Ernest Bramah Quotes

Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features lest you find, when too late, that it is one to whom you are indebted for double that amount.

Ernest Bramah

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  W. S. Merwin
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• In the future, I want to have super-fights.

  

  Rafael dos Anjos
  • Future
  • Want

• Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • You
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• I always say spend more on classics, like a good pair of leather trousers, an amazing tailored jacket, or a classic handbag. Then you can just mix your everyday tops from the high street.

  

  Abbey Clancy
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• The Bible says, 'Judge not lest ye be judged.' Our lives are supposed to be hospitals, not courtrooms.

  

  Tammy Faye Bakker
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• President Johnson put destroyers in harm's way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several times, with the, with a lot of his people hoping that it would lead to a confrontation and claiming that it had. And could have resulted in the lost of many lives in the course of it.

  

  Daniel Ellsberg
  • People
  • Lost
  • Lead

• When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Music
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• Apparently the show happens even if I'm not there. Who knew?

  

  Laura Wade
  • Happens
  • Show
  • Knew

• It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.

  

  Barry Sonnenfeld
  • Scary
  • Because
  • Rehearsing

• I am sure you will agree that all children deserve time, attention, and love from the adults in their lives. These basic qualities are so much more valuable than the always-changing material and social concerns that can seem so important to young people.

  

  Kate Middleton
  • People
  • Time
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• I am not Dr. Ron Paul. I am not Dr. Ron Paul, Jr. I am not Dr. Ron Paul Lite.

  

  Randy Weber
  • Dr. Ron Paul
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• Maybe I've got to admit that what I did here was enough. I can make some more films. Maybe I'll direct a film. Maybe I'll have my musical put on stage. But nothing, really, to be absolutely honest, competes with making a very successful pop band for 10 years of my life.

  

  Gary Kemp Spandau Ballet
  • Life
  • Band
  • Successful

• Businesses succeed when societies themselves succeed. When countries are affected by violence and the absence of the rule of law, business can and must be a messenger of peace.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Business
  • Law
  • Peace

• There's nothing better than a glass of wine, a girlfriend, and a long talk.

  

  Karen Fairchild Little Big Town
  • Long
  • Better
  • Wine

• There are two ways in which a science develops; in response to problems which is itself creates, and in response to problems that are forced on it from the outside.

  

  Ian Hacking
  • Science

• You think I'm a fool?" demanded Harry. "No, I think you're like James," said Lupin, "who would have regarded it as the height of dishonor to mistrust his friends.

  

  Joanne Rowling
  • Friends
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• When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • Man
  • Political
  • Building

• We don't move on in the stunt unless it looks like a hit. So when I see it on TV, I'm generally satisfied that people are going to buy it.

  

  Victoria Pratt
  • People
  • Looks
  • See

• The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Live
  • Black
  • Reading

• Before hastening to secure a possible reward of five taels by dragging an unobservant person away from a falling building, examine well his features lest you find, when too late, that it is one to whom you are indebted for double that amount.

  

  Ernest Bramah
  • Building
  • Reward
  • Falling