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“I'm tired of being what everyone else has made me," I said. "I want to be myself." "Don't be a child." I looked up, startled and angry, though of course there was nothing to see. "What?" "You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I'm tired of your whining.”

Want Children Made Said Done Universe Courses Accepting Angry Tired Creator I'm Tired Whining

Author:N.K. Jemisin

“We said goodbye with a highball Then I got as high as a steeple But we were intelligent people No tears, no fuss, hooray For us!”

People Said Tears Intelligent Goodbye Steeples

Author:Leo Robin

“I'd be flattered if someone said that my work is "too weird" for them. I value the uncompliment.”

Ifs Said Values Flattered

Author:Kelly Link

“Now the code of life of the High Middle Ages said something entirely opposite to this: that it was precisely lack of leisure, an inability to be at leisure, that went together with idleness; that the restlessness of work-for-work's sake arose from nothing other than idleness. There is a curious connection in the fact that the restlessness of a self-destructive work-fanatacism should take its rise from the absence of a will to accomplish something.”

Should Said Self Facts Age Together Middle Connections Opposites Sake Accomplish Absence Curious Code Destructive Leisure Inability Idleness Middle Ages Restlessness Self Destructive

Author:Josef Pieper

“He who knows does not feel wonder. It could not be said that God experiences wonder, for God knows in the most absolute and perfect way.”

Knows Way Feels Doe Said Perfect Wonder Absolutes God Knows

Author:Josef Pieper

“It has been said that the United States was deceived into entering and expanding the Vietnam War by its own overoptimistic propaganda. The record suggests, however, that the policy-makers stayed in Vietnam not so much because of overly optimistic hopes of winning ... as because of overly pessimistic assessments of the consequences of losing.”

Source: The real war: the classic reporting on the Vietnam War with a new essay

“Natural, hell! What was it Chaucer Said once about the long toil that goes like blood to the poems making? Leave it to nature and the verse sprawls, Limp as bindweed, if it break at all Life's iron crust Man, you must sweat And rhyme your guts taut, if you'd build Your verse a ladder.”

Ifs Men Long Said Natural Break Hell Blood Guts Iron Sweat Verses Rhyme Toil Ladders Chaucer

Book:Collected Poems: 1945-1990 R.S.Thomas: Collected Poems : R S Thomas

Source: Collected Poems: 1945-1990 R.S.Thomas: Collected Poems : R S Thomas

“It's a failure only if you don't get anything out of it, Thomas Edison said he knew 999 ways that a light bulb did not work; yet we have lights today.”

Ifs Way Said Light Today Failure Bulbs Light Bulb

Author:Benjamin Carson

“Nothing ought to be said or done which could create the impression that unbiased reconsideration of the most elementary premises of philosophy is a merely academic or historical affair.”

Said Done Philosophy Ought Historical Affair Impression Academic Premises Unbiased Reconsideration

Book:Natural Right and History

Source: Natural Right and History

“Thus evidence that contradicts the global warming theory, climate Chicken Littles enlist as evidence for the correctness of their theory; every permutation in weather patterns — warm or cold — is said to be a consequence of that warming or proof of it.”

Said Theory Cold Evidence Consequence Climate Patterns Warm Proof Weather Global Warming Correctness

Author:Ilana Mercer

“Whatever open-border libertarians think about immigration law, once the immigration scofflaw steals, trespasses, or vandalizes private property, said alien is guilty of crimes. To say, moreover, that the state's laws made masses of men and women commit such crimes is to voice the philosophy of determinism, not individualism.”

“Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done.We alone are responsible for our lives.”

Said Done Happens Results Responsibility Our Lives Responsible

Author:Gautama Buddha

“As regards the quietude of the sage, he is not quiet because quietness is said to be good. He is quiet because the multitude of things cannot disturb his quietude. When water is still, one's beard and eyelashes are reflected in it. A skilled carpenter uses it in a level to obtain a measurement. If still water is so clear, how much more are the mental faculties! The mind of the sage is the mirror of heaven and earth in which all things are reflected.”

“There are those who hold that there is a pattern to all that is said and done in this world, that no thing happens without reason nor out of time. As to that, I cannot speak, for I have seen too many threads cut short to believe it, but of a surety, I have seen too the weft of my fate shuttled on the loom. If there is a pattern, I do not think there is anyone among us who can stand at a great enough distance to discern it; yet I will not say that it is not so.”

Ifs Thinking World Believe Said Reason Done Enough Happens Speak Cutting Fate This World Distance Patterns Things Happen Thread Said And Done

Book:Kushiel's Dart

Source: Kushiel's Dart

“I read somewhere that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said, "Man, if that's not a definition of God, I don't know what is.”

People Ifs Knows Men Believe Said Universe Definitions

Author:Alan Arkin

“I want to retire in New York, let's be quite frank. I think a lot of people jumped the gun when I said I wanted to be a free agent. And yeah, I want people to come to play in New York. I want them to want to play in New York. I want New York to be that place where guys want to come play.”

People Thinking Want Said Play Wanted Guy New York Gun Yeah Agents Retiring Frank Free Agents

Author:Carmelo Anthony

“Mother told me always to follow the golden rule.And she said it's really a sin to be mean and cruel.So remember if you're untrueAngels up in heaven are looking at you.”

Ifs Mean Said Remember Mother Heaven Sin Golden Golden Rule

Author:Hal David

“Jack [Kirby] and Joe [Simon] wrote and drew the stories themselves in the beginning and I was just, like, the office boy. But after a while they had more writing than they could handle and I was the only guy around, so they said, "Hey Stan, you think you can write this?" When you're seventeen years old, what do you know? I said, "Sure, I can do it!" And that was it.”

Thinking Knows Writing Years Said I Can Stories Guy Can Do Boys Office Handle Hey Do You Know They Said I Can Do It Seventeen Seventeen Years Old

Author:Stan Lee

“Give me an adventure. I'm not talking about some massive adventure. Just something that would make getting fired seem small. Something that I might remember when I'm old." "I can't predict the future," I said, "but based on what little I know so far, I'm afraid it has to be a massive adventure or nothing." "Great!" "Probably the kind of adventure that ends in a mass burial.”

Knows Giving Kind Littles Said I Can Ends Seems Might Remember Talking Adventure Mass Give Me Massive Remember When Not Talking Burial Getting Fired

Book:Anathem

Source: Anathem

“I have decided to be a poet. My father said there isn't a suitable career structure for poets and no pensions and other boring things, but I am quite decided.”

Said Father Careers Poet Decided Structure Boring Suitable Pension Boring Things

Author:Sue Townsend

“I have said, and I repeat, at the risk of appearing sacrilegious, that the gas chambers are a detail of the history of the Second World War... If you take a book of a thousand pages on the Second World War, in which 50 million people died, the concentration camps occupy two pages and the gas chambers ten or 15 lines, and that's what's called a detail.”

“When I was a little baby, my mama she said "Son.Travel where you will and grow to be a manAnd sing what must be sung, poor boySing what must be sung.”

Littles Said Grows Poor Son Baby Mama

Author:Hoyt Axton

“I believe in JesusAn' what the Bible saidAn' I am fairly certainHe had himself a heavy head.He scared the lyin' peopleSo bad, they hung him deadAn' they never even listenedTo what he really said.”

Believe Said I Believe Scared Heavy I Believe In Hung

Author:Hoyt Axton

“Coffee has assumed a social meaning that goes far beyond the simple black brew in the cup. The worldwide coffee culture is more than a culture - it is a cult. There are usenet newsgroups on the subject, along with innumerable sites on the World Wide Web, and Starbucks outlets populate every street corner, vying for space with other coffeehouses and chains. And after all is said and done, it's just the pit of a berry from an Ethiopian shrub.”

“Said the tiger to the lily, Said the viper to the rose, Let us marry so our children May attain the double pose. With a feline half a flower With the attar in the asp We could institute a slaughter That would make a planet gasp.”

May Children Said Half Planets Flower Our Children Rose Tigers Slaughter Institute Lilies Feline Vipers

Book:Venus Invisible: And Other Poems

Source: Venus Invisible: And Other Poems

“I remember when you could always rely on those little street kids to pop a few people for the latest Nikes," Vice-President John said. "Now people get mugged for Reeboks, for Adidas - for generics, for Christ's sake.”

People Littles Said Kids Remember President Christ Streets Sake Vices Pops Rely Remember When Vice President Nike Adidas

Book:Jennifer Government

Source: Jennifer Government

“Looking back at Batman from a distance - after all the hype has dried up and the franchise has at least temporarily been abandoned - it's easy to see the movie for what it is: a moderately diverting motion picture that should have been shorter and better paced. There are a lot of things wrong with Batman, but it still makes for decent entertainment in the fine tradition of the typical low-intelligence summer movie. The best thing that can be said about Batman is that it led to Batman Returns, which was a far superior effort.”

“From all I did and all I said let no one try to find out who I was.”

Trying Said

Author:C.P. Cavafy

“The Duce told me that he foresaw the possibility of a conflict between Germany and Russia. He said that we could not stay out of this because it involved the struggle against communism. It was, therefore, necessary to make arrangements for the bringing together between Ljubljana and Zagreb of a motorized division, of an armored division, and of the grenadier division.”

Said Together Struggle Possibility Involved Conflict Russia Communism Germany Division Arrangements

Author:Ugo Cavallero

“I still believe that, in the long run, the aggregate of the decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is likely to do less harm than the centralized decisions of a Government; and certainly the harm is likely to be counteracted faster. As I said earlier in this debate, our economic medicine may be painful but it is fast and powerful because it can act freely.”

“We are seekers of the truth, but we do not embody the truth. And in humility, we should recognize that the same can be said about our most ardent foes.”

Should Said Humility Foe Seekers Ardent

Author:John C. Danforth

“A lot of sources said I was born in 1917. That is incorrect. I was born in 1920. 1917 was the year the studios listed as my birth year to make me appear younger.”

Years Said Born Source Birth Studios

Author:Laraine Day

“[On her work in "Keep Your Powder Dry"] I didn't want to do it, but they said if I did it they would give me Undercurrent with Robert Taylor. Then they gave Undercurrent to Katharine Hepburn, so I left MGM.”

Ifs Want Giving Said Left Give Me Dry They Said Powder Hepburn Mgm

Author:Laraine Day

“A few months ago I was visiting my mother, and she said that as a child I had always wanted to learn everything, and that it took me a long time to realize that you couldn't learn everything. I got really angry, and I shouted "I'm not done yet!"”

Children Long Said Done Wanted Mother Realizing Months Long Time Angry Visiting

Author:Mark Jason Dominus

“Your American admiral said that he held me in the highest esteem, and thought that I conducted my defense perfectly. He said through his chief of staff that my conduct was beyond reproach and he had the greatest admiration for me.”

Said Highest Defense Esteem Chiefs Admiration Staff Reproach Admiral Chief Of Staff

Author:Karl Donitz

“Yesterday, my son was out in the yard playing with his friend, and he hit his friend. I walked up to him, and I said, "Hey... We don't hit". He looked at me like, "Here's your sign, Dad".”

Said Son Dad Yesterday Hey My Son Hitting Yards Pantomime

Author:Bill Engvall

“[Hillary Clinton] was trying to encourage us to become more active in politics and she said, 'If you leave all the decision-making to others, you might not like what they do, and you will have no one but yourself to blame.' It was such a challenge to the women in the room. And it really hit me: She's talking to me.”

Ifs Trying Said Might Challenges Decision Rooms Talking Blame Clinton Active Decision Making

Author:Kirsten Gillibrand

“Back in the early 1960s, when I was eight or nine. Some neighborhood boys and I saw a disc-shaped, windowless object that hovered, silent, then simply vanished. My parents said, "That's very nice" and ignored it, but I knew what I'd seen, and it was life-changing.”

Said Parent Boys Saws Nice Objects Silent Eight Nine Life Changing Neighborhood Ignored 1960s Very Nice Discs

Author:Steven M. Greer

“We live in a century in which everything has been said. The challenge today is to learn which statements to deny.”

Has Beens Said Today Challenges Century Deny Statements

Author:Charles Hartshorne

“I once wrote a lecture for Manchester University called « Moments of Discovery » in which I said that there are two moments that are important. There's the moment when you know you can find out the answer and that's the period you are sleepless before you know what it is. When you've got it and know what it is, then you can rest easy.”

Knows Said Two Important Moments Easy Answers Periods Discovery University Lectures Manchester Rest Easy

Author:Dorothy Hodgkin

“One woman approached me as she walked past and, pointing to her four children who were manfully helping the smallest ones over the rough ground, whispered: 'How can you bring yourself to kill such beautiful, darling children? Have you no heart at all?' One old man, as he passed me, hissed: 'Germany will pay a heavy penance for this mass murder of the Jews.' His eyes glowed with hatred as he said this. Nevertheless he walked calmly into the gas-chamber.”

“Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times.”

Giving Said America Actors Belief Strong Answers Shots India Mark All Time Good Actors Great Actors

Author:Aamir Khan

“On a trip to Germany, Lange and his entourage were climbing the tower of an ancient castle when they stopped to catch their breath. "How old is this ruin?" someone asked a guide. "Forty-two years," said Lange.”

Years Said Two Breaths Ancient Guides Ruins Germany Forty Two Years Climbing Towers Castles Entourage

Author:David Lange

“As I have said a thousand times, no manipulation can put stocks down and keep them down.”

Said Thousand Down And Manipulation

Book:Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

Source: Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

“Katie commented that Americans had lost the ability to enjoy themselves. "We watch television," Dave said.”

Said Lost Enjoy Ability Watches Television Dave Katie

Author:Jack McDevitt

“I have said consistently in my 16-and-a-half years in the parliament, I have always supported the party room's decision and the party room is the ultimate authority on these matters. I don't expect that to change.”

Years Said Matter Decision Rooms Party Half Authority Ultimate Consistently Parliament Half A Year

Author:Nick Minchin

“Some people have said Brother Khalid was a villain, but we know he was a victim in a world that is evil. Racism and injustice are the real villains here.”

People Knows World Said Real Evil Brother Racism Victim Injustice Villain

Author:Khalid Abdul Muhammad

“A man called, wanting to borrow a rope. "You cannot have it," said Nasrudin. "Why not?" "Because it is in use." "But I can see it just lying there, on the ground." "That's right: that's its use.”

Men Said I Can Use Lying Why Not Rope

Author:Nasreddin

“One of the neighbors found Nasreddin scattering crumbs all around his house. "Why are you doing that?" he asked. "I'm keeping the tigers away," replied Nasreddin. "But there aren't any tigers around here," said the neighbor. "That's right," said Nasreddin. "You see how well it works?”

Wells Said Found House Neighbor Tigers Crumbs

Author:Nasreddin

“It is difficult to thinkof any circumstances where learning may be said to be impossible.”

May Said Difficult Impossible Circumstances

Author:Michael Joseph Oakeshott

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