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He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about purpose

While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.

Quote by John Adams

And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his...

And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.

Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning about heroism, light, man, face

America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be granted or denied by government because it does not come from government, it comes from the creator of life.

Quote by George W. Bush about rightness, life, liberty, god, happiness

Murphy's love laws; If the effort that went in research on the female bosom had gone into our space program, we would now be running hot-dog stands on the moon.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about love, moon, univers, research

When a conductor gives students letters for parents, 15% will be left on music stands, 25% will be inside the music, 15% will rot in instrument cases, 15% will be left in lockers, 15% will crawl under the student's bed, and 15% of the parents will...

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about parents, music

These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.

Quote by Thomas Paine about time, man, country, woman, love

We have a feral cat in our backyard called AC, which...

We have a feral cat in our backyard called AC, which stands for Abandoned Cat, someone moved away and left the cat. She's very timid.

Quote by Dick Van Patten about opinion

Once we roared like lions for liberty, now we bleat like sheep for security, the solution for America's problem is not in terms of big government, but it is in big men over whom nobody stands in control but God.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about liberty, security, god, man

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change...

Success cannot come from standstill men. Methods change and men must change with them.

Quote by James Cash Penney about succes, change, man

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what...

I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about age, olderness, life

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

Quote by Stephen Harold Spender about religion, sun

A single man of one, only pebbles can be moved, but many...

A single man of one, only pebbles can be moved, but many men together, stands no mountain that can't move.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about solitude, man

Rush hour: that hour when traffic is almost at a standstill.

Rush hour: that hour when traffic is almost at a standstill.

Quote by J. B. Morton about opinion

TO BE in the dilemma of life when it stands in front of...

TO BE in the dilemma of life when it stands in front of death's eternity.

Quote by Sorin Cerin about life, dilemma, eternity, wisdom, death

The poet stands between two illusions: the reality and...

The poet stands between two illusions: the reality and poetry.

Quote by Costel Zăgan about poetry, reality, poets

“You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid…. You refuse...

Quote by Martin Luther King Jr. about fight, old, olderness, principle, chance, home, house, death, spirit, day

All of presentable arts stands uninhibited, in revealed...

All of presentable arts stands uninhibited, in revealed perfection. Comparable can a person be completely, but not without shyness exposed.

Quote by Mag. Cornelia Klappacher about art, perfection, people

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