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For most practical purposes, the law of measure is the...

For most practical purposes, the law of measure is the supreme law of life, because it bounds and includes all other laws.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about law, measure, life

Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about ability, experience, need

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

Quote by Ansel Adams about originality, force, police, creation, fight, human imperfections, spirit, man

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or...

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona

It was an incredible resource. I'd sit with a big stack of bound New Yorkers in the library and read through, especially the 'Talk of the Town' sections.

Quote by Michael Chabon about city

In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about parents, being

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is...

A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.

Quote by Boy George about good, good luck, man, people

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment.

Quote by Ralph Fiennes about conversation, humanity, moment

He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or liberty, if that should appear in any case to be indispensably necessary to prevent a greater evil.

Quote by William Godwin about duty, liberty, life, rightness, man

There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.

Quote by Gerald R. Ford about family, mother, children, things

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

Quote by Henry Ford about imagination, use, man

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe...

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about people, man

The world before 1914 was already a world in which the welfare of each individual nation was inextricably bound up with the prosperity of the whole community of nations.

Quote by Arthur Henderson about nation, prosperity, world

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case...

I am bound to tell what I am told, but not in every case to believe it.

Quote by Herodotus

I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and...

I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten apples.

Quote by Joe Pantoliano about genius

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of...

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

Quote by Adelbert von Chamisso about poetry, fasting, use, man

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot...

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.

Quote by Francoise Sagan about literature, talent, things

Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the...

Ideas are not thoughts; the thought respects the boundaries that the idea ignores thereby failing to realize itself.

Quote by Franz Seraphicus Grillparzer about idea, thinking

Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread...

Love the moment and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.

Quote by Corita Kent about moment, love

What would we humans be without a soul? Bound in a material life, deprived of dream journeys, of the beauty of hope, deprived of love and enthusiasm, we would become vague, rigid and cold objects, walking shadows trying to communicate by words...

Quote by Silvia Cinca about soul, beauty, people, objects, enthusiasm, dream, hope, life, god, nothing

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