T Quotes
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“The only way your powers can become great is by exerting them outside the circle of your own narrow, special, selfish interests. And that is the reason of Christianity. Christ came into the world to save others, not to save himself; and no man is a true Christian who does not think constantly of how he can lift his brother, how he can assist his friend, how he can enlighten mankind, how he can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which he lives.”
Source: Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson
“The only way, I think, to learn to write short stories is to write them, and then try to discover what you have done.”
Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“The only wealth every human comes to the earth with is the wealth of time.”
Source: How To Become Great Through Time Conversion: Are you wasting time, spending time or investing time?
“The only wealth I have to give, is not material - and if you need much more than that, I'm not available.”
“The only wealth in this world is children, more than all the money, power on earth.”
“The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.”
“The only wealth you keep is the wealth that you give away.”
“The only weapon I had was my dancing.
With that I fought like a general without an army.
If I could have saved all the energy I wasted on my struggle
it would have sufficed me to cover a dozen ballets.”
“The only weapon I have to blast through it all is forgiveness. It's giving up all hope of a different past.”
“The only weapon I've got is comedy”
“The only weapon of power, its only strategy against this defection, is to reinject the real and the referential everywhere, to persuade us of the reality of the social, of the gravity of the economy and the finalities of production.”
Source: Simulacra and Simulation
“The only weapon that we have in our hands this evening is the weapon of protest. That's all.”
“The only weapon that you need in a battle of words is the truth.”
“The only weapon we have is comedy.”
“The only weapon we have is our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn”
“The only weapon we have to oppose the bad effects of technology is technology itself. There is no other. We can't retreat into a nontechnological Eden which never existed...It is only by the rational use of technology to control and guide what technology is doing that we can keep any hopes of a social life more desireable than our own: or in fact of a social life which is not appalling to imagine.”
“The only weapon with which the unconscious patient can immediately retaliate upon the incompetent surgeon is hemorrhage.”
“The only weapons I ever had were my cello and my baton.”
“The only weight I ever lifted weighed 24 ounces. It was a Schlitz. I always replaced my fluids.”
“The only weights I lift are my dogs.”
“The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.”
“The only whole heart is a broken one because it lets the light in.”
“The only winner today is big business.”
“The only wisdom is to stop doing wrong.”
“The only wisdom we can hope to acquire
Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.”
Source: Four Quartets
“The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless. The houses are all gone under the sea. The dancers are all gone under the hill.”
“The only wish some people have is to see other people fail.”
“The only wishes that will ever change you are the kind that may, at any moment, eat you whole.”
“The only wolves we got to fear are the ones wear manskin,”
“The only woman a wife should ever be jealous of is her husband's mom.”
“The only woman I'd ever wanna marry just broke my heart.”
Source: Walking Disaster
“The only woman to whom it has been given to touch what is decisive in the present world and to have a presentiment of the world of the future.”
“The only women I publicly date are those who have a higher IMDB rating than me.”
“The only women who don't believe that sexual harassment is a real problem in this country are women who have never been in the workplace.”
Source: Get Your Tongue Out of My Mouth, I'm Kissing You Good-bye
“The only women you can continue to love are those you lose.”
“The only word for goodness is goodness, and it is not enough.”
Source: The Prince of Tides: A Novel
“The only word for love is everybody's name.”
“The only words I'll allow from your mouth are, 'Oh, Gareth,' and 'Yes, Gareth.'" "What about 'More, Gareth'?" "He almost kept a straith face. "That will be acceptable.”
“The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.”
Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“The only words worth repeating are from the Old Testament or Oscar Wilde.”
Source: Sad Stories of the Death of Kings
“The only work I did for the next five years after splitting from Vincent was work I'd already lined up.”
“The only work I ever turned down was a cable programme called Diving for Excrement.”
“The only work I've done the last two years is interviews. I'm very good at it.”
“The only work of art which succeeds is that which fails.”
“The only work that can be compared to Chopin's Etudes, innovatively, where every note is essential and one becomes completely exposed, is the Brahms-Paganini variations. These are etudes - not as interesting musically as, say, the Brahms-Handel - but they are incredible.”
“The only work that spiritually purifies us is that which is done without personal motives.”
“The only work that will ultimately bring any good to any of us is the work of contributing to the healing of the world.”
“The only workplace that prevented a health and safety visit from occurring during my career was professional astronomy. They were adamant that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were not going to be allowed to visit the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, USA. They were successful in canceling the scheduled OSHA visit and the result was I became much sicker as time progressed while working there. Part of that sickness was suspected mercury poisoning.”
Source: Magee’s Disease
“The only workplace where Civics should be discussed publicly is a Honda dealership.”
“The only works of art America has given are her plumbing and her bridges.”
Source: Intimate Appeal: The Figurative Art of Beatrice Wood : The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California, 18 November 1989-18 February 1990, The Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California, 19 June 1990-28 October 1990