John Ruskin Quotes

In the utmost solitudes of nature, the existence of hell seems to me as legibly declared by a thousand spiritual utterances as that of heaven.

John Ruskin

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• I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.

  

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• I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.

  

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• What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?

  

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• My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.

  

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• My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

  

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• But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.

  

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• I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'

  

  Abigail Adams
  • Man
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• Smaller families mean we have more time and money to lavish on each child. Parents are more anxious because small families give them less experience of parenting and put their genetic eggs in fewer baskets.

  

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• I had cut a typing class because I hated to type, and I still don't know how to type, but now I can afford to have people type for me.

  

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• I had a productive day, without the distraction of conversation.

  

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• Perseus wore a magic cap that the monsters he hunted down might not see him. We draw the magic cap down over eyes and ears as a make-believe that there are no monsters.

  

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• We were like a moth right next to the flame. It's like, do any more and you go down. We were so tired. One final lap, and then have a rest.

  

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• Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

  

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• I love being around people that are smarter than me, that think faster than me. So even if you're a dork, and you wear stupid clothes, and you make a fool of yourself, and everyone makes fun of you, and you're just an idiot-I don't care about the context. I don't care. If you're genius and I recognize it, I kind of dig that.

  

  Courtney Love
  • People
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• I obey nature, I never presume to command her. The first principal in art is to copy what one sees.

  

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• My outfits also need to be low-key. I'm a huge fan of boots, sandals, jeans and tank tops! Anything I can move in easily.

  

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• All of us want to know that we are doing great things, that we are touching a lot of people, and that what we are doing is something bigger than ourselves.

  

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• Being interviewed is one of the most abnormal things that you can do to somebody else. It's two steps removed from the Inquisition.

  

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• Lust is a poor, weak, whimpering, whispering thing compared with that richness and energy of desire which will arise when lust has been killed.

  

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• There are places on Earth where we can catch a glimpse of Heaven.

  

  Anthony Douglas Williams
  • Earth
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• Is it so simple or so black and white that rich people are just kind of inherently bad? And it’s obviously not the case.

  

  Mark Feuerstein
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  • Black

• Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our own rules, we put that effort at risk.

  

  Anthony Lewis
  • World
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• In the utmost solitudes of nature, the existence of hell seems to me as legibly declared by a thousand spiritual utterances as that of heaven.

  

  John Ruskin
  • Heaven
  • Existence
  • Solitude