Socrates Quotes
It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.Socrates
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The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.
A. N. Wilson -
People have their own deaths as well as their own lives, and even if there is nothing beyond death, we shall differ in our nothingness.
E. M. Forster -
It is very difficult for me to speculate as to how long it will take for the LTE-TDD ecosystem to mature. Of course, the whole industry is speaking of scale and a combination of scale in order to get more efficiency in the ecosystem.
Hans Vestberg -
My death is incidental, and I worry very much about my loved ones and, you know, would like to make it as easy as possible for them. Or wish I could will away whatever, you know, the sadness they will feel when I die. But for me, nothing. The world goes on.
Barbara Ehrenreich -
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
Isaac Asimov -
I have to tell you, TV is an incredibly difficult medium. The most challenging show to do is the hour long dramedy. It's a very tricky format.
Candace Bushnell
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When it comes to jump-starting the intricate machinery of recollection, there's nothing more effective than the scent of approaching death.
Gary Krist -
It is very difficult to be taken seriously when you're introduced at a party to somebody as the fourth Mrs. Rex Harrison.
Rachel Roberts -
Once a disease has entered the body, all parts which are healthy must fight it: not one alone, but all. Because a disease might mean their common death. Nature knows this; and Nature attacks the disease with whatever help she can muster.
Paracelsus -
I've never done well when I've been appreciated. I've done best when I'm targeted for death.
Dan Harmon -
Those who have never had a father can at any rate never know the sweets of losing one. To most men the death of his father is a new lease of life.
Samuel Butler -
I blame feminism and Facebook for the death of the American automobile. I'm a Republican, so I blame everything on feminism - or commies.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
E. M. Forster -
Drown in a cold vat of whiskey? Death, where is thy sting?
W. C. Fields -
Personally, I would be delighted if there were a life after death, especially if it permitted me to continue to learn about this world and others, if it gave me a chance to discover how history turns out.
Carl Sagan -
Love and death are the two great hinges on which all human sympathies turn.
B. R. Hayden -
Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
Lao Tzu -
In the primitive church, it was customary for the Holy Eucharist to be celebrated on the anniversary of the death of a martyr - if possible, on his tomb.
Sabine Baring-Gould
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As an Egyptian, I was always frustrated, just like many young Egyptians, of the situation in the country. And to a large extent, we didn't know what could we do. And looking at Khaled's photo after his death; basically I just felt that we are all Khaled Said.
Wael Ghonim -
Capitalism has been really good to me. I'm very fortunate: I have written books and my books have sold.
Marianne Williamson -
One way to become enthusiastic is to look for the plus sign. To make progress in any difficult situation, you have to start with what's right about it and build on that.
Norman Vincent Peale -
The judiciary is entitled to finally resolve a dispute. Not every decision is right.
Kapil Sibal -
It is not difficult to avoid death. It is much more difficult to avoid wickedness, for it runs faster than death.
Socrates