T Quotes
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“The volumes of antiquity, like medals, may very well serve to amuse the curious, but the works of the moderns, like the current coin of a kingdom, are much better for immediate use.”
Source: Works: With a Life and Notes
“The volumes which record the history of the human race are filled with the deeds and the words of great men ... [but] The Twentieth Century Woman ... questions the completeness of the story.”
Source: A Woman Making History: Mary Ritter Beard Through Her Letters
“The volumes, the surfaces, the lines-in one word, the structures that build a tectonic construction-do not represent the whole picture: there is also the movement that animated and still animates these bodies because the history continues and we live under no particular privileged conditions at any given time in this great process.”
Source: Tectonics of Asia
“The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.”
“The voluntary captive The speechless the prisoner Which I hide in my very depths.”
“the voluntary relinquishing of responsibility for our lives and our actions is one of the greatest enemies of our time.”
“The volunteering spirit of Londoners is part of what makes this the best big city on earth.”
“The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.”
“The voracious ambition of humans is never sated by dreams coming true, because there is always the thought that everything might be done better and again.”
Source: The Fault in Our Stars
“The Vores Third Quartet is a terrific piece that brings disparate components into harmony. . . it's celebratory, imaginative, touching, and fun.”
“The vortex theory [of the atom] is only a dream. Itself unproven, it can prove nothing, and any speculations founded upon it are mere dreams about dreams.”
“The vortex. You can see the entire galaxy up there. More stars than you ever knew existed.”
Source: Wolf Moon
“The votaries of nonviolence cannot harbour violence even in thought, let alone the question of doing it.”
“The votary of ahimsa has only one fear, that is, of God.”
Source: All Men are Brothers: Autobiographical Reflections
“The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America.”
“The vote has been costly. Prize it...understand what it means and what it can do for your country.”
“The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer.”
“The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well.”
“The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guaranty of your liberty. That vote of yours has cost millions of dollars and the lives of thousands of women. Women have suffered agony of soul which you never can comprehend, that you and your daughters might inherit political freedom. That vote has been costly. Prize it!
The vote is a power, a weapon of offense and defense, a prayer. Use it intelligently, conscientiously, prayerfully. Progress is calling to you to make no pause. Act!”
“The vote is the emblem of your equality, women of America, the guarantee of your liberty.”
“The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
“The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.”
“The vote on the Peacekeeper is also a vote on Geneva. Rejecting the Peacekeeper will knock the legs out from under the negotiating table. (On importance of the MX missile)”
“The vote, cast in a free atmosphere and with all inclinations and parties at present, was after all a vote to the Islamic Republic, to national independence, to the Constitution and to the Islamic causes.”
“The vote, punishment... these ideas are anathema to the liberal mind”
“The voter does not vote only on one issue, the voter votes on a multiplicity of issues.”
“The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were more Democrats that didn’t have a clue than there were Republicans.”
“The voter problems and voter suppression, in some ways they're the same thing, but in some ways they're not, because the suppression is evil.”
“The Voters are Coming!”
“The voters in my district, and around the country, have demanded that Congress get a hold on the influx of illegal immigrants and tighten the security around our borders.”
“The voters of Brookhaven Town made a clear choice to turn away from the corruption and problems of the past, .. I will end corruption in Town Hall once and for all. I've been fighting for this all my life.”
“The voters reward good performance. So, I'm going to go out and focus, if I become the governor, to do the very best job I can as governor. The rest of it will take care of itself.”
“The voters selected us, in short, because they had confidence in our judgement and our ability to exercise that judgement from a position where we could determine what were their own best interest, as a part of the nation's interest.”
“The votes elected officials make should be based on the best interests of the American people, not the fear of retribution when shadowy groups spend millions of dollars on negative advertisements.”
“The voting booth is the only place that a pauper equals a billionaire, and any woman equals any man.”
“The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day.”
“The voting records of virtually every member of Congress reveal that the oath of office is more a ceremonial gesture than a sacred commitment.”
Source: Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders
“The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we as a Country hold so dear.”
“The Voting Sonnet
Why should you vote you ask,
Since it changes nothing!
And nothing will change,
By acting the indifferent weakling.
If you want things to change,
Support character not charisma.
Trash all your populist snobbery,
And it'll abolish all political miasma.
Politics is manipulation,
But it is so due to your gullibility.
Seek out the leader with backbone,
Only then there'll be hope for humanity.
But if you find not a leader of character,
Arise and be the one you seek here and there.”
Source: Boldly Comes Justice: Sentient Not Silent
“The voting station was like a block and a half from my house, so me and my parents just walked on over and cast our ballots, and it was really cool. I love the civic pride of being a part of this national activity.”
“The voting system in Hinduism is there from time immemorial. Even in the Vedas and Puranas, there is a reference where a concept is debated and voted.”
“The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.”
“The vow of silence, that's the mind-blower. See, talking is what I do... i t's a real need with me, a craving, I'm like a word junkie. I never shut up. I talk to myself, I talk in my sleep. The idea of voluntarily turning off that tap, I can't imagine it It'd be like, I don't know, all the rivers in the world just slammed to a stop. No churning, no flowing, no white water, just stillness, crushing stillness. I don't think I could stand it, locked up like that in my own psyche. I'd collapse into myself, I'd implode”
“The vow that binds too quickly snaps itself.”
“The vow that binds too strictly snaps itself.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Illustrated)
“The vows one makes privately are more binding than any ceremony or even a Shubert contract.”
“The vows that woman makes to her fond lover are only fit to be written on air or on the swiftly passing stream.”
“The vows we take in the holy place bind us till we are purged of them at Inanda's Kraal. Till then no blood must be shed and no flesh eaten. It was the fashion of our forefathers.”
Source: JOHN BUCHAN Ultimate Collection: Spy Classics, Thrillers, Adventure Novels & Short Stories, Including Historical Works and Essays (Illustrated): Scottish Poems, World War I Books & Mystery Novels like Thirty-Nine Steps, Greenmantle, Huntingtower, No Man’s Land, Prester John and many more
“The voyage had proved a human and financial disaster. Of the 198 men who rounded the Cape, only 25 returned alive. Worse still, two of the three ships had been lost and the one that did manage to limp into port was carrying not spices but scurvy. Lancaster had proved--if proof was needed--that the spice trade involved risks that London's merchants could ill afford. It was not until they learned that the Dutch had entered the spice race, and achieved a remarkable success, that they would consider financing a new expedition to the islands of the East Indies.”
Source: Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
“The voyage of the Beagle has been by far the most important event in my life and has determined my whole career; yet it depended on so small a circumstance as my uncle offering to drive me 30 miles to Shrewsbury, which few uncles would have done, and on such a trifle as the shape of my nose.”
Source: The Works of Charles Darwin, Volume 29: