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The worn-out saucepans and tinware of our kitchens, when...

The worn-out saucepans and tinware of our kitchens, when beyond the reach of the tinker's art, are not utterly worthless.

Quote by Charles Babbage about art, magic

Rap is far from an abstract, dematerialized mode of utterance. I hate a lot of rap because it's bad stuff, but it does emphasize the articulatory aspect of the words.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about hate, bad luck, bad

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about saints, praise, state, soul, god

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly...

A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.

Quote by Aeschylus about opinion, guilt, home, house, god

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack...

And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.

Quote by Aeschylus about philosophy, happiness

That a whole part of the middle class detests me... is...

That a whole part of the middle class detests me... is utterly normal. I would be troubled if the contrary were true.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Quote by Aristotel about people, man

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, ...

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about things

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the...

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

Quote by Albert Camus about art, magic

The present Tibet bridges the dreamlike and the utterly...

The present Tibet bridges the dreamlike and the utterly real.

Quote by Richard Gere about present, real estate

I wanted to shake up the stale action-adventure genre. So...

I wanted to shake up the stale action-adventure genre. So I think we almost had to come up with something utterly different like this.

Quote by Mel Gibson about adventure, action

A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who...

A man calumniated is doubly injured - first by him who utters the calumny, and then by him who believes it.

Quote by Herodotus about calumny, man

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about rightness, tests, man, truth

Perhaps, on the whole, embarrassment and perplexity are a kind of natural accompaniment to life and movement, and it is better to be driven out of your senses with thinking which of two things you ought to do than to do nothing whatever, and be...

Quote by Margaret Oliphant about thinking, nothing, things, world, life

Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune....

Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce about friendship, common sense, wealth, sense, truth

God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus...

God is not the mere dead conception to which we have thus given utterance, but he is in himself pure Life.

Quote by Johann Gottlieb Fichte about god, life

Number is the Word but is not utterance; it is wave and light, though no one sees it; it is rhythm and music, though no one hears it. Its variations are limitless and yet it is immutable. Each form of life is a particular reverberation of Number.

Quote by Maurice Druon about numbers, word, light, music, life

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

Quote by John F. Kennedy about life, gratitude

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