T Quotes
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“There are two processes which we adopt consciously or unconsciously when we try to prophesy. We can seek a period in the past whose conditions resemble as closely as possible those of our day, and presume that the sequel to that period will, save for some minor alterations, be similar. Secondly, we can survey the general course of development in our immediate past, and endeavor to prolong it into the near future. The first is the method the historian; the second that of the scientist. Only the second is open to us now, and this only in a partial sphere.”
Source: If I lived my life again
“There are two qualities that make fiction. One is the sense of mystery and the other is the sense of manners. You get the manners from the texture of existence that surrounds you. The great advantage of being a Southern writer is that we don't have to go anywhere to look for manners; bad or good, we've got them in abundance. We in the South live in a society that is rich in contradiction, rich in irony, rich in contrast, and particularly rich in its speech”
“There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?' If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.”
Source: Fire in the belly: on being a man
“There are two questions President Obama should ask before touring a solar farm: 1: Is it dangerous? 2. Are the solar modules I am being photographed with switched on and producing energy into the electrical grid?”
“There are two questions that get to us all: Are we alone in the Universe? And, where did we come from? For me, science provides a much more satisfactory way to seek answers than does any religion I've come across. With that said, the universe is mysterious and wonderful. It fills me with reverence for nature and our place among the stars; our place in space.”
“There are two questions that we have to ask ourselves. The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?'”
“There are two races of men in this world, but only these two–the 'race' of the decent man and the 'race' of the indecent man. Both are found everywhere; they penetrate into all groups of society. No group consists entirely of decent or indecent people.”
Source: Man's Search for Meaning
“There are two races of men in this world but only these two: the race of the decent man and the race of the indecent man.”
Source: Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition
“There are two races of people -- men and women -- no matter what women's libbers would have you pretend. The male is motivated by toys and science because men are born with no purpose in the universe except to procreate. There is lots of time to kill beyond that. They've got to find work. Men have no inherent center to themselves beyond procreating. Women, however, are born with a center. They can create the universe, mother it, teach it, nurture it. Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future.”
“There are two races on earth. Those who need others, who are distracted, occupied and refreshed by others, who are worried, exhausted and unnerved by solitude as by the ascension of a terrible glacier or the crossing of a desert; and those, on the other hand, who are wearied, bored, embarrassed, utterly fatigued by others, while isolation calms them, and the detachment and imaginative activity of their minds bathes them in peace.”
Source: 88 Short Stories
“There are two reasons [ business people are not publicly anti-Donald Trump ], one is well-intentioned, which is the classic kind of American notion. We want to be inclusive, we want to have our shareholders, our employees, our customers, whether they are Democrat, Republican, Green or Libertarian, to feel comfortable with how we're doing business. And so that tends to be apolitical. People say, "No, no, I just simply shouldn't get involved in politics."”
“There are two reasons for drinking wine...when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it... prevention is better than cure.”
“There are two reasons not to tell the truth--becuase lying will get you what you want, and because lying will keep someone from getting hurt.”
“There are two reasons why anybody buys anything. The real reason, and the reason they give you.”
“There are two reasons why I propose to make myself thoroughly and unashamedly happy by talking about myself. The first is that on several occasions, both in England and America, I have been told that I am a legendary character.”
“There are two reasons why man loses contact with the regulating center of his soul. One of them is that some single instinctive drive or emotional image can carry him into a one-sidedness that makes him lose his balance...his one-sidedness and consequent loss of balance are much dreaded by primitives, who call it 'loss of soul.' Another threat...circles around particular complexes”
“There are two reasons why people fail. One is irresponsibility. The second is fear.”
“There are two reasons why some bridges need to be burned. First, it prevents the offender from re-crossing to cause more havoc. Two, it serves as a warning to others that your boundaries must be respected. Not all bridges need to remain intact.”
“There are two reasons why we don't trust people, First, we don't know them. Second, we know them.”
“There are two reasons you dislike a writer.
You’ve read the person and couldn’t relate.
You’ve not read the person and just hate him for being popular.”
“There are two reforms that we need to restore our democracy. The first is campaign finance. We need to get the corporate money out of the election process. And second, we need to resolve the dysfunction in the environment. Looters are running agencies that are supposed to be protecting us from pollution.”
“There are two responses to really awful things. One is to lament and say, "Oh my God, oh lord." And the other is to laugh at it a little bit, try your best to deal with it and, if you can, forget about it as soon as possible.”
“There are two restraints which God has laid upon human nature, shame and fear; shame is the weaker, and has place only in those in whom there are some reminders of virtue.”
“There are two roadblocks in the way of transforming India into an economic giant and one of them was education. I believe that if education is privatised at primary and secondary level, lot of our problems will be answered to”
“There are two roads to every place, and the wise man chooses the pleasant one.”
Source: The House of Moreys
“There are two rules for achieving anything. Rule No. 1: Get started. Rule No. 2: Keep going.”
“There are two rules for success...
1. Never reveal everything you know.”
Source: Machiavelli Rage
“There are two rules for success: 1. Never tell everything you know.”
“There are two rules I have learned through experience: 1. The government engages in extensive corruption with the masses. 2. See rule #1.”
“There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn right; go through any door that you're not supposed to enter. It's the only way to fight your way through to any kind of authentic feeling in a world beset by fakery.”
“There are two rules in life: Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: Everything is small stuff.”
“There are two sacred causes in this world,” he said, holding up his pinkie and ring ringer. “Chance and necessity. By chance I was there to help when you had need.”
Source: Seraphina
“There are two sayings that are familiar in every news room across the country: 1) sex sells; 2) if it bleeds it leads.”
“There are two schools of fried chicken. One is brining in salted water and the other is soaking in either buttermilk or milk. I just combine the two.”
“There are two schools of thought about Chappaquiddick: liberals
generally tend to ignore the subject and resent any mention of it, and
conservatives believe that Teddy was directly responsible for the death
of Mary Jo Kopechne and lied about it, and the “liberal” media helped to
cover up his crime. The facts suggest a third alternative: Chappaquiddick
represented the political assassination of Edward Kennedy, orchestrated by
the same forces responsible for the deaths of John and Robert Kennedy.”
Source: Hidden History: An Exposé of Modern Crimes, Conspiracies, and Cover-Ups in American Politics
“There are two schools of thought about the resilience of time. The first is that time is highly volatile, with every small event altering the possible outcome of the earth's future. The other view is that time is rigid, and no matter how hard you try, it will always spring back toward a determined present. Myself, I do not worry about such trivialities. I simply sell ties to anyone who wants to buy one...”
Source: The Eyre Affair
“There are two schools of thought. A manager would tell you that must make them realize you're a dedicated actor and I took a totally different route than that. I never ever took myself seriously.”
“There are two schools of thought. You can be basic and spend all your time on what your opponents are going to do. Or, you can be very multiple and complex, put a lot of doubt in your opponents' minds and create problems for them with the volume of things you do.”
“There are two schools. The school where you go and open a book, and then there's the school of life. When you learn hands-on, often you don't understand why you do what you do and what's the word for that action.”
“There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter. One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues.”
“There are two seasons in Scotland: June and Winter.”
“There are Two Secrets to Success: 1. Don't tell ANYONE Everything you know 2.If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know.”
“There are two selves in us all - one self is amateur, foolish and selfish - that self says, 'I am all, my word is supreme, my belief is the highest, my opinions are the best' - then there is another self, which is wise, caring and conscientious - it says, 'I am nothing, I am the servant of people, my interest is in benefiting others, my life is their keepsake'.”
Source: Servitude is Sanctitude
“There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle... "Know thyself" and "Nothing too much"; and upon these all other precepts depend.”
“There are two sets of business capabilities: Competitive necessity and competitive uniqueness.”
Source: Digital Capability: Building Lego Like Capability Into Business Competency
“There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege and the principles of truth and justice. If you pursue truth and justice it will always mean a diminution of power and privilege. If you pursue power and privilege, it will always be at the expense of truth and justice”
Source: The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress
“There are two side to every issue.”
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“There are two sides of a coin but multiple sides of human perceptive.”
“There are two sides of a coin but multiple sides of human perspectives.”
“There are two sides of me, the bachata/tropical Latin side and the English pop as well. They're both equally important, so I'll always make sure to keep both roots in my music.”