T Quotes
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“The secure attachment of Western psychology is actually akin to Buddhist non-attachment; avoid-ant attachment is the inverse of being mindful and present; and anxious attachment aligns with Buddhist notions of clinging and grasping.”
Source: Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
“The Secure Fence Act, which authorizes the construction of 700 miles of security barriers along the southwest border, has now been sent to President Bush for his signature. This piece of legislation is an important piece of the border security puzzle.”
“The securest guarantee of the long-term good health of both farmland and city is, I believe, locally produced food.”
“The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty”
“The securities laws of the 1930s were so important because it forced companies to file registration statements and issue prospectuses, and it remedied the imbalance of information.”
“The securitisation of mortgages added a new dimension of systemic risk. Financial engineers claimed they were reducing risks through geographic diversification: in fact they were increasing them by creating an agency problem. The agents were more interested in maximising fee income than in protecting the interests of bondholders. That is the verity that was ignored by regulators and market participants alike.”
“The security and happiness of all minority groups in South Africa depend on the Afrikaner. Whether they are English- or German- or Portuguese- or Italian-speaking, or even Jewish-speaking, makes no difference.”
“The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.”
“The security challenge is related to the progress and advance we make in the political process.”
“The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that you're not in control. If you try to control your career, or how people perceive you, you'll make yourself unhappy, because life doesn't work like that. So much is luck. It's much better to let yourself off, to think, 'There's nothing I can do.'”
“The Security Council should be seen as the executive committee of the global security system set up after World War II. Its members, and especially the Permanent 5 (P5), have a special responsibility for international peace and security.”
“The security fence is reversible. Human lives are irreversible.”
“The security guard asked me what I was doing in the park at 2am. I told him I was burying a body.
He didn’t seem happy with that.
He was so unhappy that he reached for his gun and his walkie-talkie at the same time. This was his undoing. He never saw the shovel coming.
Now one more body cluttered the landscaped lawn.
I hoped I had enough lime to cover both of them. I’d found the instructions online. Same place as the instructions on how to make your own zombie.
Those hadn’t worked.
But the night was still young.”
Source: Tales from the Crying Room - 3 twisted short stories, 20 short short stories, and a play
“The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress.”
Source: The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States
“The security light made me feel safe, though I knew that was an illusion. If there's light, you can just see what's coming for you a little more clearly.”
Source: From Dead to Worse: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel
“The security of computers and the Internet is a horrible and dangerous mess. Every week we hear about breaches of databases of Social Security numbers and financial information and health records, and about critical infrastructure being insecure.”
“The security of faith does not make us motionless or close us off, but sends us forth to bear witness and to dialogue with all people.”
“The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority.”
“The security of people and nations rests on four pillars - food, energy, water and climate. They are all closely related, and all under increasing stress”
“The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the stability of Society, as a healthy organism, is the complete absence of any intelligence amongst its members.”
Source: The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Novel, Short Stories, Poetry, Essays and Plays
“The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli governments responsibility.”
“The security of the Nation is not at the ramparts alone, Security also lies in the value of our free institutions. A cantankerous press, an obstinate press, a ubiquitous press must be suffered by those in authority in order to preserve the even greater values of freedom of expression and the right of the people to know.”
“The security of the Nation is not at the ramparts alone. Security also lies in the value of our free institutions.”
“The security of the United States, which is so dependent on having accurate and timely intelligence, is not a Republican or a Democratic issue.”
“The security of the woman is the security of society.”
“The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.”
“The security officer smiled and said, ‘Good afternoon, ma’am,’ to me before I gave him ID.” “It’s a sick world, Eve.” He resisted taking her hand for another squeeze. “A sick, sad world.”
“The security provided by a long-held belief system, even when poorly founded, is a strong impediment to progress. General acceptance of a practice becomes the proof of its validity, though it lacks all other merit.”
“The security theater we are witnessing in our election system boasting the illusion of security via ‘clunky as heck’ and air gap defense will do nothing against the real and sophisticated adversarial landscape that is zeroing in on our democracy”
“The security world needs to take a more proactive approach. A lot of companies will know an exploit exists and they'll release the software anyways, and the patch later on. Stuff like this needs to stop. There needs to be some kind of agency that verifies code before it's released, maybe a grading system for code.”
“The sedentary life...is the real sin against the holy spirit.”
“The sedge is wither'd from the lake,
And no birds sing.
—Keats”
Source: Silent Spring
“The sedition mongers are not numerous, but they frighten the peaceful majority, who, although it can be really strong, feels a veritable panic before this agitating force in the shadows? It is in this fear that lies the principal danger, and it would be in the veritable interest of the welfare of Europe that the Powers could show that the necessary force to support and defend the right is not still lacking to them.”
“The seduction of evil is precisely in that it involves us in trying to eliminate it. When your consciousness is open, any action you take in reference to evil has no more significance than digging a ditch to channel floodwaters away from a house.”
Source: The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment
“The seduction of safety is always more dangerous than the illusion of uncertainty.”
“The seduction of whiteness and privilege is powerful. Whites can always return to a life of
privilege.”
Source: Becoming Like Creoles: Living and Leading at the Intersections of Injustice, Culture, and Religion
“The seductions of power, and all the wealth, honor, and luxury it gives, seem a sufficient aim for men's efforts only so long as they are unattained. Directly a man reaches them he sees all their vanity, and they gradually lose all their power of attraction. They are like clouds which have form and beauty only from the distance; directly one ascends into them, all their splendor vanishes.”
Source: The Kingdom of God is Within You
“The seductiveness of baseball is that almost everyone with an abiding interest in it knows exactly how it should be played. And secretly believes that he could do it, if only God had seen fit to make him just a little bit less clumsy.”
Source: The progress of the seasons: forty years of baseball in our town
“The Seductor Imposter definitely has its superpowers, of course: charm, charisma, zeal, and spontaneity.”
“The seed dies into a new life, and so does man.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)
“The seed has been sown that will grow one day . . . to the glorious rebirth of the National Socialist movement of a truly united nation.”
“The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground, with its surroundings ... and there is no trouble. This is what we mean by naturalness.”
Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
“The seed haunted by the sun never fails to find its way between the stones in the ground. And the pure logician, if no sun draws him forth, remains entangled in his logic.”
Source: Flight to Arras
“The seed is inside you. Why do you gaze all around? Light is held inside the seed.
The flower is inside you. Why do you search all around? The scent is inside the flower.
The ocean is inside you. Why do you seek a river? Fathomless water is held inside the ocean.”
“The seed is the fetus, in other words, a true plant with its parts (that is, its leaves, of which there are usually two, its stalk or stem, and its bud) completely fashioned.”
“The seed must be buried, for the flower to bloom.”
“The seed must grow regardless Of the fact that it’s planted in stone”
“The seed of a bamboo tree is planted, fertilized and watered. Nothing happens for the first year. There´s no sign of growth. Not even a hint. The same thing happens - or doesn´t happen - the second year. And then the third year. The tree is carefully watered and fertilized each year, but nothing shows. No growth. No anything. For eight years it can continue. Eight years! Then - after the eight years of fertilizing and watering have passed, with nothing to show for it - the bamboo tree suddently sprouts and grows thirty feet in three months!”
“The seed of a bamboo tree is planted, fertilized and watered. Nothing happens for the first year.
There´s no sign of growth.
Not even a hint.
The same thing happens - or doesn´t happen - the second year.
And then the third year.
The tree is carefully watered and fertilized each year,
but nothing shows. No growth. No anything.
For eight years it can continue. Eight years!
Then - after the eight years of fertilizing and watering have passed, with nothing to show for it - the bamboo tree suddenly sprouts and grows thirty feet in three months!”
“The seed of a blue lupin will usually produce a blue lupin. But the seed of a blue-eyed man may produce a brown-eyed bore...especially if his wife has a taste for gigolos.”
Source: Down the garden path