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“The image is made to order, tailored to us. An ideal, on the hand, has a claim on us. It does not serve us, we serve it. If we have trouble striding toward it, we assume the matter is with us, and not the ideal.”

Ifs Doe Made Matter Hands Order Trouble Ideals Claims Assuming Tailored

Author:Daniel J. Boorstin

“If we choose a weak and foolish speculation as a primary textbook illustration (falsely assuming that the tale possesses a weight of history and a sanction of evidence), then we are in for trouble - as critics properly nail the particular weakness, and then assume that the whole theory must be in danger if supporters choose such a fatuous case as a primary illustration.”

Source: Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms: Essays on Natural History

“we cannot break a law of eternal justice, however ignorantly, but throughout the entire universe will there be a jar of discord that will so trouble the divine harmonies that in the rebound we shall find each man his own hell! The sooner we arrive at this knowledge, the sooner we take the certainty to our souls, the sooner do our lives begin to assume the square allotted to us.”

Men Soul Law Universe Justice Break Hell Our Lives Trouble Divine Eternal Harmony Assuming Certainty Squares Jars Discord Rebound

Author:Charlotte Saunders Cushman

“The unlucky hand dealt to clear and precise writers is that people assume they are superficial and so do not go to any trouble inreading them: and the lucky hand dealt to unclear ones is that the reader does go to some trouble and then attributes the pleasure he experiences in his own zeal to them.”

People Doe Hands Reading Pleasure Clear Trouble Reader Lucky Assuming Attributes Superficial Precise Zeal Unlucky Unclear

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“It's pretty sad that when people see a guy buying flowers, they assume he's in trouble.”

People Guy Trouble Flower Assuming Buying

Book:Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)

Source: Tweet Inspiration: Faith in 140 Characters (or Less)

“I assume that people get in trouble when they do a bait and switch, when they say something to get the job and then they just don't do that thing.”

People Jobs Trouble Assuming Bait

Author:Todd Strauss-Schulson

“You must be made miserable before you can know true Christian joy. Indeed the real trouble with the miserable Christian is that he has never been truly made miserable because of conviction of sin. He has by-passed the essential preliminary to joy, he has been assuming something that he has no right to assume.”

Knows Has Beens Made Real Christian Joy Sin Trouble Essentials Assuming Conviction Miserable

Book:Reflections: A Treasury of Daily Readings

Source: Reflections: A Treasury of Daily Readings

“They took 3-D digital photographs of my entire body. I had to pose stark naked, assuming a kind of Spider-Man position. After a minute, one of the technicians pointed to my genitals and said, Um, we're not getting enough data there ... It wasn't what you think. It turns out that the fancy digital camera doesn't pick up dark areas too well, and they were having trouble because of the hair down there. I actually had to spray on this highlighter stuff. (On having digital photos taken for the invisible man role in the film Hollow Man)”