Farid al-Din Attar Quotes

When first you enter Wisdom's sea, beware-A wave of indecision floods you there.

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• I'm at a point where there isn't any wasted movement in the throwing motion. Everything is consistent and smooth. When I first got into the league, I held the ball really high. That was the standard in college, and it messed up my timing a little bit - the draw, bringing it back, then the release.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Up
  • High
  • College

• We need to understand the difference between discipline and punishment. Punishment is what you do to someone; discipline is what you do for someone.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • You
  • Understand
  • Discipline

• If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Never
  • Mistakes
  • Upset

• No branch of the law is of more importance to the counsellor, the statesman, or the citizen, than a thorough acquaintance with the Constitution and laws of the Federal Government, as they are administered and as they affect the rights of the people.

  

  Samuel Freeman Miller
  • People
  • Law
  • Government

• There is no finer sonic-producing weapon for a guitar slayer than a hand crafter Gibson masterpiece.

  

  Ted Nugent
  • Hand
  • Guitar
  • Masterpiece

• When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.

  

  Gary Cherone Van Halen
  • People
  • Time
  • Mind

• The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.

  

  Earl Warren
  • Law
  • Police
  • While

• You go on Facebook, you buy social advertising. And you can very cost-effectively target people who are in the market for your product from all over the world.

  

  Marc Andreesen
  • People
  • World
  • Advertising

• What is it about summer that makes children grow? We feed and water them more. They do get more sun, but that probably doesn't matter as much as the book they read or the rule they broke that taught them something they couldn't have learned any other way.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Children
  • Book
  • Water

• It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Hope
  • Imagination
  • Compassion

• Once winter sets in I must have the sun and warmth. I need to be in the sun - I'm a true island baby.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
  • True
  • Baby
  • Sun

• I knew she was from Australia and I knew that is where she started but I didn't know if she was still popular there. I hope people understand we aren't making fun of Kylie.

  

  Wayne Coyne
  • People
  • She
  • Fun

• Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.

  

  Patrick McGoohan
  • Answers
  • Questions
  • Prison

• Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.

  

  Irving Kirsch
  • Question
  • Effect
  • Often

• I am not looking for a life partner right now. But if I've to list out the requirements, I have a huge list. But the first requirement is he should be tall and should be taller than me; even I wear heels.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Life
  • Partner
  • Requirements

• We have to ensure that our immigration system works in the interests of Britain, enabling us to make a realistic promise to our young school-leavers. It is part of our contract with the British people.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • People
  • School
  • Promise

• Make sure that the people at the top are working together and there aren't divisions of labor. Don't have people working in silos; have them working across the team.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Together
  • Team

• Our economy works really well without an income or a sales tax.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • Economy
  • Sales
  • Tax

• Art and activism seem to go together naturally, the idea being that if you're an entertainer, you can have a voice, and if you have a voice, you can make a difference. But if I were not an actress, I would still try to extend myself beyond my little micro-universe of my job, family and personal joy.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Family
  • Art
  • Job

• I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn't happen.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • You
  • Small
  • Small Town

• I used to play - when I first started trying to be professional, I disk jockey from 1949 to 1955 in Memphis, Tennessee, and I was quite popular there as a disk jockey.

  

  B. B. King
  • Trying
  • Professional
  • Popular

• When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.

  

  Valerie June
  • First
  • New
  • New York

• I'm extremely grateful that I found writing, but it doesn't make it any more peaceful.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Writing
  • Grateful
  • Peaceful

• When first you enter Wisdom's sea, beware-A wave of indecision floods you there.

  

  Farid al-Din Attar
  • First
  • Indecision
  • Floods