![All human plans [are] subject to ruthless revision by Nature, or Fate, or whatever one preferred to call the powers behind the Universe.](/assets/img/quote-photos/all-human-plans-are-subject-to-ruthless-revision-by-nature-or-fate-or-whateve.jpg)
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the company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers. Akio Morita
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When the injustice is great enough, justice will lend me the strength needed to correct it. None may stand against it. It will shatter every barrier, sunder any shield, tear through any enchantment, and lend its servant the power to pass sentence. Know this: There is nothing on all the Planes that can stay the hand of justice when it is brought against them. It may unmake armies. It may sunder the thrones of gods. Know that for all who betray justice, I am their fate. And fate carries an executioner's axe. Chris Avellone
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So long as it fated, fate didn't care what it fated. China Mieville
fate rome would-be
[The] events by which the fate of nations is not materially changed, leave a faint impression on the page of history, and the patience of the reader would be exhausted by the repetition of the same hostilities [between Rome and Persia], undertaken without cause, prosecuted without glory, and terminated without effect. Edward Gibbon
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Such was the unhappy condition of the Roman emperors, that, whatever might be their conduct, their fate was commonly the same. A life of pleasure or virtue, of severity or mildness, of indolence or glory, alike led to an untimely grave; and almost every reign is closed by the same disgusting repetition of treason and murder.
fate civilization mirth
She was so evidently the victim of the civilization which had produced her, that the links of her bracelet seemed like manacles chaining her to her fate. Edith Wharton
fate feelings spontaneity
...though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all spontaneity of feeling, and seemed to herself to be passively awaiting a fate she could not avert.
fate destiny men
There are moments when a man's imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny.
fate champion suffering
Is mathematics doomed to suffer the same fate as other sciences that have split into separate branches?... Mathematics is, in my opinion, an indivisible whole... May the new century bring with it ingenious champions and many zealous and enthusiastic disciples. David Hilbert
revision poet process
In working on a poem, I love to revise. Lots of younger poets don't enjoy this, but in the process of revision I discover things Rita Dove
revision creation process
Revision is not going back and fussing around, but going forward into the process of creation May Sarton
revision rewards
Revision is its own reward. Marianne Moore
revision life-is
The writer’s life is a life of revisions. Jonathan Franzen
revision assuming economy
This assumes an upward revision of the European Budget, which is precisely what Jacques Chirac refuses to do. On the contrary, he has demanded a reduction. Laurent Fabius
revision firsts life-is
My life is constant revision but it's not revision, a lot of it is for the first time. Robin Ince
ruthlessness wicked-world world
This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it. Charlie Chaplin
ruthlessness truthfulness
Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness. Dodie Smith
ruthless i-can
Now I can go back to being ruthless again. Robert Kennedy
ruthlessness different economics
Economics dominates politics - and with that domination comes different forms of ruthlessness. Chris Hedges
ruthlessness weakness defeated
In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness. Ken Follett
ruthlessness enders-game peter
'I could kill you like this,' Peter whispered. 'Just press and press until you're dead'. Orson Scott Card
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We have got be more ruthless in our approach, R. Robinson