T Quotes
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“To sit down at the end of each day and read what we wrote across the page of this day is probably going to make us think real, real hard about what we should write tomorrow.”
“To sit down means to calm down without rush and fuss, stop and reflect, analyze all pros and cons, count all possible merits and faults”
“To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.”
Source: Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country
“To sit here at the same table with my hero, George W. Bush...I feel like I'm dreaming. Somebody pinch me. You now what, I'm a pretty sound sleeper, that may not be enough...Somebody shoot me in the face.”
“To sit home, read one's favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men's doing.”
Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena
“To sit in a big library amongst books and students, that was pretty cool. It was a novel experience for me.”
“To sit in judgment of those things which you perceive to be wrong or imperfect is to be one more person who is part of judgment, evil or imperfection.”
“To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock awaiting the sensation of a short, sharp shock from a cheap and chippy chopper on a big, black block.”
“To sit in solitude, to think in solitude with only the music of the stream and the cedar to break the flow of silence, there lies the value of wilderness.”
“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.”
Source: Mansfield Park
“To sit patiently with a yearning that has not yet been fulfilled, and to trust that, that fulfillment will come, is quite possibly one of the most powerful "magic skills" that human beings are capable of. It has been noted by almost every ancient wisdom tradition”
“To sit through a film where you're just unmotivated to be interested in a character is probably the worst thing that could ever happen.”
“To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.”
“To sit with George [Clooney] and argue about what we're passionate about was amazing. We're good at arguing our points of view and are all about doing what was best for the movie [ "Gravity"].”
“To sit with only the intention of finding the meaning of a kung-an [koan] is not truly to sit in Zen; it is to spend one's time and one's life vainly. If one sits in meditation it is not in order to reflect on a kung-an, but in order to light the lamp of one's true being; the meaning of the kung-an will be revealed quite naturally in this light which becomes more and more brilliant.”
Source: Zen Keys: A Guide to Zen Practice
“To slacken the tempo...would mean falling behind. And those who fall behind get beaten.”
Source: Selected Writings
“To slaughter grand and beautiful creatures like these tuskers, whether terrestrial or marine, solely to obtain a few teeth indicates that we have not evolved very much since the days our forebears lived in caves and saught to prove their superiority by adorning themselves with teeth and claws”
“To slaughter people, either in mind or in action, in the name of tribe is valor of the stone age, to love a stranger as our own family is valor of a civilized society.”
Source: Ain't Enough to Look Human
“To slay the sinner is then the first use of the Law, to destroy the life and strength wherein he trusts and convince him that he is dead while he lives; not only under the sentence of death, but actually dead to God, void of all spiritual life, dead in trespasses and sins.”
Source: The Works of the Late Reverend John Wesley, A.M.: From the Latest London Edition with the Last Corrections of the Author, Comprehending Also Numerous Translations, Notes, and an Original Preface, Etc
“To sleep and being able to. Rare
To sleep and deserve it. Rarer.”
“To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her.”
“To sleep is an act of faith.”
“To sleep is to sweep away worries temporarily; upon waking, temporary becomes contemporary.”
Source: Weighty 'n' Worthy African Proverbs - Volume 1
“To sleep perchance to dream”
“To slight a single human being, is to slight those divine powers and thus to harm not only that being but with him, the whole world.”
Source: All Men Are Brothers
“To slow down is to be taken into the soul of things.”
“To slow down the rise of blood sugar, 2 minutes before a meal drink 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water, or add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to your salads.”
Source: Apple Cider Vinegar Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living
“To slur “feminism” into “humanism” is to usurp women’s voices once again, to make the singular feminine into the so-called universal masculine.”
“To smash something is the ghetto's chronic need. Most of the time it is the members of the ghetto who smash each other, and themselves. But as long as the ghetto walls are standing there will always come a moment when these outlets do not work.”
Source: Notes of a Native Son
“To smell, though well, is to stink.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Michel de Montaigne (Illustrated)
“To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.”
Source: Modern English Drama
“To smile is to turn the lights on, the lights of existence within you!”
“To smile when you are defeated means your defeat is already defeated!”
“To smoke or not to smoke: I can make of either a life-work.”
Source: Aperçus: The Aphorisms of Mignon McLaughlin
“To snap my fingers and let it go away. Even if it takes the 3,000th hit with it, just let it all go away”
“To snatch the passing moment and examine it for signs of eternity is the noblest of occupations.”
“To snatch the worm from the trap.”
“To snatch victory from the jaws of defeat one must remove the teeth of despair.”
“To sneer at religion is a hallmark of the perpetual adolescent.”
“To so enter into it in nature and art that the enjoyed meanings of life may become a part of living is the attitude of aesthetic appreciation.”
“To so many people, the Lord is in danger of being no more than a patron saint of our systematic theology instead of the Christ who is our life.”
“To so perverse a sex all grace is vain.”
Source: A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. III.
“To soar, we must leave anything that weighs us down...”
Source: Rousing Cadence
“To soften relations between the two groups and meet Philadelphia's fashionable young beauties, Arnold hosted a ball at the... City Tavern with a guest list that included Tories and neutralists, as well as patriots. Inevitably the 'disaffected' emerged triumphant, their beaded gowns gleaming in the candlelight, their two-feet--high hairdos towering over the caps of patriot woman in their crude clothes.”
Source: Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married
“To solicit the aid of luck is like stirring muddy water to bring objects submerged at the bottom to the top where they can be seen. Every worker would to well to tempt their good luck. Nevertheless, we should not depend on it too much.”
“To solve 85% of mankind issues and problems, God gave us a brain that weighs about 3.3 pounds (1.5 kg) to carry around everywhere we go on our heads, so please learn to use it.”
“To solve a marriage problem, you have to talk with each other about it, choosing wisely the time and place. But when accusations and lengthy speeches of defense fill the dialogue, the partners are not talking to each other but past each other. Take care to listen more than you speak. If you still can't agree on a solution, consider asking a third party, without a vested interest, to mediate.”
“To solve a problem first understand it!”
“To solve a problem is to create new problems, new knowledge immediately reveals new areas of ignorance, and the need for new experiments. At least, in the field of fast reactions, the experiments do not take very long to perform.”
“To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.”
Source: THE GREAT CONVERSATION: THE SUBSTANCE OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION