Augusta Jane Evans Quotes
If a man's innate self-respect will not save him from habitual, disgusting intoxication, all the female influences in the universe would not avail. Man's will, like woman's, is stronger than the affection, and, once subjugated by vice, all eternal influences will be futile.
Quotes to Explore
-
For me, the greatest fault would be to tell somebody something I'm not.
-
This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
-
Millions of American families affected by debilitating diseases have new hope today after the U.S. House passed legislation to support potentially life-saving stem cell research.
-
I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.
-
It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.
-
It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.
-
You can bring people together around the issue of economic fairness. I don't want to be a mayor that goes into one neighborhood and gets jeered, and goes into another neighborhood and gets cheered.
-
Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
-
Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
-
I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
-
When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power rapidly dropped till, at the end of a minute, it was only 12 horse power.
-
I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.
-
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
-
People aren't autonomous creatures. They're under a lot of pressure themselves.
-
I didn't believe in spiritual homelands, and found God as readily in a strip mall as in a mosque.
-
The ingestion of brain-altering chemicals - legal or illegal - cannot be categorized as good stewardship of our earthly lives.
-
Writing a memoir is such a private, personal experience that it's intimidating to think of adapting it for television.
-
My dad was a huge Bob Dylan fan, so we listened to his music, Cat Stevens, Simon & Garfunkel, and all that kind of stuff.
-
Imagery is like music.
-
I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine.
-
There’s a morning when presence comes over your soul. You sing like a rooster in your earth-colored shape. Your heart hears and, no longer frantic, begins to dance.
-
You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.
-
First ambitions are best. We are less brave later.
-
If a man's innate self-respect will not save him from habitual, disgusting intoxication, all the female influences in the universe would not avail. Man's will, like woman's, is stronger than the affection, and, once subjugated by vice, all eternal influences will be futile.
