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Thus the shriek, the caterwaul, the chainsaw gnarlgnashing, the yowl and the whizz that decapitates may be reheard by the adventurous or emotionally damaged as mellifluous bursts of unarguable affirmation.

Quote by Lester Bangs

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in...

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Quote by Winston Churchill about mistake, destiny, time

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of...

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Quote by Winston Churchill about mistake, destiny, time

It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about impossible, word, crime, criminals

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.

Quote by Franz Kafka about liberty

A chain letter - will be sent. To global. A dozen times.

A chain letter - will be sent. To global. A dozen times.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about computers

The self-importance of a Deputy Captain is inversely...

The self-importance of a Deputy Captain is inversely proportional to his actual importance in the chain of command.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about fire brigade, self-control

Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.

Quote by Cesare Pavese about opinion, circumstances, mistake, rightness, contentment

It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of...

It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.

Quote by Katharine Lee Bates about poetry, time

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of...

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

Quote by Adelbert von Chamisso about poetry, fasting, use, man

Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean....

Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.

Quote by Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser about word, feelings

The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we...

The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken.

Quote by Antonio Porchia about opinion

My thought If I could I’d tie my thought And to heavy chains I’d seize Maybe then, willing or not It will finally appease For, without letting me know It would always go astray, When I look for where’d it go Find it fled again your...

Quote by Veronica Micle about poetry, thinking, flight, help

So many links, along the chain, that lead to my heart, so...

So many links, along the chain, that lead to my heart, so please do not break it.

Quote by Eleanor R. Hampton about absolute, heart

When the slave venerates the chains, it is useless to...

When the slave venerates the chains, it is useless to talk to them about freedom!

Quote by Mihai Eminescu about liberty

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

Quote by François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire about liberty

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