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Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

Quote by Orson Scott about books

I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there.

Quote by Michael Chabon about childhood, self-control, common sense, sense, old, olderness

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

Quote by Winston Churchill about man

Renunciation remains sorrow, though a sorrow borne willingly.

Quote by Charles Dickens about sadness

How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about impossible, truth, contentment

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about impossible, old, olderness, truth, contentment

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about truth, impossible, contentment

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about truth, impossible, contentment

At the age of 13, I found in the attic a case filled with chemicals, remainders of an uncle who died in 1923 and was, as a metallurgical engineer, interested in chemistry and photography.

Quote by Richard Ernst about photography, age, olderness

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about children, contentment

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 stability, power, world

It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.

Quote by Herodotus about risk, fear, being

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life, death

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about doubt, thinking

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about sadness, contentment

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.

Quote by Joseph Joubert about books, common sense, sense, man

The artist, like the God of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.

Quote by James Joyce about creation, existence, artists, god

It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it...

Quote by Franz Kafka about light, home, house, present, world, contentment

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your...

Quote by Franz Kafka about world, quiet, need, contentment

The remaining work to finish in order to reach your goal increases as the deadline approaches.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about technology, end, purpose, order, work