T Quotes
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“The biggest threat to this country isn't the Russians. It's our own inability to make democracy or capitalism work.”
“The biggest threat to Western civilization is posed not by other civilizations, but by our own pusillanimity — and by the historical ignorance that feeds it.”
Source: Civilization: The West and the Rest
“The biggest threat to your creativity is the fear that it's already been done, said, created. (So why bother?)
Say it, do it, make it anyway - but tell YOUR story along the way.
The story of how you came to know what you know.
The story of what you want to know more of.
The story of why you do what you do.
The story of how you came to care.
And that's how you create what's never been created before.”
“The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes, bugs or gas. That was the threat after 9/11 and when we took down Saddam Hussein we eliminated Iraq as a potential source of that.”
“The biggest threat, when it comes to climate change and pollution, isn't going to come from us because we only have 300 million people. It's going to come from China with over 1 billion people and India with over 1 billion people.”
“The biggest three philosophical errors are to believe that there is no supreme reality, to fantasize about being particularly chosen, and to fancy oneself as the master of the universe.”
“The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.”
Source: If These Walls Could Talk: Milwaukee Brewers: Stories from the Milwaukee Brewers Dugout, Locker Room, and Press Box
“The biggest thrill I ever had was in 1969, when they held day at Yankee Stadium.”
“The biggest thrill in the world is entertaining the public, there is no bigger thrill than that.”
“The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it.”
“The biggest trading partner of the United States is not West Germany or Japan, it's right here.”
“The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46.”
“The biggest tragedy of capitalism is that it regards talents that can’t be converted into money worthless.”
Source: I Decided to Live as Myself
“the biggest tragedy of life is the utter impossibility to change what you have done”
“The biggest trap, the biggest dungeon in life isn't laziness or bad luck, it's comfort.”
“The biggest trouble with success is that its formula is just about the same as that for a nervous breakdown.”
“The biggest truth to face now - what is probably making me unfunny now for the remainder of my life - is that I don't think people give a damn whether the planet goes or not. It seems to me as if everyone is living as members of Alcoholics Anonymous do, day by day. And a few more days will be enough. I know of very few people who are dreaming of a world for their grandchildren.”
Source: A Man Without a Country
“The biggest turn off for a girl as far as I am aware apart from all logistic issues, is a guy without any mission in his life.”
Source: Secrets to modern woman's heart - I: What women really want ? Be ready to be shocked!
“The biggest turn-off for me is people who think the world of themselves. Arrogance is not a sexy quality, and it really gets on my nerves.”
“The biggest tyranny in mankind is always the status quo.”
“The biggest untapped source of energy today is our youth. I am from an age of consumerism, but my two daughters are young enough to change the way their generation thinks.”
“The biggest violation of rights is in the denial of justice sheltered under the pretense of the rule of law.”
“The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up. Never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow.”
Source: The Light in the Heart
“The biggest wars are the wars of thought.
The Oldest Soldier”
Source: Night Monsters
“The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable.”
“The biggest waste of time is to do well something that we need not do at all.”
Source: Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life
“The biggest waste of water in the country by far. You spend half a pint and flush two gallons.”
“The biggest wave is the one that comes from where you least expect it!”
“The biggest way I stay motivated is to run with a group of friends. Sometimes it's hard to get going by yourself, but if you have a plan and a meeting time, you know this run will happen for sure. It's a way to have fun - while also getting in a workout. Plus it distracts from pain, helps you fight fatigue, and gives you that extra push.”
“The biggest weakness of the green-consumer movement, always, is that we tend to pick the easy-to-do things because that's where we can most readily engage people. It doesn't cost them very much to switch products or whatever it happens to be.”
“The biggest weakness with my game is that I have fun with the galleries. I just love a gallery.”
“The biggest weapon is to stay peaceful”
“The biggest weapon of mass destruction in history is the AK-47, not Iranian nuclear weapons.”
“The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results.”
Source: One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In
“The bigness of the West makes men quiet; they seldom talk unless they have something to say.”
Source: My Life East & West
“The bigness of the world is redemption. Despair compresses you into a small space, and a depression is literally a hollow in the ground. To dig deeper into the self, to go underground, is sometimes necessary, but so is the other route of getting out of yourself, into the larger world, into the openness in which you need not clutch your story and your troubles so tightly to your chest.”
Source: The Faraway Nearby
“The bigotry is so virulent that it may be time to make Christians a protected class. Right now 'Christo-phobia' and 'Biblo-phobia' are at such a fever pitch among leftists and homosexual activists, and they need to be stopped before they get carried away in their zeal and do bodily harm to someone. Once again we must remind them our Constitution says, 'freedom of religion' and not 'freedom from religion.'”
“The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer.”
Source: Einstein's God: Albert Einstein's Quest as a Scientist and as a Jew to Replace a Forsaken God
“The bigotry of theologians is a malady which seems almost incurable.”
“The bigotry question goes both ways. There's a lot more anti-Christian bigotry today than there is concerning the other side. None of it gets covered by the news media.”
“The bigtime for you is just around the corner. They told me that first in 1952 - boy, its been a long corner. If I dont hit the bigtime in the next 25 or 30 years, Im gonna pack in the music business and become a full-time gigolo.”
“The bike accident caused me to start talking about spiritual truths. This accident - where I faced my own death - compelled me to talk about these truths and try to make a movie about them.”
“The bike does this; it is an apotheosis of self-sufficiency, in which a well-loved machine will unhesitatingly and quietly mediate intentional being into momentum. As you ride a bike and start to ride it well, there are moments when it becomes an affirmation of life devoid of separation and distinction; you ride through the earth unthinkingly rather than across it. There is no need to account for who you are in others’ terms, in language, even. Your characteristics give way to your being. The effort put into the bike can take you out of your socialized, represented self into what Heidegger called ‘disclosing self’, where you simply are ever-shifting endeavour.”
“The bike has very few controls. It's very simple to operate and understand and your field of vision is certainly greatly expanded as opposed to being in a car.”
“The bike that I've been riding is a Big Ripper. It' an SE Racing 29" bike that Famous [Stars & Straps] did a collaboration with and Travis [Barker] gave to me. So that's the bike that I cruise around on and bunny-hop on.”
“The bike went up in the air and landed on my back. It broke my neck, smashed my collarbone and splinters of bone severed my main artery. My lung filled up with blood. I severed my nerves and to this day I have no feeling there.”
“The bikes have been sitting around, but now were getting them out and using them.”
“The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb.”
“The bilateral relationship is unshakable, but playing politics with that relationship could blunt Secretary Kerry's enthusiasm for being Israel's primary defender.”
“The Bild newspaper is an organ of vileness. It is wrong to read it. Anyone who contributes to this newspaper is socially unacceptable. It would be wrong to be friendly or even polite to one of its editors. One must be as unfriendly to them as the law allows. They are bad people doing wrong things.”