Thomas Carlyle Quotes

It is now almost my sole rule of life to clear myself of cants and formulas, as of poisonous Nessus shirts.

Thomas Carlyle

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• That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.

  

  Alexander Haig
  • Lie
  • Misrepresentation
  • Inexactitude

• The worst thing was having to go to school on days "Mensch, Pia!" would be on TV in the evening. My classmates made fun of me.

  

  Alexandra Maria Lara
  • School
  • Fun
  • TV

• Once, if I remember well, my life was a feast where all hearts opened and all wines flowed.

  

  Arthur Rimbaud
  • Life
  • Remember
  • Hearts

• My religion and my patriotism derived from my religion, embrace all life.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Life
  • Religion
  • Patriotism

• Sometimes I have the idea right away, like, "Oh, this is what this song's about. This is how I'm feeling."

  

  Avey Tare Animal Collective
  • Song
  • Ideas
  • Sometimes

• The important thing for Government is not to do things which individuals are doing already, and to do them a little better or a little worse; but to do those things which at present are not done at all.

  

  John Maynard Keynes
  • Government
  • Thing

• I felt that I ostracized myself by my behavior, by the past, by living with all the regrets of my mistakes, that I sort of wore a hair shirt and beat myself up most of the day thinking and regretting why did I make such a mistake? Why have I made so many mistakes?

  

  Sarah Ferguson
  • Thinking
  • Mistake
  • Regret

• When I played God Bless The Queen, I was wondering if they was gonna dig us, then quite naturally I'd go on and try to get it together.

  

  Jimi Hendrix The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  • God Bless The Queen

• It was such an interesting character and the film really explored his friendship with Bond and how it all went wrong, so it was a very personal journey for both characters.

  

  Sean Bean
  • Character
  • Interesting
  • Journey

• A garden always has a point.

  

  Elizabeth Hoyt
  • Garden
  • Point

• My wartime experiences developing a code that utilized the Navajo language taught how important our Navajo culture is to our country. For me that is the central lesson: that diverse cultures can make a country richer and stronger.

  

  Chester Nez
  • Important
  • Culture
  • Experiences

• Now he would always be part of her. She just didn't know it yet.

  

  Beth Harbison

• Finding the fine line between satisfying a daytime TV audience and an afternoon radio audience. That involved editing down my delivery to under an hour. I've been blessed to have great producers and a great staff to achieve that. I have a small team but they're very efficient.

  

  Wendy Williams
  • Audience
  • Blessed
  • Producers

• I can't say Boston is 'home-home.' It's definitely a place I'm growing accustomed to. It's such a great sports town.

  

  Wes Welker
  • Home
  • Growing
  • Sports

• Playing in the Neurotic Outsiders with John Taylor was great. A lot of pussy every time we played a gig. So many chicks. It was, like, 'Wow, John, really? So this is what it was like, huh?' And there would be like a couple guys with mohawks and a guy with, like, a jean jacket coming in to see me and Jonesy!

  

  Duff McKagan Guns N' Roses
  • Playing
  • Guys
  • Gig

• I'd most likely be a helicopter pilot, or I'd own a really cool surf hotel somewhere on a beach.

  

  Wade Eastwood
  • Cool
  • Beach
  • Pilots

• What does God want me to do with the resources, time, and talents He has given me?

  

  D. Todd Christofferson
  • Time
  • God

• It is now almost my sole rule of life to clear myself of cants and formulas, as of poisonous Nessus shirts.

  

  Thomas Carlyle
  • Shirts
  • Poisonous
  • Rule Of Life