“It's like your whole life you 've been falling toward the earth, until the moment someone catches you. And you realise that somehow you 've caught her at the same time. And together, instead of falling, you might be able to fly.” WholeMomentsMightAbleEarthTogetherFallLike YouCaughtWhole LifeRealising Author:Lisa Kleypas
“...there are persons who seem to have overcome obstacles and by character and perseverance to have risen to the top. But we have no record of the numbers of able persons who fall by the wayside, persons who, with enough encouragement and opportunity, might make great contributions.” PersonsEnoughCharacterSeemsMightAbleFallOpportunityNumbersRecordsOvercomingEncouragementPerseveranceObstaclesContributionTeamworkCollaborationRisen Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“There's a belief that whatever it is I'm looking for is out there, but I have a really difficult time finding it. Search algorithms alone are falling short in being able to provide real context around information.” RealAbleFallBeliefDifficultInformationFindingsDifficult TimesAlgorithms Author:Chris Shipley
“I get scared when I approach teachers and tell them that I'll probably be able to attend only half the classes, .. I'm scared that they're going to drop me. In the fall of 2002 I signed up for five classes and had to drop three of them.” AbleFallThreeHalfClassFiveTeacherApproachScared Author:Amanda Beard
“I really love newspapers. They are disposable. They are recyclable. They fall apart so easily. They are not like iPads or Kindles that can't be disposed of and end up on some third-world shore. And I love the heritage of them, the whole history of mass communication. Newspapers changed the world from being a really class based, feudal system to people being able to cheaply get information that informed them.” PeopleWorldEndsWholeAbleFallClassInformationChangedCommunicationMassThirdsNewspapersShoreHeritageFalling ApartThird WorldKindlesIpadsDisposableMass CommunicationFeudal System Author:Stanley Donwood
“Young people are dazzled by the brilliancy of antithesis, and employ it. Matter-of-fact men, and those who like precision, naturally fall into comparisons and metaphor. Sprightly natures, full of fire, and whom a boundless imagination carries beyond all rules, and even what is reasonable, cannot rest satisfied even with hyperbole. As for the sublime, it is only great geniuses and those of the very highest order that are able to rise to its height.” PeopleMenMatterFactsAbleYoungOrderFallImaginationFireStyleGeniusHighestMetaphorSatisfiedHeightReasonableComparisonCarrieSublimeBoundlessPrecisionMatter Of FactAntithesisHyperbole Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“Laws are commanded to hold their tongues among arms; and tribunals fall to the ground with the peace they are no longer able to uphold.” WarAbleLawFallArmsTongueTribunals Book:Revolutionary Writings: Reflections on the Revolution in France and the First Letter on a Regicide Peace Source: Revolutionary Writings: Reflections on the Revolution in France and the First Letter on a Regicide Peace
“As a critic, I try very hard to say exactly what I think. And in a medium in which we are well-known for the binary thumbs up and thumbs down, I try to be able to give the mixed review. But most pictures fall into that middle ground, so I wrestle over which way my thumb is going to turn. It's not flip.” ThinkingWayGivingTryingWellsHardAbleTurnsFallKnownMiddleCriticsMediumsReviewsWell KnownThumbsFlipBinaryMiddle GroundThumbs UpThumbs Down Author:Gene Siskel
“Let's be frank: if there are hardened terrorists [Australian] who are fighting overseas, we don't want to see those people come back to our shores. But if we could stop youngsters, teenagers from falling into the snares of ISIL or Jabhat al-Nusra or other terrorist organisations through parental intervention and other strategies then, we hope to be able to rescue them before they commit these crimes.” PeopleIfsWantAbleFallFightingCrimeStrategyTerroristCommitTeenagerAlsShoreFrankRescueInterventionAustralianOrganisationYoungstersParentalHardenedSnaresIsil Author:George Brandis
“I'm keenly aware of the Pride coming before the Fall . . . but I really do like what I've been able to do here.” AbleFallPride Author:Wil Wheaton
“Time in China has no immediacy as in America. Here I find the swift passage of our few earthly years accepted as naturally as the fall of flower and leaf. ... I hear and speak a language in which grammar has no tense. Both scholars and illiterates, in ordinary daily speech, tell an event of centuries ago as casually as an incident of the hour. Only as my knowledge has accumulated have I been able to know whether something related happened just then or in some past dynasty.” KnowsYearsAbleAmericaPastTimeFallSpeakLanguageHoursHappenedCenturyEventsFlowerSpeechOrdinaryChinaAcceptedRelatedPassagesScholarLeafsGrammarIncidentsTenseDynastyImmediacy Author:Nora Waln
“Death is a large form of entertainment, probably the largest. Watching death in different ways is entertaining for us, whether it's a high-speed chase and a guy grabs a helicopter and flies away. We know the reality of it is that he wouldn't be physically able to hold onto that helicopter and fall to his death. But it's entertaining to watch.” KnowsWayDifferentRealityAbleFormGuyFallWatchesEntertainmentSpeedDifferent WaysEntertainingHelicoptersFly AwayHigh Speed Author:Curtis Jackson
“Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our living side by side, sooner or later your child will fall on the pavement and I'll be the one to pick her up. Or one of my children will not be able to get into the house and you'll have to say, "Stop here until your mom comes here." Legislation affords us the chance to see if we might love each other.” IfsLoveChildrenDoeMightAbleLawFallHouseSidesCan DoJusticeChanceMomPicksRelationOur ChildrenMy ChildrenYour ChildrenFairnessSooner Or LaterLegislationRace RelationsLove Each OtherYour MomPavement Author:Maya Angelou
“In movies and TV, we tend to fall into tropes about how characters might get out of problems. But when you look at real life, you realize that there is a lot of drama of not being able to get out of the problems.” LooksRealCharacterProblemMightAbleFallRealizingTvsDramaReal LifeTropes Author:Matthew Weiner
“Maybe we need to fall on the common-sense side of protecting these species, but continue harvesting wood products we all use and enjoy. We've got to be able to do both - protect water quality and species, as well as harvest trees.” NeedsWellsUseAbleFallEnjoySidesWaterCommonQualityTreeProductsProtectSpeciesWoodsCommon SenseHarvestWater Quality Author:John Hancock
“When men are just desserts - that is, when a man is an enhancement to the already complete and satisfying life of a woman who makes choices and takes action - you will be able to choose a partner without surrendering who you are. Most of all, when men are just desserts, you may choose to be in the arms of a man, but need never fear falling into his hands.” MenNeedsMayHandsAbleActionChoicesFallArmsWho You ArePartnersSatisfyingDessertNever FearEnhancement Author:Sonia Friedman