Elsie de Wolfe Quotes
We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses.Elsie de Wolfe
Quotes to Explore
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The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
Francesca Annis -
A lot of the things that loved ones say to each other, friends would never accept.
Vicki Lawrence -
If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
Saint Teresa of Avila -
You have to accept the fact that part of the sizzle of sex comes from the danger of sex. You can be overpowered.
Camille Paglia -
Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative.
H. G. Wells -
We can't accept that it's O.K. if only some kids get to go to college.
Wendy Davis
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The relations between rhetoric and ethics are disturbing: the ease with which language can be twisted is worrisome, and the fact that our minds accept these perverse games so docilely is no less cause for concern.
Octavio Paz -
'Adapt and overcome' is my new motto.
Jack Osbourne -
Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.
Van Wyck Brooks -
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
W. Somerset Maugham -
Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me.
Vanilla Ice -
Accept no substitutes; I bring truth to the youth.
Tupac Shakur
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My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
Maya Angelou -
The performances of others are often selected as standards for self-improvement of abilities.
Albert Bandura -
I made straight A's and never got into any trouble, and I still impose those standards on myself. So writing is my chance to escape and become the sleaziest, scummiest role.
Sandra Brown -
Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
Albert Einstein -
Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
Albert Einstein -
Often in evolutionary processes a species must adapt to new conditions in order to survive.
Albert Einstein
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Challenge everything in life. Never accept the norm.
Casey Neistat -
Like birds whose wings are broken, you live without direction!
Andy Biersack Black Veil Brides -
It was the desire for living, vital expression.. ..which built Gothic cathedrals, which created Mozart sonatas. I believe it is going to stay that way for long time to come.
August Macke -
I didn't want to fall into the trap of complacency.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks -
We cannot do better than to accept the standards of other times, and to adapt them to our uses.
Elsie de Wolfe