T Quotes
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“The contempt of riches in philosophers was only a hidden desire to avenge their merit upon the injustice of fortune, by despising the very goods of which fortune had deprived them; it was a secret to guard themselves against the degradation of poverty, it was a back way by which to arrive at that distinction which they could not gain by riches.”
“The contempt of riches in the philosophers was a concealed desire of revenging on fortune the injustice done to their merit, by despising the good she denied them.”
“The contempt which men feel for the prostitute, and the fact that they have always regarded themselves as far superior to her, even when they made use of her, suggests an attempt to rationalize the situation; it might be explained as an unconscious transference to the woman of the shame they feel for themselves in these relations.”
“The content and forms of American communications-the myths and the means of transmitting them-are devoted to manipulation. When successfully employed, as they invariably are, the result is individual passivity, a state of inertia that precludes action.”
“The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.”
“The content could be done anyplace, but the real invention is the architecture. The architecture is the only work that really defines a new way of doing things. I think this point is fundamental.”
“The content dictates the style all the time. That's the way it is. If the content of the film - as in Husbands and Wives - is highly jagged, neurotic, fast-paced, nervous New York film, it just called for that kind of shooting, editing and performance.”
“The content in heavenly order will manifest only when reflected”
“The content of a book holds the power of education and it is with this power that we can shape our future and change lives.”
“The content of a man is the life he possesses inside”
“The content of a thought depends on its external relations; on the way that the thought is related to the world, not on the way that it is related to other thoughts.”
“The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.”
“The content of physics is the concern of physicists, its effect the concern of all men.”
“The content of Saul Leiter's photographs arrives on a sort of delay: it takes a moment after the first glance to know what the picture is about. You don't so much see the image as let it dissolve into your consciousness, like a tablet in a glass of water.”
Source: Known and Strange Things
“The content of scientific theory itself offers no moral foundation for the personal conduct of life.”
Source: The Ultimate Quotable Einstein
“The content of the curriculum should never exclude the realities of the very students who must intellectually wrestle with it. When students study all worlds except their own, they are miseducated.”
Source: Conversations: Straight Talk with America's Sister President
“The content of the dialogue with 'the Other' is a content that indicates that man's horizons are infinitely bright, that death is in fact, well, as Thomas Vaughn put it, 'the body is the placenta of the soul'”
“The content of the glass is far more important than whether it is half full or half empty”
Source: The Secret Life Of The Novel
“The content of the ideal is a desire to return to the perfection of an imaginary past.”
Source: The Waning of the Middle Ages
“The content of the world is chasing me. I will not compromise my values with the world content.”
“The content of worship comes from the Bible, the goal of worship is to give praise to God, and the basis for worship is the saving work of Jesus Christ. Put more simply, true Christian worship is Word-communicat ing, God-glorifying, and Christ-confessi ng.”
“The content of your thoughts and personal beliefs can be proven by a single indicator - your current results.”
“The content or message of any particular medium has about as much importance as the stenciling on the casing of an atomic bomb.”
“The content or time-clothing of any medium or culture is the preceding medium or culture.”
“The content people have no clue. I mean, no clue. The cost of bandwidth is going down to nothing. And the size of hard drives is getting so big, and they're so cheap, that pretty soon you'll have every song you own on one hard drive. The content distribution industry is going to evaporate.”
“The content that Jessica Nigri puts out, really displays cosplay in the wrong light.”
“The content was clear, pale green and smelled of a summer lawn just mown. It was not steaming-hot but comfortingly warm, verdant and with a piercing clarity of color. Tea, green, bright and umami-rich, is now so much part of my life that I can hardly think of a time without it. Two, three times a day is not too often; I am making up for half a century of wasted time.
The owner, Timothy d'Offay, is now a dear friend, the person who first encouraged me to travel to Japan, who introduced me to the senchas and gyokuros, the hōjichas and oolongs that now mark the progress of each day as surely as the ticking of a clock. I will be forever grateful.”
Source: A Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy… A Memoir of Sorts
“The content you create and then share is part of your digital identity. It helps those who consume it to understand who you are, why you do the things you do and what values you stand for. As a result content is the primary means through which you establish your online identity, create your reputation and generate the all essential sense of trust without which nothing else can take place.”
Source: SEO Help: 20 Semantic Search Steps that Will Help Your Business Grow
“The contented and economically comfortable have a very discriminating view of government. Nobody is ever indignant about bailing out failed banks and failed savings and loans associations... But when taxes must be paid for the lower middle class and poor, the government assumes an aspect of wickedness.”
“The contented have time to worry about trivialities; often to the extent that they never achieve anything worthwhile.”
“The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed.”
Source: Anarchism and Other Essays
“The contentment when a signature becomes an autograph is lesser than the moment your signature becomes a seal of trust; as a Chartered Accountant.”
Source: Debit Credit of Life: from the good books of accounts
“The contents of a house can trigger all sorts of revisions to family history.”
Source: The Painted Drum: A Novel
“The contents of Mr. Thorne's letter, as nearly as I can remember, were as follows: "I have seen your slave, Linda, and conversed with her. She can be taken very easily, if you manage prudently. There are enough of us here to swear to her identity as your property. I am a patriot, a lover of my country, and I do this as an act of justice to the laws.”
Source: Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
“The contents of our mind are a product of our genes, our environment, and our personal choice. Our genes nudge us in certain directions—sometimes this nudge might more aptly be described as a shove—but we make the decisions that determine the trajectory of our lives.”
Source: The Social Leap: The New Evolutionary Science of Who We Are, Where We Come From, and What Makes Us Happy
“The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait."
(About Books; Recoiling, Rereading, Retelling, New York Times, February 22, 1987)”
“The contents of someone's bookcase are part of his history, like an ancestral portrait.”
“The contents of the glass don’t matter; what’s more important is to realize there’s a pitcher of water nearby. In other words, we have the capacity to refill the glass, or to change our outlook.”
“The contents of the unconscious remain unchanged and timeless. It is only as these contents become conscious that change can begin.”
Source: The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
“The Contessa was surely way ahead of her time, too, in believing that men were not only usless and idiotic, but downright dangerous. That idea wouldn't catch on big in her native country until the last three years of the Vietnam War.”
Source: Bluebeard
“The contest between form and content is what, is what art is about - it's art history. That's what basically everybody has ever contended with. The problem is uniquely complex in still photography.”
“The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.”
Source: The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster
“The contest is not between us and them, but between good and evil, and if those who would fight evil adopt the ways of evil, evil wins.”
“The contest is not over, the strife is not ended. It has only entered on a new and enlarged arena.”
“The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.”
Source: Selected works of Mao Tse-Tung
“The contest of world's tallest skyscraper is a childish thing.
Whereas with similar budget, they could construct flying building.”
Source: Master of Stupidity
“The contest, " said Pott, "shall be prolonged so long as I have health and strength, and that portion of talent with which I am gifted. From that contest, sir, although it may unsettle men's minds and excite their feelings, and render them incapable for the discharge of the every-day duties of ordinary life; from that contest, sir, I will never shrink, till I have set my heel upon the Eatanswill Independent. I wish the people of London, and the people of my country to know, sir, that they may rely upon me; - that I will not desert them, that I am resolved to stand by them, sir, to the last.”
“The context for music is varied and profound. If their fantasy is to be awakened-so that their sounds may be incisive or ravishing-then the menagerie of saints and dragons must be faithfully recalled.”
“The context in which a photograph is seen affects the meaning the viewer draws from it.”
“The context needs to be that the goal is a healthy mom. Because mothers never make decisions without thinking about that healthy baby. And to suggest otherwise is insulting and degrading and disrespectful.”
Source: Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care