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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but...

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about justice

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it, then...

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it, then tell them what you've said.

Quote by Dale Carnegie

Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie...

Never stand when you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, never stay awake when you can sleep.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, sleep, lie

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

Quote by Yves Saint Laurent about fashion, style

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, ...

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

Quote by Francis Bacon about nothing

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random...

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

Quote by Franz Kafka about self-control, existence, infinite

What makes a man, a man? Necessarily his presence beside...

What makes a man, a man? Necessarily his presence beside the woman of his heart.

Quote by Mag. Cornelia Klappacher about man, woman, heart

When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit.

Quote by Brian De Palma about succes

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about perseverance, determination, moral, despair, impossible, things

Hope is the worst of evils because extends the torment.

Hope is the worst of evils because extends the torment.

Quote by Irvin David Yalom about hope

There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about real estate, charm, sadness, death, man, good, good luck

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is...

It was, perhaps, one of those cases in which advice is good or bad only as the event decides.

Quote by Jane Austen about events, advice, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

Quote by Thomas Paine about religion, humanity, justice, moral, idea, god

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good...

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about good, good luck, life

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human...

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Quote by Winston Churchill about quality, courage, human imperfections

What we have to do is to be for ever curiously testing new opinions and courting new impressions, never acquiescing in a facile orthodoxy, of Comte, or of Hegel, or of our own.

Quote by Walter Pater about wish

What is art? Nature concentrated.

What is art? Nature concentrated.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about art, magic, nature

Oh, of course, I always feel unconfident.

Oh, of course, I always feel unconfident.

Quote by Katherine Dunn

The weapon that usually jams when you need it the most is...

The weapon that usually jams when you need it the most is the M60.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about war, need

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Quote by Miguel de Cervantes about nothing

For me, the focus are songs, which really get the...

For me, the focus are songs, which really get the audience moving.

Quote by Joe Cocker

Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north...

Most Europeans have no idea how wild life can be in north America.

Quote by Tom G. Palmer about country, idea, life

The world is an enormous injustice.

The world is an enormous injustice.

Quote by Jules Romains about world, injustice

The simple fact is that what you see on the screen is...

The simple fact is that what you see on the screen is pretty much real.

Quote by Simon Pegg about real estate

It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for...

It was so much fun to play, that I've now had a taste for it and want to play more villains now.

Quote by Piper Perabo

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material.

Quote by Kathy Acker about dream, writing, use, people

When you're younger, you've got more fire in your belly, an urge to make a name for yourself and maybe you think silence is not the way you want to be, you're a bit scared of it.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about advice, silence, name, fire, fire brigade

A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river...

A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas.

Quote by Francis Parkman

That's what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing more I can do about it. It's done. That's it. All I can do is let it go and hope that people are kind to it.

Quote by Tom Hanks about film, hope, nothing, people

I approved the Maastricht treaty because it contained a major advance: the Euro. Despite its current shortcomings (it remains too strong) it can be a means of stability and power in the world.

Quote by Laurent Fabius about power, world

Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.

Nothing earthly will make me give up my work in despair.

Quote by David Livingstone about work, despair, nothing

I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years.

Quote by Larry Hagman about morality, common sense, sense, country, rightness

Is there anything better than to be longing for...

Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?

Quote by Greta Garbo about longing

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils...

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

Quote by Agatha Christie about god, man

When you coach as long as I did, you can't help but miss those Saturdays dealing with the players, the game preparation, the challenges, the excitement.

Quote by Tom Osborne about opinion, games, help

Equal Oppertunity programs aren't.

Equal Oppertunity programs aren't.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy

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