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mean men light
Charles Caleb Colton Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling creature; standing on time, that bleak and narrow isthmus between two eternities, he sees nothing but impenetrable darkness on the one hand, and doubt, distrust, and conjecture, still more perplexing, on the other. Most gladly would he take an observation, as to whence he has come, or whither he is going; alas, he has not the means: his telescope is too dim, his compass too wavering, his plummet too short.
mean gossip secret
Charles Caleb Colton None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
mean advice asks
Charles Caleb Colton We ask advice but we mean approbation.
mean propriety disciple
Charles Caleb Colton Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.
mean love-is effort
Charles Dickens Constancy in love is a good thing; but it means nothing, and is nothing, without constancy in every kind of effort.
mean land consideration
Charles Sturt The main consideration with those who, possessing some capital, propose to emigrate as the means of improving their condition, is, the society likely to be found in the land fixed on for their future residence.
mean plot use
Charles Stross Personally, I avoid deus ex machina like the plague - if you have to use one, it means you failed to set up the universe and the plot properly. It's like a whodunnit where there's no actual way for the reader to identify the perpetrator before the climactic reveal: there's no sense of closure for the reader.
mean trust-in-god
Charles Stanley Trusting God means looking beyond what we can see to what God sees.
ties perfection mind
Charles Caleb Colton That alliance may be said to have a double tie, where the minds are united as well as the body; and the union will have all its strength when both the links are in perfection together.
ties security-guards security
David Hyde Pierce I probably was as bad as a security guard as I was as a tie salesman.
ties may belief
David Hume Disbelief in futurity loosens in a great measure the ties of morality, and may be for that reason pernicious to the peace of civil society.
ties government guarantees
David Dinkins We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee, it was not a grant. And we not only paid it off, but we paid it off ahead of time.
ties shields hips
David Brooks I wasn't born with a tie or with Mark Shields stapled to my left hip. I have another life.
ties talent i-can
Barry Bonds It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
ties republican knots
Barney Frank Moderate Republicans are reverse Houdinis. They tie themselves up in knots and then tell you they can’t do anything because they’re tied up in knots.
ties answers spirit
William Shakespeare It is the cowish terror of his spirit that dares not undertake; he'll not feel wrongs which tie him to an answer.
ties fixing hats
Charlie Chaplin That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.
nerd wish noses
Chris Colfer I wish I could walk into a room and feel superior and have my nose up at everybody, but I can't, because I know I'm just a huge nerd, and that wouldn't work for me.
nerd our-society slides
Alan Kay In our society we have hard nerds and soft nerds. The hard nerds are the ones who used to have the slide rules at their belt; now they have calculators. The soft nerds are the ones who get violently ill whenever anybody mentions an integral sign.
nerd toys kind
Ed Helms I've always been into toys and kits and models. I'm kind of a toy nerd.
nerd world facts
Ben Bernanke In fact, the world needs more nerds.
nerd proud doms
Ben Bernanke I am very proud of my nerd-dom.
nerd changed stills
Beverley Mitchell Mostly, nothing's really changed. I'm still the dorky nerd that I always was.
nerd
Brett Ratner I'm definitely not a nerd.
nerd comedian racist
Aziz Ansari I talk about stuff like my Blackberry, Lost, the internet, music, etc. so I guess that leads to the "nerd" moniker. But I don't get it that much to be honest. I guess its better than being labeled a "racist" comedian.
nerd care i-dont-care
Channing Tatum Someone who doesn't take herself too seriously and can be a goofball. Because everyone's a nerd inside, I don't care how cool you are.