…That’s when it’s apparent that there’s an author—or artist—behind the W and not just another guy who got his number called.”
Source: Ebury Edge The Art of Winning Lessons from a Life in Football.
“The only successful manifestation is one which brings about a change or growth in consciousness; that is, it has manifested God, or revealed him more fully as well as having manifested a form.”
“The only successful philosophies and religions are the ones that flatter us, whether in the name of progress or of hell. Damned or not, man experiences an absolute need to be at the heart of everything.”
“The only successful revolution of this century is totalitarianism.”
“The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking out successor which would be probably as bad as him.”
“The only suggestions I get on my plays is to make them more of what they already are, and that's wonderful.”
“The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place.”
“The only Sundance [2011] film about cults that could actually have life as a cult film, THE WOODS has the greatest comic insight into why our current culture might inspire a search for meaning in the first place.”
“The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last one, even if it's just a few notes in a file. I dread not having work in progress.”
“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government.”
“The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.”
Source: Fireside chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: radio addresses to the American people about the Depression, the New Deal, and the Second World War, 1933-1944
“The only sure camouflage was unpredictability.”
Source: MaddAddam
“The only sure home is the sacred heart.”
“The only sure response to a shifting business environment is to take a path of constant evolution, looking to every technology as a way to extend and improve our value proposition to our customers. Rather than waiting to adapt when change becomes a matter of life or death, businesses need to focus on seizing emerging opportunities, divesting from declining sources of advantage, and adapting early to stay ahead of the curve of change.”
Source: The Digital Transformation Roadmap: Rebuild Your Organization for Continuous Change
“The only sure rule is to remember that the Bible is indeed God's gift to the church, to equip that church for its work in the world, and that serious study of it can and should become one of the places where, and the means by which, heaven and earth interlock and God's future purposes arrive in the present.”
“The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.”
“The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.”
“The only sure way of avoiding these evils [vanity and boasting] is never to speak of yourself at all. But when, historically, youare obliged to mention yourself, take care not to drop one single word that can directly or indirectly be construed as fishing for applause.”
“The only sure way to avoid making mistakes is to have no new ideas.”
“The only sure way to break through the ceiling in this industry [entertainment] is to be unreasonable, up to no good, and willing to be so loud people can still hear you with their hands clasp firmly over their ears!”
“The only sure way to maturity is through pain.”
“The only sure way to stop excessive risk taking on Wall Street so you don't risk losing your job, or your savings or your home, is to put an end to the excessive economic and political power of Wall Street by busting up the big banks.”
“The only surprise about the economic crisis of 2008 was that it came as a surprise to so many.”
Source: Freefall: Free Markets and the Sinking of the Global Economy
“The only sustainable city - and this, to me, is the indispensable ideal and goal - is a city in balance with its countryside.”
Source: Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays
“The only sustainable way to increase demand for vacant houses is to spur the formation of new households. Admitting more skilled immigrants, who tend to earn enough to buy homes, would accomplish that while paying other dividends to the U.S. economy.”
“The only sweeter than union is reunion.”
Source: The Poet Prince
“The only system which is truly secure is one which is switched off and unplugged, locked in a titanium lined safe, buried in a concrete bunker, and is surrounded by nerve gas and very highly paid armed guards. Even then, I wouldn't stake my life on it.”