Quotes of Compact - somelinesforyou

“ The worst enemy of truth and freedom in our society is the compact majority. Yes, the damned, compact, liberal majority. ”

- Henry Jacobsen

“ That's it. I've said all I've got to say on the world of James Bond. ”

- Pierce Brosnan

“ The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell; involving both parties in atrocious criminality and should be immediately annulled. ”

- William Lloyd Garrison

“ The closest bonds we will ever know are bonds of grief. The deepest community one of sorrow. ”

- Cormac McCarthy

“ A lot is out there waiting for North Korea once they realize their obligation to comply with international agreements and bilateral agreements. ”

- Colin Powell

“ There are many skiers who have chosen tele for a more compact, streamlined skiing system. ”

- Paul Parker

“ Mel Gibson would not be a good James Bond. ”

- Sophie Marceau

“ The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken the spirit and confine man in the bonds of Hell. ”

- Saint Augustine

“ There is no agreement until now but there will be an agreement very soon. ”

- Mahmoud Abbas

“ There is still not peace. The agreement is not a settlement. There are good things in it, there are bad things in it that people will have to get their heads around. ”

- Gerry Adams

“ If Arafat honors his commitments in the agreement, chiefly to fight terrorism, the agreement will survive. If he doesn't, we will not keep up our part of the bargain unequivocally. ”

- Benjamin Netanyahu

“ Agreement was not given. ”

- Junichiro Koizumi

“ What usually comes first is the contract. ”

- Ira Gershwin

“ Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. ”

- John Buchan

“ Our differences are politics, our agreements principles. ”

- William McKinley

“ Make fair agreements and stick to them. ”

- Confucius

“ Man, an animal that makes bargains. ”

- Adam Smith

“ The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds — they mature slowly. ”

- Peter De Vries

“ If Mike Dukakis were an automobile, he'd be a Honda Civic. Compact, efficient, reliable-short on style but long on utility. ”

- Ralph Whitehead Jr.

“ I was in the grocery store. I saw a sign that said pet supplies. So I did. Then I went outside and saw a sign that said compact cars. ”

- Steven Wright

“ Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men. ”

- Epicurus

“ The highest compact we can make with our fellow is — "Let there be truth between us two forevermore.". ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Society is indeed a contract. It is a partnership in all science; a partnership in all art; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ Contrary to what many people think, there is no such thing as an unimportant broken agreement. There may be bigger external consequences for breaking some agreements than othersbut there are no broken agreements without a price. ”

- Robert White

“ Those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human society, can have no hold upon an atheist. The taking away of God, though but even in thought, dissolves all. ”

- John Locke

“ The right to vote is a *consequence*, not a primary cause, of a free social system — and its value depends on the constitutional structure implementing and strictly delimiting the voters' power; unlimited majority rule is an instance of the principle of tyranny. ”

- Ayn Rand

“ In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today. ”

- Lincoln Kirstein

“ Writing an informative yet compact thriller is a lot like making maple sugar candy. You have to tap hundreds of trees - boil vats and vats of raw sap - evaporate the water - and keep boiling until you've distilled a tiny nugget that encapsulates the essence. ”

- Dan Brown

“ The basic Female body comes with the following accessories: garter belt, panty-girdle, crinoline, camisole, bustle, brassiere, stomacher, chemise, virgin zone, spike heels, nose ring, veil, kid gloves, fishnet stockings, fichu, bandeau, Merry Widow, weepers, chokers, barrettes, bangles, beads, lorgnette, feather boa, basic black, compact, Lycra stretch one piece with modesty panel, designer peignoir, flannel nightie, lace teddy, bed, head. ”

- Margaret Atwood
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