Real Live Preacher, reallivepreacher.com weblog, September 4, 2003
The universe seems wondrous to me, with or without God. It has powerful lines and uncompromising ways. Patience and time sit like sages on the planets, strong and impersonal. There is a stark beauty to all of this. Great short quote and quotation by: Real Live Preacher, reallivepreacher.com weblog, September 4, 2003 , Anonymous author […]
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The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, “You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I?m just not close enough to get the job done.” Great short quote and quotation by: George Carlin , US comedian and actor (1937 – )
", close, enough, existence, flamethrowers, people, proves, someone, somewhere, themselves, there, those
The weak ones are there to justify the strong. Great short quote and quotation by: Marilyn Manson ,
The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left–the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds. Great short quote and quotation by: King Farouk of Egypt, 1948 , king of Egypt 1936-1952 (1920 – 1965)
clubs, diamonds, england, hearts, kings, revolt, spades, there, whole, world
Lois McMaster Bujold, "Brothers in Arms"
The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives. Great short quote and quotation by: Lois McMaster Bujold, “Brothers in Arms” , US science fiction author
The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about others things. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)
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Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, 1929
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no […]
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J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair; and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. Great short quote and quotation by: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring ,
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The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities, but to know that there is someone who, though distant, thinks and feels with us — this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. Great short quote and quotation by: Johan Wolfgang von Goethe ,
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There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool. Great short quote and quotation by: L. M. Boyd ,
There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Winston Churchill , British politician (1874 – 1965)
There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them. Great short quote and quotation by: J. Paul Getty , US oil industrialist (1892 – 1976)
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