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To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about gifts, name, things

An expert is someone brought in at the last minute to share the blame.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers

What I've brought is a democratic view.

Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about democracy

The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.

Quote by C. Northcote Parkinson about man, things, life

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

Quote by Francis Parkman about bankers

Here society is reduced to its original elements, the whole fabric of art and conventionality is struck rudely to pieces, and men find themselves suddenly brought back to the wants and resources of their original natures.

Quote by Francis Parkman about society, art, magic, man

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about justice, power

The way I was brought up by my parents and guided through my football life by the influences of various managers means that in some ways I am black and white.

Quote by Stuart Pearce about opinion, heads, football, parents, magic, life

But while we all pray for peace, we do not always, as free citizens, support the policies that make for peace or reject those which do not. We want our own kind of peace, brought about in our own way.

Quote by Lester B. Pearson about peace, pray

I was long brought up to think that it was nothing short of a crime to miss a sale.

Quote by James Cash Penney about opinion, crime, criminals, nothing

There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.

Quote by James Cash Penney about time, companies, career, man

However, Allied Printing brought the four of us into the middle class and kept us in the middle class thru the Depression of the 1930's.

Quote by Martin Lewis Perl about depression

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

Quote by Ambrose Bierce about history, events

Elvis brought out this mothering quality, I cut his meat up for him. I tasted it before he ever had it. I would fix his deviled eggs, cut off the top, put his butter in, prepare all his food as a mother would for a child.

Quote by Priscilla Presley about quality, food, children, mother

I am happy to report that my inner child is still ageless.

Quote by James Broughton about age, children, happiness

Consciousness is the glory of creation.

Quote by James Broughton about conscience, glory, creation

Life is adventure, not predicament. Amazement awaits us at every corner. If you don’t fill your days with love, you are wasting your life.

Quote by James Broughton about life, adventure, day, contentment, love

For me, prose walks, poetry dances.

Quote by James Broughton about poetry

I have always been a passionate spokesman for love, even before I knew what it was. My earliest poems sing of the absolute necessity of allowing love to invade and pervade one’s life. That can make the miracle happen in reality. Try it.

Quote by James Broughton about miracle, absolute, reality, love, life

Disabilities become less pronounced, when ability is brought into the equation.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about ability