Comes Quotes - page 32

There are hardly any excesses of the most crazed psychopath that cannot easily be duplicated by a normal kindly family man who just comes in to work every day and has a job to do. (Terry Pratchett)
Everything makes sense a bit at a time. But when you try to think of it all at once, it comes out wrong. View quote
Terry Pratchett
Mr. President, there comes to a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now. And I will not let the PATRIOT Act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged. View quote
Rand Paul
Nature, God, or whatever you want to call the creator of the universe comes through the microscope clearly and strongly. View quote
Roman Vishniac
You know, I found out recently that the word "heretic" comes from the Greek word "airetikós", meaning "able to choose" - which pretty much says it all, don't you think? View quote
Pat Condell
Who is this that comes in grandeur, coming from the blazing East? This is he we had not thought of, this is he the airy Christ. View quote
Stevie Smith
It's a warm wind, the west wind, full of birds' cries; I never hear the west wind but tears are in my eyes. For it comes from the west lands, the old brown hills, And April's in the west wind, and daffodils. View quote
John Masefield
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. View quote
Plautus
The leaves of these [larch] trees are like those of the pine; timber from them comes in long lengths, is as easily wrought in joiner's work as is the clearwood of fir, and contains a liquid resin, of the color of Attic honey, which is good for consumptives. View quote
Vitruvius
Hence, water ought by no means to be conducted in lead pipes, if we want to have it wholesome. That the taste is better when it comes from clay pipes may be proved by everyday life, for though our tables are loaded with silver vessels, yet everybody uses earthenware for the sake of purity of taste. View quote
Vitruvius
On this principle of arrangement, the voice, uttered from the stage as from a centre, and spreading and striking against the cavities of the different vessels, as it comes in contact with them, will be increased in clearness of sound, and will wake an harmonious note in unison with itself. (Vitruvius)
Keynes was a great economist. In every discipline, progress comes from people who make hypotheses, most of which turn out to be wrong, but all of which ultimately point to the right answer. Now Keynes, in The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, set forth a hypothesis which was a beautiful one, and it really altered the shape of economics. But it turned out that it was a wrong hypothesis. That doesn't mean that he wasn't a great man! View quote
Milton Friedman
With some notable exceptions, businessmen favor free enterprise in general but are opposed to it when it comes to themselves. View quote
Milton Friedman
Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached. View quote
Swami Vivekananda
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind. View quote
Swami Vivekananda
Go on saying, "I am free.” Never mind if the next moment delusion comes and says, "I am bound.”. View quote
Swami Vivekananda
We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled. We came to work; we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life. View quote
Swami Vivekananda
Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through selfless work. View quote
Swami Vivekananda
Wisdom comes not from reason but from love. View quote
André Gide
If I give you a good wine, you will see how it tastes and after you ask where it comes from. View quote
Arsène Wenger
Men would bless you or curse you; The curse, a protest against failure, The blessing, a hymn of the hunter Who comes back from the hills With provision for his mate. (Kahlil Gibran)
Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth. View quote
Zhuangzi
The man who renounces himself, comes to himself. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wherever a man comes, there comes revolution. The old is for slaves. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Skill to do comes of doing. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson