W Quotes
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“Without a band, I'm much more free to improvise.”
“Without a battle there is no victory.”
“Without a beginning I am pouring the whole of my existence into the building of endings, while the cross and the resurrection declare that God is incessantly building beginnings from the collapse of endings.”
“Without a belief in God and the soul, where is the oath? Without the oath, where is the obligation or the pressure to fulfill it? Where is the law that even kings must obey? Where is the Magna Carta, Habeas Corpus, or The bill of Rights? (All of which arose out of attempts to rule by lawless tyranny.) Where is the lifelong fidelity of husband and wife? Where is the safety of the innocent child growing in the womb? Where, in the end, is the safety for any of us from those currently bigger and stronger than we are? And how striking it is that such oaths we use to make us better, not worse.”
Source: The Rage Against God: How Atheism Led Me to Faith
“Without a belief in my programme and without an acceptance of my condition, you will ruin me, ruin yourselves and ruin the cause.”
Source: Collected Works
“Without a belief in personal immortality, religion surely is like an arch resting on one pillar, like a bridge ending in an abyss.”
“Without a best friend to tell stories to, it almost didn't matter if they even happened.”
Source: Nantucket Blue
“Without a body and without time, I wasn't disturbed by my ego or by the function or dysfunction of my brain and memory. And during my pure perception within the source, I had no opinion either. I didn't even have an 'I.' An opinion is tied to the ego, and the ego to the body. Without any of this, there was only objective consciousness.”
“Without a bottle to hold, I feel incomplete, the way Plato says we are each born only half a circle, and we spend out lives seeking out our other half. A drink is my beloved. Without it, I am wanting; I feel half finished.”
Source: Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood
“Without a camera my life has a void in it.”
“Without a change in thought, how can there be a change in character.”
“Without a change of heart, there could be no change.”
“Without a change of heart, there is no change in character.”
“Without a change of thoughts, how can there be change in action?”
“Without a channel, our messages can silenced.”
“Without a clear-cut vision and a proper reading of the roadmap we may not reach the buoyant shores of the horizon. If we only keep looking into the middle distance, we might easily walk straight into the wall. ("Change of Vision")”
“Without a clear definition of success, board discussions can become disjointed, with
members focusing on different priorities and potentially conflicting agendas. It can also lead
to members talking through each other or over each other during meetings, instead of talking
with each other. This can lead to inefficient decision-making, missed opportunities, and
ultimately, hinder the organization's progress.”
Source: Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance
“Without a clear end goal any outcome will suffice.”
Source: Life Is A Cocktail
“Without a clear goal, it’s all too easy to lose direction—financially and in life.”
Source: Billionaire Cab Driver: Timeless Lessons for Financial Success
“Without a clear perception of his reasons for living, man will never consent to live, and will rather destroy himself than tarry on earth, though he be surrounded with bread".”
Source: The Grand Inquisitor
“Without a clear vision, you can be drifted to any shore.”
Source: Think Great: Be Great!
“Without a commitment to science and rationality in its proper domain, there can be no solution to the problems that engulf us. Still, the Yahoos never rest.”
“Without a complex knowledge of one's place and without the faithfulness to one's place on which such knowledge depends, it is inevitable that the place will be used carelessly, and eventually destroyed. Without such knowledge and faithfulness, moreover, the culture of a country will be superficial and decorative, functional only insofar as it may be a symbol of prestige, the affectation of an elite or "in" group.”
Source: A Continuous Harmony: Essays Cultural and Agricultural
“Without a concise set of rules to follow we would probably all have to resort to common sense”
Source: The Internet is a Playground: Irreverent Correspondences of an Evil Online Genius
“Without a conscious life-purpose a man is totally lost, drifting, adapting to events rather than creating events. Without knowing his life-purpose a man lives a weakend, impotent existence, perhaps even becoming even sexually impotent or prone to mechanical and disinterested sex.”
Source: The Way of the Superior Man: A Spiritual Guide to Mastering the Challenges of Women, Work, and Sexual Desire: Easyread Edition
“Without a conscious thought to do so, he went down on his knees in front of her, grasping both her hands. If she wouldn’t look up at him, she could
look down at him. Her tiny, surprised intake of breath caught in the air between them. He lifted her knuckles to his lips, aching so hard to touch
some part of her. “Being away from you has been…hell. I could wax poetic and tell you it’s been like being torn away from my own soul, or missing a
shard of my heart, but in the end it’s been absolute torment. I’m missing all those things if I’m not with you.”
“Without a constant livelihood, there will be no constant heart.”
“Without a constant misuse of language there cannot be any discovery, any progress”
Source: Against Method
“Without a constant stream of students to break up her day, the time slid by unnoticed.”
Source: Gossamer Axe
“Without a correct strategy the victory is impossible. But even the most correct strategy cannot give the victory under unfavorable objective conditions.”
“Without a Creator, there is no creation.”
“Without a customer, you don't have a business - all you have is a hobby.”
“Without a daily supply of proteins, vitamins, and minerals, no matter how much energy we get in the form of calories, our bodies and minds deteriorate because we are not able to fully replace the dying cells in our internal and external organs.”
Source: The New Wellness Revolution: How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry
“Without a dance, life is a despair.”
“Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn't do nothing.”
“Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have the possibility of peacefully resolving a major threat to regional and international security. Without a deal, we risk even more war in the Middle East and other countries in the region would feel compelled to pursue their own nuclear programs, threatening a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region in the world.”
“Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive.”
Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
“Without a desire for holiness, how can you delight in heaven?”
“Without a doubt,
I must read,
all the books
I've read about.
See the artworks
hung on hooks,
that I have only,
seen in books.”
Source: Love & Misadventure
“Without a doubt in my mind, I believe that vaccinations triggered Evan's autism.”
“Without a doubt in my mind, I should be in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. You look at my stats without my USFL stats, and I don't know how you can argue with that. Look at my combined yards. I'm not one to make excuses, so I'll play by their rules and not even count the USFL stats.”
“Without a doubt in sketch comedy there are fewer women than men.”
“Without a doubt, it [Canada] is the land God gave to Cain.”
Source: Solomon Gursky Was Here
“Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.”
“Without a doubt, the most ingenious plan I could ever hope to devise would be to trade my plans for God’s.”
“Without a doubt the sense of beauty does not lie determined in the concreteness of an individual beautiful thing or person. Rather its purpose is much more the enchantment of the soul, for there is nothing physical that is not made with the intent of affecting the soul, and there is no soul that does not intend to dazzle everything physical with its sensations.”
“Without a doubt there are women who would vote intelligently. There are also men who knit socks beautifully.”
“Without a doubt, absolutely, a woman will be a president, and probably sooner rather than later. I am excited about that, and if what I did serves as a steppingstone for another woman down the course, I am very grateful to have had that chance.”
“Without a doubt, any opportunity I have to build that up in New York, I'd do it. I told people all the time, always say, 'If it takes me taking a pay cut, I'll be the first one on James Dolan's steps saying take my money and let's build something strong over here.'”
“Without a doubt, because now in the music business talent and hard work isn't enough. There is just a lot of luck and marketing money involved in making any artist break. "Fall Down" is about a relationship, but you could certainly apply it to the relationship we've had with each other and throughout our career.”