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past influence vain
It's in vain to recall the past, unless it works some influence upon the present. Charles Dickens
past political reform
Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but will not take themselves; it is admired by all who cannot effect it, and abused by all who can; it is thought pregnant with danger, for all time that is present, but would have been extremely profitable for that which is past, and will be highly salutary for that which is to come. Charles Caleb Colton
past men miracle
There are truths which some men despise because they have not examined, and which they will not examine because they despise. There is one signal instance on record where this kind of prejudice was overcome by a miracle; but the age of miracles is past, while that of prejudice remains.
past water people
"People can't die, along the coast," said Mr. Peggotty, "except when the tide's pretty nigh out. They can't be born, unless it's pretty nigh in - not properly born, till flood. He's a going out with the tide. It's ebb at half-arter three, slack water half an hour. If he lives till it turns, he'll hold his own till past the flood, and go out with the next tide."
past years tvs
My favourite movie is: "Dr Strangelove". (I haven't seen any films released in the past 2-5 years, I'm afraid: I don't do TV/cinema). Charles Stross
past giving video
Society, magazines, posters, music videos, investment bankers. A lot of times, in my past anyway, looking within wasn't overly encouraged. Pretty much everybody proclaimed that fame would give me power and fortune. Alanis Morissette
past dangerous-situations risk
The world is in an extremely dangerous situation, and serious diseases often require the risk of a dangerous cure like the Pasteur serum for rabies. Alan Watts
past games matter
If you insist on being determined by the past that's your game, but the fact of the matter is it all starts right now.
past listening life-is-like
Life is like music for its own sake. We are living in an eternal now, and when we listen to music we are not listening to the past, we are not listening to the future, we are listening to an expanded present.
men listening wish
Of all bad listeners, the worst and most terrible to encounter is the man who is so fond of listening that he wishes to hear, not only your conversation, but that of every other person in the room.
men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
men two rogues
There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.
connections internet these-days
Besides, anyone with an Internet connection feels they have the credentials to critique or belittle anything these days. Chris Colfer
connections fairy-tale tales
We often see a temper of the times connection, and it's just like a fairy tale. It's not true. Cass Sunstein
connections culture separation
Culture consists of connections, not of separations: to specialize is to isolate. Carlos Fuentes
connections needs strange
It's strange that the newspapers don't see a connection between their false revelations about my private life and my need for seclusion and security. Agnetha Faltskog
connections body principles
Anyone who really studies Catholicism deeply is aware of the mystical nature of our faith. Even references to Christ's mystical body has connections to that principle. Dennis Kucinich
connections internet downloads
Music, even with these dial-up connections you have to the Internet, is very practical to download. Bill Gates
connections true-knowledge findings
The true knowledge is not in the things, but in finding the connections between the things. Daniel H. Wilson
connections something-better
What makes something better is connection. Brene Brown
connections ability feels
Connection, the ability to feel connected, is neurobiologically wired, that’s why we’re here!