“ God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper. ”
- Richard Buckminster Fuller- Copy
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“ The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. ”
- Pierre Abelard- Copy
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“ In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum. ”
- John Carpenter- Copy
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“ What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation. ”
- Robert Hall- Copy
- 620
“ The Catholic Church has never really come to terms with women. What I object to is woman being treated either as a Madonna or a Mary Magdalene. ”
- Shirley Williams- Copy
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“ Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing. ”
- H. L. Mencken- Copy
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“ I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an Honest Man. ”
- George Washington- Copy
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“ If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. ”
- Confucius- Copy
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“ If I had to baptize a Jew, I would take him to the bridge of the Elbe, hang a stone around his neck and push him over with the words "I baptize thee in the name of Abraham. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
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“ One of the greatest titles in the world is parent, and one of the biggest blessings in the world is to have parents to call mom and dad. ”
- Jim DeMint- Copy
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“ Oh! no! we never mention her, her name is never heard; my lips are now forbidden to speak, that once familiar word. ”
- Thomas Haynes Bayly- Copy
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“ What's in a name? That is what we ask ourselves in childhood when we write the name that we are told is ours. ”
- James Joyce- Copy
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“ No, this trick won't work...How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ The clouds may drop down titles and estates, wealth may seek us; but wisdom must be sought. ”
- Edward Young- Copy
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“ Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title. ”
- Virginia Woolf- Copy
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“ To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living. ”
- John Henry Cardinal Newman- Copy
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“ A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service. ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it "the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul." The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of "Artist… ”
- Edgar Allan Poe- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. ”
- George Washington- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Titles are marks of honest men, and wise: The fool or knave that wears a title lies. ”
- Edward Young- Copy
- 3.1K
“ The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance. ”
- Laurence Sterne- Copy
- 3K
“ There are plenty of people to whom the crucial problem of their lives never get presented in terms that they can understand. ”
- John Jay Chapman- Copy
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“ The invisible thing called a Good Name is made up of the breath of numbers that speak well of you. ”
- Edward F. Halifax- Copy
- 251
“ In real life, unlike in Shakespeare, the sweetness of the rose depends upon the name it bears. Things are not only what they are. They are, in very important respects, what they seem to be. ”
- Hubert H. Humphrey- Copy
- 3.8K
“ Women want certain things in marriage — the right to a title and a front seat in the lap of luxury. ”
- Mae West- Copy
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