T Quotes
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“There are more things in the vastness of time and space than dreamt up in your paleolithic construct of law.”
Source: Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence
“There are more things that frighten us than injure us, and we suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
Source: Letters from a Stoic
“There are more things to admire in men than to despise.”
“There are more things to alarm us than to harm us, and we suffer more often in apprehension than reality.”
“There are more triumphs than defeats with Cosmic Ordering.”
Source: Cosmic Ordering: You can be successful
“There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.”
“There are more truths in twenty-four hours of a man's life than in all the philosophies.”
Source: Situationism: A Compendium
“There are more useful systems developed in languages deemed awful than in languages praised for being beautiful - many more.”
“There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history books.”
“There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.”
“There are more ways of killing a cat than drowning it in butter; but this is the sort of thing (as the proverb indicates) we overlook: there are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.”
“There are more ways of skinning a cat than rubbing its fur the wrong way.”
“There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.”
“There are more ways to choose a profession. One can choose it by
intention, by strong parental influence or even by accident.”
“There are more whipped guys on television than there were on the Amistad.”
“There are more whooping cranes in the United States of America than there are women in Congress.”
“There are more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible. And not a one of them is as good.”
“There are mornings when all men experience with fatigue a flush of tenderness that makes them horny.”
Source: Our Lady of the Flowers
“There are mornings when everything brims with promise, even my empty cup.”
Source: Braided Creek: A Conversation in Poetry
“There are mornings when, from the first ray of light seized upon by the eye, and the first simple sounds that get inside the head, the heart is convinced that it is existing in rhythm to a kind of unheard music, familiar but forgotten because long ago it was interrupted and only now has suddenly resumed playing. The silent melodies pass through the fabric of the consciousness like the wind through the meshes of a net, without moving it, but at the same time unmistakably there, all around it. For one who has never lived such a morning, its advent can be a paralyzing experience.”
Source: The Spider's House
“There are mothers that feel they made a mistake by having a kid at a very young age and they didn't get to live their life.”
“There are mountainous, arduous days, up which one takes an infinite time to climb, and downward-sloping days which one can descend at full tilt, singing as one goes.”
Source: Swann's Way
“There are mountains ahead and with unshakeable faith, you can face them with grace and feel great.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“There are mountains filled with beauty in this world, and they are there for you to enjoy. Soak in their splendour, breathe in their crisp air, and let their tranquillity calm your soul.”
Source: Coming to Grips with the Mountains and Valleys of This World
“There are mountains hidden in mountains. There are mountains hidden in hiddenness. This is complete understanding.”
“There are mountains in the world,' I said, 'which are huge, immense and dotted all over with monasteries. And in those monasteries live monks in saffron robes. They stay seated, with crossed legs, for one, two, six months at a time, thinking of one thing and one thing only. One thing, do you hear? Not two - one! They don't think of women and lignite or books and lignite, as we do; they concentrate their minds on one and the same thing, and they achieve miracles. You have seen what happens when you hold a glass out to the sun and concentrate all the rays onto one spot,
Zorba? That spot soon catches fire, doesn't it? Why? Because the sun's power has not been dispersed but concentrated on that one spot. It is the same with men's minds. You do miracles, if you concentrate your mind on one thing and only one. Do you understand, Zorba?”
Source: Zorba the Greek
“There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself.”
“There are movies I've made that I think no celebrations are in order.”
“There are movies that change the whole way in which films are made, like Klute, where Gordon Willis’s photography on the film is so textured, and, they said, too dark.”
“There are movies that I did and I know what I did and I know the story, and I don't want to see that.”
“There are movies that I love tonally, that I would love to emulate. Anything from Wes Anderson or the Coen brothers is right in my wheelhouse, as something that I would aspire to. I love that kind of indie, fun, colorful, funny, sweet, heartfelt but dark film.”
“There are movies that I've made where I thought I was going to be good, but when it was cut it together it wasn't. And there are a lot of movies that, for one reason or another, just don't become popular. So to me it's always been a little bit of a roll of the dice. That's the way it goes.”
“There are movies that require fantasy and slightly more fantastical acting. Lines that are good for certain movies, in real life circumstances, would be absolutely unbelievable things to really say, and you would look at these people like they're freaks for conversing that way. But somehow for certain styles of movies, it works, and it seems fine.”
“There are movies where actors aren't characters but movie stars, being cool beyond belief throughout the whole movie. That is what it is. And we reveal ourselves when we act, very often without noticing. But if I can manage to do a character without showing anything of myself, then that's the ultimate goal for me. No leakage.”
“There are movies where I've walked onto the set and felt, "This is home," and I'm confident in myself and my work, but that was my first experience of live TV. At that stage, Friends was at its unassailable height of popularity and brilliance.”
“There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing.”
“There are much better ways to die than this, Little Fox.'
'Your attempts to comfort are tr-tragic,' Evangeline stuttered.
'You're still alive,' he grumbled. His fingers found her eyelids then, and with feather-soft touches, he brushed away the melting ice.
Maybe he wasn't entirely hopeless. She wondered if he just hadn't had much practice at this. Comforting someone was an intimate thing, and according to the stories, intimacy didn't end well with Jacks. But he clearly knew how to be gentle. She felt herself thaw in increments as his fingers went to her cheeks, sweeping away the frozen tears.”
Source: Once Upon a Broken Heart
“There are much better ways to handle the delicate male ego. With a two-by-four? Only as a last resort and never in public.”
“There are much cleverer ways to end someone than killing them.”
Source: Daisy Darker
“There are much more important qualities to have than a docile disposition.”
Source: Defiance
“There are much more terrible things than physical injury.”
“There are much worse games to play"
~Katniss -Mockingjay~”
“There are much worse games to play.”
Source: The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy
“There are multi-scatterings of various and associated issues and concerns, but it all boils down to accountable people versus those unwilling to be accountable.”
“There are multiple roads. You alone choose the ones you take. Some lead to the same destination via different pathways. Others lead to similar or dissimilar outcomes, depending on where you turn.”
Source: Heart on Fire
“There are multiple shows of record about a late-transitioning patriarch and how the kids are affected, and there are multiple narratives. That narrative on "Keeping up with the Kardashians," the answer is, they're pretty much fine. It's the same sort of story we were telling which is, you know what? Everybody's okay.”
“There are multiple sides to all of us. Who we are - and who we might be if we follow our dreams”
“There are multiple things entering in your mind.”
“There are multiple ways to be externally focused that are very successful. You can be customer-focused or competitor-focused. Some people are internally focused, and if they reach critical mass, they can tip the whole company.”
“There are multiple ways to solve a problem and add value. There are seldom right answers. So, you've got to use your abilities to diagnose a situation and use your best judgment on what to do and how to do it. You WILL make mistakes - when you do, admit them and go back and try to fix them. I don't know is often the right answer.”