Step Quotes - page 13

I wish I had never been born," she said. "What are we born for?" "For infinite happiness," said the Spirit. "You can step out into it at any moment... (C. S. Lewis)
I don't know how to stop it, there was never any intent to write a programming language [...] I have absolutely no idea how to write a programming language, I just kept adding the next logical step on the way. View quote
Rasmus Lerdorf
However, he who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards that he gets stepped on. View quote
Immanuel Kant
The first step to get this noble and manly steadiness, is... carefully keep children from frights of all kinds, when they are young. ...Instances of such who in a weak timorous mind, have borne, all their whole lives through, the effects of a fright when they were young, are every where to be seen, and therefore as much as may be to be prevented. View quote
John Locke
If life becomes hard to bear we think of a change in our circumstances. But the most important and effective change, a change in our own attitude, hardly even occurs to us, and the resolution to take such a step is very difficult for us. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
I would want my children to grow up and do what they wish to in a field that they choose to step in. They should not have to use the shadow of their father's name. I think that is a bit of a downer for a movie star's children. View quote
Shahrukh Khan
The systems view is the emerging contemporary view of organized complexity, one step beyond the Newtonian view of organized simplicity, and two steps beyond the classical world views of divinely ordered or imaginatively envisaged complexity. View quote
Ervin László
He realized that he had thought only about the first step, never imagined the last. View quote
Colum McCann
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. View quote
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Step by step Moment by moment We live through Another day. View quote
Anne McCaffrey
Shamanism is a path of knowledge, not of faith, and that knowledge cannot come from me or anyone else in this reality. To acquire that knowledge, including the knowledge of the reality of the spirits, it is necessary to step through the shaman's doorway and acquire empirical evidence. (Michael Harner)
She took a step and didn't want to take any more, but she did. View quote
Markus Zusak
Maybe one morning I'll wake up and step outside of myself to look back at the old me lying dead among the sheets. View quote
Markus Zusak
Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work. View quote
Markus Zusak
If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity. View quote
Nelson DeMille
The new spirituality will step away from dogma, will step away from 'We're right and you're wrong.' View quote
Neale Donald Walsch
He continues to smile expectantly. I take a step back. I don't want to catch whatever he has. He is a disturbing out-of-uniform Santa. View quote
Augusten Burroughs
There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic. View quote
Paolo Sorrentino
And the Clinton administration launched an attack on people in Texas because those people were religious nuts with guns. Hell, this country was founded by religious nuts with guns. Who does Bill Clinton think stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock? Peace Corps volunteers? Or maybe the people in Texas were attacked because of child abuse. But, if child abuse was the issue, why didn't Janet Reno tear-gas Woody Allen? View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
Honestly, if the public still wants to hear me in some works, I have to go down a half step. View quote
Placido Domingo
Piper gripped his hand and followed him, "If I fall, you're catching me.” "Uh, sure.” Jason hoped he wasn't blushing. Leo stepped out next. "You're catching me, too, Superman. But I ain't holding your hand. (Rick Riordan)
I stepped forward. Call me old-fashioned, but I wanted to keep his focus on me and not Annabeth. I think it's polite for a guy to protect his girlfriend from instant incineration. View quote
Rick Riordan
As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis. If the disease is precisely identified, a good resolution is far more likely. Conversely, a bad diagnosis usually means a bad outcome, no matter how skilled the physician. View quote
Andrew Weil
One thing about London is that when you step out into the night, it swallows you. View quote
Sebastian Faulks
There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person. View quote
Tamara Mellon