Short quotations about, still - Page 2

Frederick William Robertson

This world is given as the prize fo…

17 Apr , 2013  

This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come. Great short quote and quotation by: Frederick William Robertson ,

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John Adams, On his bed, not knowing Jefferson had died only a few hours earlier-July 4th, 1826

Thomas Jefferson still lives….

17 Apr , 2013  

Thomas Jefferson still lives. Great short quote and quotation by: John Adams, On his bed, not knowing Jefferson had died only a few hours earlier-July 4th, 1826 , US diplomat & politician (1735 – 1826)

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Those who cannot tell what they des…

17 Apr , 2013  

Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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True humor springs not more from th…

13 Oct , 2011  

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laugther, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Carlyle , Scottish author, essayist, & historian (1795 – 1881)

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Jefferson Davis

Truth crushed to the earth is truth…

5 Aug , 2011  

Truth crushed to the earth is truth still and like a seed will rise again. Great short quote and quotation by: Jefferson Davis , US-Confederate politician (1808 – 1889)

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Button from the Computer Museum, Boston, MA

Usenet is like Tetris for people wh…

24 Mar , 2011  

Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read. Great short quote and quotation by: Button from the Computer Museum, Boston, MA ,

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Fidel Castro, Speech given in January 1963, calling for communist revolution in Latin America

We do not deny the possibility of p…

15 Feb , 2011  

We do not deny the possibility of peaceful [political] transition, but we are still awaiting the first case. Great short quote and quotation by: Fidel Castro, Speech given in January 1963, calling for communist revolution in Latin America ,

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We know very little, and yet it is …

15 Feb , 2011  

We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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We must learn to be still in the mi…

15 Feb , 2011  

We must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose. Great short quote and quotation by: Indira Gandhi , Indian politician (1917 – 1984)

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We still do not know one-thousandth…

15 Feb , 2011  

We still do not know one-thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Einstein , US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)

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Henry Sedgwick

We think so because other people al…

15 Feb , 2011  

We think so because other people all think so; or because after all, we do think so; or because we were told so, and think we must think so; or because we once thought so, and think we still think so; or because, having thought so, we think we will think so. Great short quote […]

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What a grand thing, to be loved! Wh…

15 Feb , 2011  

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love! Great short quote and quotation by: Victor Hugo , French dramatist, novelist, & poet (1802 – 1885)

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