“The best aphorisms are.... portable wisdom, the quintessential extracts of thought and feeling. They furnish the largest amount of intellectual stimulus and nutriment in the smallest compass. About every weak point in human nature, or vicious spot in human life, there is deposited a crystallization of warning and protective proverbs.” HumansFeelingsHuman NatureAmountIntellectualWeakSpotsHuman LifeWarningAphorismSmallestQuotationsViciousCompassProtectiveStimulusThoughts And FeelingsQuintessentialWeak Points Author:William Rounseville Alger
“After more than 700 hours of studying this subject, and thoroughly investigating its foundation, I have come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted upon the minds of men, or it is the most fantastic fact of history” MenMindFactsJesusChristHoursStudySubjectsJesus ChristFoundationConclusionFantasticWickedResurrectionViciousHeartlessInvestigatingJesus ResurrectionHoaxesResurrection Of Jesus Christ Book:Evidence That Demands a Verdict Source: Evidence That Demands a Verdict
“Most vices demand considerable self-sacrifices. There is no greater mistake than to suppose that a vicious life is a life of uninterrupted pleasure. It is a life almost as wearisome and painful -- if strenuously led -- as Christian's in The Pilgrim's Progress.” IfsSelfChristianLife IsPleasureMistakeVirtueGreaterProgressSacrificeDemandPainfulVicesViciousPilgrimSelf Sacrifice Book:Complete Essays: 1920-1925 Source: Complete Essays: 1920-1925
“In the hands of vicious men, a mob will do anything. But under good leaders it's quite a different story.” MenDifferentStoriesHandsLeaderViciousGood Leader Book:Euripides Source: Euripides
“One of the most dangerously vicious circles menacing the continued existence of all mankind arises through that grim striving for the highest possible position within the ranked order, in other words, the reckless pursuit of power which combines with an insatiable greed of neurotic proportions that the results of acquired power confer.” OrderResultsExistencePowerMankindPositionHighestStriveGreedCirclesPursuitAriseProportionViciousRecklessNeuroticGrimInsatiableVicious Circles Author:Konrad Lorenz
“For so great is the difference between just and unjust, that it is visible even in the lifeless image of it. For what order will be left in the world, if these opposites be confounded together? Such a distinction as this, therefore, between virtuous and vicious actions, has not only been engraven by the Lord in the heart of every man, but has also been frequently confirmed by his providential dispensations.” MenHeartHas BeensActionLordEvery ManDistinctionVirtuousVicious Author:John Calvin
“When I started out, everyone seemed to be adopting these names... Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious. I wasn't really Rotten or Vicious or Nasty, so I wanted something a bit more funny - yet something that seemed real rock 'n' roll... something that acknowledged my ambition.” RealWantedNamesBitsRocksAmbitionRock N RollNastyViciousRottenMy AmbitionAdoptingSidsJohnny Rotten Author:Billy Idol
“Sid Vicious began the age of participation in which everyone could be the artist. Sid proved that you don't have to play well to be the star. You can play badly, or not even at all. I endorsed that attitude. If you can't write songs, no problem - simply steal one and change it to your taste.” IfsWritingWellsPlayProblemAgeArtistSongStarsAttitudeTasteStealingParticipationViciousNo ProblemSids Author:Malcolm Mclaren
“I was always scared in the amateurs, but the minute I got in the ring it was like another person took over. I become more vicious. In there I love to hurt people. Outside I can't hurt a bug.” PeoplePersonsI CanHurtMinutesScaredRingsViciousBugs Author:Nonito Donaire
“The wrong people will do everything in their power to guarantee that the wrong political climate will continue. It seems, then, that the wrong people ensure the wrong political climate and the wrong political climate ensures the wrong people. How then to break free of this vicious circle?” PeopleSeemsPoliticalBreakClimateCirclesGuaranteesViciousGuarantees ThatVicious Circles Author:William A. Dembski
“If I didn't get a job, between 16 and 18, that wasn't significant, I was just going to go to college. I didn't want to be a struggling actor at 36 with five kids, doing something I hated. You see the story so much. It's such a vicious business to be in when you're not meant to be in it.” IfsWantStoriesKidsJobsActorsStruggleFiveCollegeSignificantHatedMeant To BeVicious Author:Jessica Alba
“Hurricane Sandy was one of the most vicious storm systems to hit the New York City area in nearly two centuries.” TwoCitiesCenturyNew YorkAreasStormNew York CityViciousHurricanesSandyHurricane Sandy Author:Russel Honore