“Year-end financial statements express a truth about office life which is no less irrefutable yet also, in the end, no less irrelevant or irritating than an evolutionary biologist's proud reminder that the purpose of existence lies in the propagation of our genes.” YearsEndsLyingPurposeExistenceProudOfficeFinancialStatementsGenesIrrelevantRemindersIrritatingBiologistPropagationYear EndFinancial Statements Author:Alain de Botton
“Prostrate on earth the bleeding warrior lies, And Isr'el's beauty on the mountains dies. How are the mighty fallen! Hush'd be my sorrow, gently fall my tears, Lest my sad tale should reach the alien's ears: Bid Fame be dumb, and tremble to proclaim In heathen Gath, or Ascalon, our shame Lest proud Philistia, lest our haughty foe, With impious scorn insult our solemn woe.” ShouldEarthLyingDiesFallTearsProudSorrowFameMountainEarsShameTalesWarriorAliensDumbFallenInsultWoeFoeScornSolemnBleedingHushHeathenHaughty Author:William Somervile
“And I won't be laughing at the lies when I'm goneAnd I can't question how or when or why when I'm goneCan't live proud enough to die when I'm goneSo I guess I'll have to do it while I'm here.” I CanEnoughLyingDiesLaughingAtheismProudPositive Atheism Author:Phil Ochs
“Making the future and the road to the future wealth lies in the youth of the present and future, and rebuilding the nation's institutions based on knowledgeable scientific foundations that require promising human capacities derived from college graduates. Universities are the makers of men, we are proud of their role and of the efforts of their administrators.” MenHumansLyingNationsWealthEffortRolesYouthCollegeProudCapacityInstitutionsFoundationUniversityMakersGraduatesKnowledgeableRebuildingAdministratorsCollege GraduatesHuman Capacity Author:Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
“I touched Roger's bat and held it to my heart. My bat will lie next to his. I'm damn proud of that.” HeartLyingNextSportsProudMy HeartDamnTouchedBatsRoger Author:Mark McGwire
“I really like my first movie a lot, "Kicking and Screaming." I think it's a - I'm very pleased and proud of that movie, but it wasn't the - it wasn't "Citizen Kane" right out of the box, you know? It wasn't "Sex, Lies and Videotape."” ThinkingKnowsFirstsLyingSexProudCitizensBoxesKickingCitizen Kane Author:Noah Baumbach
“Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.” IfsMindMayPersonsLyingNaturalPoorRichPrideProudBraveryFortuneDefenseTemptationFormerOccasionsArroganceInsultLatterDepressingForgivenDishonestyCensure Author:Samuel Richardson
“In fiction, I exercise my nosiness. I am as curious as my cats, and indeed that has led to trouble often enough and used up several of my nine lives. I am an avid listener. I am fascinated by other people's lives, the choices they make and how that works out through time, what they have done and left undone, what they tell me and what they keep secret and silent, what they lie about and what they confess, what they are proud of and what shames them, what they hope for and what they fear. The source of my fiction is the desire to understand people and their choices through time.” PeopleDoneEnoughUsedLyingDesireChoicesLeftSecretFictionTroubleSourceProudExerciseCatShameSilentWork OutNineCuriousFascinatedListenersUndoneRough TimesAvidNine Lives Author:Marge Piercy
“A man can be saved and not believe in the Doctrines of Grace...but he must be a very proud man. Unknown-but if you know who said it, please tell me You're born. You suffer. You die. Fortunately, there's a loophole.” IfsKnowsMenBelieveSaidWisdomDeathLyingSufferingDiesBornKnowledgeGraceProudPleaseSavedDoctrineLoopholesProud Man Author:Will Graham
“As we look forward to freedom, the shining city on the hill and the best days of America lying ahead, it is the men and women in uniform who protect, defend and make us proud to whom we should look and give thanks every night.” MenGivingShouldLooksAmericaLyingNightCitiesProudProtectMen And WomenShiningThanksHillsEvery NightUniforms Author:Robin Hayes
“Listening is terribly important if you want to understand anything about people. You listen to what they say and how they say it, what they share and what they are reticent about, what they tell truthfully and what they lie about, what they hope for and what they fear, what they are proud of, what they are ashamed of. If you don't pay attention to other people, how can you understand their choices through time and how their stories come out?” PeopleIfsWantImportantStoriesLyingChoicesPayAttentionShareListeningProudPay AttentionAshamedRough Times Author:Marge Piercy
“Realise well, proud little man that even the highest clouds don't shine! For above all things there lie brightest stars.” MenWellsLittlesLyingStarsProudHighestAll ThingsShiningCloudsRealisingLittle ManBrightest Star Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“The gospel shows us that our spiritual problem lies not only in failing to obey God, but also in relying on our obedience to make us fully acceptable to God, ourselves and others. Every kind of character flaw comes from this natural impulse to be our own saviour through our own performance and achievement. On the one hand, proud and disdainful personalities come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are succeeding. But on the other hand, discouraged and self loathing personalities also come from basing your identity on your performance and thinking you are failing.” ThinkingKindSelfCharacterShowsProblemHandsSpiritualLyingNaturalFailingIdentityPersonalityProudSucceedAchievementPerformancesObedienceImpulseFlawsAcceptableDiscouragedSaviourLoathingSelf LoathingCharacter Flaws Author:Timothy Keller
“This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.” IfsWorldFirstsHelpingHomeLyingThreeFeetArmsProudEnglandCornersWoundsShockComing HomeConquerorRueCorners Of The World Author:William Shakespeare
“God has created you and be proud of it. Don't hide from your age. Don't lie about it. Don't be ashamed of it and don't let nobody make you feel ashamed because you're aging in the world. It's a privilege. God has blessed you. Michael Jackson, Prince, Whitney, they'll never know what it's like to be 60. They'll never know that.” WorldAgeLyingProudBlessedAgingAshamedBe Proud Author:Vanessa Bell Calloway
“My parents were true believers in the efficacy of American constitutional democracy, and I was thoroughly inculcated with reverence for what we the people are capable of doing. The complication in that simple narrative is that as I got older, the Vietnam War shook my confidence in how our democracy was working. I ended up serving in that war, but it started with a lie, and I was very proud of my father for being one of its earliest opponents.” PeopleWarLyingFatherParentSimpleDemocracyProudCapableBelieverReverenceVietnam WarComplicationTrue Believer Author:Al Gore