T Quotes
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“The perils of duck hunting are great- especially for the duck.”
“The perils of fate spawn the pearls of wisdom.”
“The perils of overwork are slight compared with the dangers of inactivity.”
“The perils, rewards, punishments, and fulfillments of an adventure must be real, or the adventure is only a shifting and heartless nightmare. If I bet I must be made to pay, or there is no poetry in betting. If I challenge I must be made to fight, or there is no poetry in challenging. If I vow to be faithful I must be cursed when I am unfaithful, or there is no fun vowing.”
“The perimeter of the earth is about 3,000,000 stadia and not greater.”
Source: The Works of Archimedes
“The period after the First World War was an extremely different time, so that Sherlock Holmes would have been a different person following 1918 than he was during the Victorian era.”
“The period before the dawn of knowledge is called the age of darkness.”
“The period before the deluge was the one of revelation in the Mesopotamian mythology, when the basis of all later knowledge was laid down. The antediluvian sages were culture-heroes, who brought the arts of civilization to the land. During the time that follows this period, nothing new is invented, the original revelation is only transmitted and unfolded. Oannes and other sages taught all fundations of civilization to antediluvian mankind.”
“The period chronicles the very Jewish world of the late 1950s Miami Beach. Gangsters are speaking Yiddish, ordering sable at the pool, and playing the role of the anti-stereotypical tough Jew.”
“The period from 2001 to 2005 was really tough. My films were not working even though there was an acceptance of a model. I was depressed but did not cry. I cry when I am happy.”
“The period of a [Persian] boy's education is between the ages of five and twenty, and he is taught three things only: to ride, to use the bow, and to speak the truth.”
“The period of Catholic ascendancy was on the whole one of the most deplorable in the history of the human mind. . . . The spirit that shrinks from enquiry as sinful and deems a state of doubt a state of guilt, is the most enduring disease that can afflict the mind of man. Not till the education of Europe passed from the monasteries to the universities, not till Mohammedan science, and classical free thought, and industrial independence broke the sceptre of the Church, did the intellectual revival of Europe begin.”
“The period of childhood is a stage on which time and space become entangled.”
Source: Confessions of a Mask
“The period of debate is closed. Arms, as a last resource, must decide the contest.”
Source: The Political Writings of Thomas Paine: To which is Prefixed a Brief Sketch of the Author's Life
“The period of financial distress is a gradual decline after the peak of a speculative bubble that precedes the final and massive panic and crash, driven by the insiders having exited but the sucker outsiders hanging on hoping for a revivial, but finally giving up in the final collapse.”
“The period of greatest gain in knowledge and experience is the most difficult period in one's life.”
Source: Kindness, Clarity, and Insight
“The period of meditation is a time when we go back to the source. We go back to what we were before we were born.”
“The period of my service will depend on two conditions. Firstly, of course, there are rules stipulated by the Constitution, and I surely will not infringe them. But I am not sure whether I should take full advantage of these constitutional rights. It will depend on the specific situation in the country, in the world and my own feelings about it.”
“The period of Prohibition - called the noble experiment - brought on the greatest breakdown of law and order the United States has known until today. I think there is a lesson here. Do not regulate the private morals of people. Do not tell them what they can take or not take. Because if you do, they will become angry and antisocial and they will get what they want from criminals who are able to work in perfect freedom because they have paid off the police.”
Source: Matters of fact and of fiction: essays, 1973-1976
“The period of youth is the glory of nature, and the healthful development of all the resources of strength deposited in our nature is the glory of youth.”
Source: Proverbs for the people: or, Illustrations of practical godliness drawn from the Book of wisdom
“The period right before punk rock where people like Lou Reed and Iggy Pop were really strong.”
“The period that I could consider the most important in my literary work came about beginning with the Revolution, and in a certain way, developed as a consequence of the Revolution. But it was also a result of the counterrevolutionary coup of November 1975.”
“The period without the diary remains an ordeal. Every evening I want my diary as one wants opium.”
“The periods of unemployment accompanying depression in the business cycle . . . present a challenge to all our claims to progress, humanity, and civilization.”
“The perishable nature of love is what gives love its profound importance in our lives. If it were endless, if it were on tap, love wouldn't hit us the way it does.”
“The perjurer's mother told white lies.”
“The perk about being the quiet girl was not many people really got to know you, which left you the advantage of surprise if you ever decided to switch gears in situations just like this.”
Source: Corrupt
“The Perkins Bar has always demonstrated a commitment to the community and excelled in service not only to the minority community, but to the community at large.”
“The perks of a new government are not really appealing to me. Everybody would like to have a good job, a good salary.....but for me that is not the all of struggle. What is important is the continuation of the struggle... the real problems of the country are not whether one is in Cabinet ...but what we do for social upliftment of the working masses of our country.”
“The perks of working in Japan are that you might go for two weeks every three or four months, so you do work an abbreviated schedule. But you really make up for the abbreviated schedule by how hard you have to fight, how much you've got to be in shape.”
“The permaculture economy embraces themes from natural biospheres to facilitate growth and more life that gives value to and receives value from all lives within the permaculture economy.”
“The permaculture's whole principle of having to work with nature, rather than fight against it, is not just an ethical restraint. It's also about realizing you're not the one in control. Nature is not only a nurturer but also a great destroyer.”
“The permanence of ink encourages one to "go for it," to try to put the line right where it should be... continued attempts to place lines accurately build the eye-hand coordination necessary for sketching.”
“The permanence of my impermanence. I stand in possession of it. I stand before him at the entrance to a subway station, in possession of nothing but myself. Myself is everything, I want to tell him. But to him it is nothing, because that's how he feels about himself right now. He is alone, and so he is nothing. How do I explain to him that what applies to him does not apply to me? His context is not my context. How do you blow up the bus you've been forced to ride your entire life? It wasn't your fault there were no other means of transportation available.”
Source: All Grown Up
“The permanency of most friendships depends upon the continuity of good fortune.”
Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author
“The permanent antidote to crime is education alone.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“The permanent antidote to crime is education alone, Law ‘n policy are just to ensure its true democratization. More than trying a crime, focus on treating environment. Feed the hungry ‘n establish education, free from any debt.”
Source: Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables
“The permanent campaign is inherently deceptive.”
“The permanent institutional expertise class is now no longer the legislators, it's the lobbyists who don't have term limits and are there forever.”
“The permanent mental attitude which the sensitive intelligence derives from philosophy is an attitude that combines extreme reverence with limitless skepticism.”
“The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.”
Source: The Drifters: A Novel
“The permission to wander around, imagine, ask questions, and challenge assumptions allows magic to happen and new possibilities to emerge.”
Source: The Definitive Guide to Thriving on Disruption: Volume I - Reframing and Navigating Disruption
“The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society”
“The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativene ss.”
“The permit limits are pretty close to what the reality is.”
“The pernicious influence of the prize and medal giving in art is so great that it should be stopped. History proves that juries in art have been generally wrong.”
Source: The Art Spirit
“The perosn who doesn't make mistakes is unlikely to make anything.”
“The perpetration of a crime is accompanied by illness!”
“The perpetrators of the Inquisition - the torturers, informers, and those who commanded their actions - were ecclesiastics of one rank or another. They were men of God - popes, bishops, friars, and priests.”
Source: The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason
“The perpetual charm of Arabia is that the traveler finds his level there simply as a human being; the people's directness, deadly to the sentimental or pedantic, likes the less complicated virtues.”
Source: A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen