George Berkeley Quotes
He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.George Berkeley
Quotes to Explore
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Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.
Walter Cronkite -
The universal practice of closing the eyes of the dead may be thought to have originated in the desire that he might be prevented from seeing his way.
Sabine Baring-Gould -
The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
Oliver Goldsmith -
Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
Francesca Annis -
However careful a tramp may be to avoid places where there is abundant work, he cannot always succeed.
W. H. Davies -
I think there are telegrams that may or may not be available, which indicated that I very much had in mind the need to give Europe substantial aid after the war, after Lend-Lease was over.
W. Averell Harriman
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In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
Abraham Lincoln -
The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
E. W. Howe -
I know we can't always know what medical surprises may happen during childbirth. But my hope is to go fully natural - no epidural, no interventions. Wish me luck.
Danica McKellar -
Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are.
Madeleine L'Engle -
I may look like a laid-back Hawaiian, but I'm 240 pounds, and when I'm walking around that kitchen, you don't want to get in my way.
Ippy Aiona
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Parenthood, like death, is an event for which it is nearly impossible to be prepared. It brings you into a new relationship with the fact of your own existence, a relationship in which one may be rendered helpless.
Rachel Cusk -
'Alias' was very action-packed. 'G.I. Joe' and 'Conan' were very action-packed. It's been established that I can do action, which is great, but now I may just want to make out with a really hot guy.
Rachel Nichols -
Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.
E. M. Forster -
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
Abraham Lincoln -
Even in large corporations, smaller ideas may not get enough resources.
Safra A. Catz -
Yogurt sauce, as you may have noticed by now, is a regular presence in my recipes - that's because it has the ability to round up so many flavours and textures like no other component does.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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In the crime fiction section, you may just find a novel that talks about the place where you're from and speaks to you about your life - or the life yours could have become if a little misfortune had come your way.
Adrian McKinty -
My fan mail is what keeps me going.
Lil' Kim -
The agrarian crisis [in India] is an unnecessary tragedy, resulting directly from an economics of greed and a politics driven by the economies of greed.
Vandana Shiva -
Nulli penitus descendere ferrocontigit; alta sedent civilis volnera dextrae.
Lucan -
I'm an eighteenth-century girl at heart. I wouldn't mind being set down in London in 1715, in the midst of all the drama of the Hanoverian succession.
Lauren Willig -
He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.
George Berkeley