Thing Quotes - page 94

The grim shape; Towered up between me and the stars, and still, For so it seemed, with purpose of its own; And measured motion like a living thing, Strode after me. (William Wordsworth)
A reasoning, self-sufficing thing, An intellectual all-in-all. View quote
William Wordsworth
In Painting, You Have Unlimited Power. You Have The Ability To Move Mountains. You Can Bend Rivers. But When I Get Home, The Only Thing I Have Power Over Is The Garbage. View quote
Bob Ross
There is one thing I have never taught my body how to do and that is to figure out at 6 A.M. what it wants to eat at 6 P.M. View quote
Erma Bombeck
When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it. View quote
Margaret Chase Smith
If I could express the same thing with words as with music, I would, of course, use a verbal expression. Music is something autonomous and much richer. Music begins where the possibilities of language end. That is why I write music. View quote
Jean Sibelius
You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I'd rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament. View quote
Sean Connery
That's the funny thing about arriving somewhere, Vin,” he said with a wink. "Once you're there, the only thing you can really do is leave again. View quote
Brandon Sanderson
He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive. View quote
Jack London
Do you know the only value life has is what life puts upon itself? And it is of course overestimated, for it is of necessity prejudiced in its own favour. Take that man I had aloft. He held on as if he were a precious thing, a treasure beyond diamonds of rubies. To you? No. To me? Not at all. To himself? Yes. But I do not accept his estimate. He sadly overrates himself. There is plenty more life demanding to be born. Had he fallen and dripped his brains upon the deck like honey from the comb, there would have been no loss to the world. The supply is too large. View quote
Jack London
That's one thing about Republican Presidents. They never went in much for plans. They only had one plan. It says "Boys, my head is turned. Just get it while you can." (Will Rogers)
I originated a remark many years ago that I think has been copied more than any little thing that I've every said, and I used it in the FOLLIES of 1922. I said America has a unique record. We never lost a war and we never won a conference in our lives. I believe that we could without any degree of egotism, single-handed lick any nation in the world. But we can't confer with Costa Rica and come home with our shirts on. View quote
Will Rogers
Invest in inflation. It's the only thing going up. View quote
Will Rogers
We can make this thing into a Party, instead of a Memory. View quote
Will Rogers
There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence. View quote
Henry Adams
If the majority holds some thing of value, you can be certain it has none. View quote
John McAfee
Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving, the object will follow you by itself. View quote
Swami Sivananda
You can never have enough trophies. If there were ten to be won a year I'd want to win them all! That's not being greedy, it's just a natural thing. View quote
Thierry Henry
When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge. View quote
Confucius
For healthy adult people, the really big thing we can foresee are ways of intervening in the ageing process, either by slowing or reversing it. View quote
Nick Bostrom
The good thing is that all the symbolic elements are gone, and that which really matters - the core - is left. (Anders Fogh Rasmussen)
If I'm in a bad mood, my thing is I go clean! That's what relaxes me! I go and clean everything. View quote
Corbin Bleu
The important thing about having lots of things to remember is that you've got to go somewhere afterwards where you can remember them, you see? You've got to stop. You haven't really been anywhere until you've got back home. View quote
Terry Pratchett
I staggered into a Manchester bar late one night on a tour and the waitress said "You look as if you need a Screaming Orgasm". At the time this was the last thing on my mind... View quote
Terry Pratchett
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning. View quote
Terry Pratchett