Blaise Pascal Quotes

All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch.

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• For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good care of yourself, of your mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing; it's hard to do. It's easier to be a workaholic than to have a truly balanced life.

  

  Quentin Bryce
  • Life
  • Time
  • Good

• The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.

  

  Frances O'Grady
  • Poor
  • Investment
  • Data

• I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Music
  • Mind
  • Home

• I miss my horse. He's in Los Angeles.

  

  Zosia Mamet
  • Horse
  • Miss
  • Los Angeles

• As you see the political problems are closely connected with the economical problems. With the help of politics, we will open the way for the economy and this is why all these problems are included in the program of the newly elected government.

  

  Ibrahim Rugova
  • Why
  • Help
  • Political

• You need to look at Congress as having a certain capacity. Now, the capacity varies from year to year and from body to body, but there is a finite amount of things that Congress can attentively do.

  

  Karl Rove
  • Body
  • Look
  • Year

• When I came off the boat I was very proud of the thick calluses which had developed on my feet. But now, I am struggling to get into my favourite high heels which is a shame, as I have so many.

  

  Pamela Stephenson
  • Feet
  • Boat
  • Heels

• I'm the daughter of two Indian immigrant doctors, and I have an older sister and younger brother, and none of us have pursued medicine as a career. We're all over the artistic side of things.

  

  Aarti Mann
  • Career
  • Brother
  • Daughter

• By shading off, as I have done, the portion of the area of the diagram according to the individual age, every one may see how much of life is consumed, and what is left.

  

  Warren De la Rue
  • Life
  • Done
  • May

• I think maybe I was a shepherdess in a past life.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Life
  • Think
  • Past

• If you look closely you can see that they are all interconnected, symbolic of a never-ending circle in which it is simply impossible for the dog to catch the rabbit.

  

  Kit Williams
  • Dog

• Is there any good reason why we cannot extend our multi-cultural generosity to include another dimension? That of time. The past, too, is another country. Its ghosts may look strange and frightening and slightly misshapen in body and mind, but all the more reason then, to welcome them to our shores.

  

  Martin Amis
  • Time
  • Good
  • Country

• It was an old, old, old, old lady, And a boy who was half-past three; And the way they played together Was beautiful to see.

  

  H. C. Bunner
  • Together
  • Beautiful
  • Past

• The God of life summons us to life; more, to be lifegivers, especially toward those who lie under the heel of the powers.

  

  Daniel Berrigan
  • Life
  • God
  • Lie

• From the outset of the war, the Canadian people have clearly shown that it is their desire to help in every way to make Canadas war effort as effective as possible.

  

  Mackenzie King
  • People
  • War
  • Help

• Painting, like passion, is a living voice, which, when I hear it, I must let it speak, unfettered.

  

  Barnett Newman
  • Passion
  • Painting
  • Voice

• It's terrible to allow conventional habits to gain a hold on a whole household; to eat, sleep and live by clock ticks.

  

  Zelda Fitzgerald
  • Live
  • Sleep

• There are others who take up that liberating role. I have no time to spend for that.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Roles
  • Liberating

• I walked over to Drake and stomped on his foot. Hard. "What will I give you to help me? What will I give you?" He stood on one leg rubbing his foot, grinning a grin so steamy, it almost melted my underwear. "I never doubted you would defeat her. You are my mate. You could do no less." I pointed a finger at him. "You are too arrogant for your own good. I officially de-mate you. Go away. I never want to see you again. Except maybe tonight. Naked. Your place. But after that, no more.

  

  Katie MacAlister
  • More
  • Except
  • Arrogant

• Progress in manufacturing is measured by the production of high quality goods. The unit of progress for Lean Startups is validated learning-a rigorous method for demonstrating progress when one is embedded in the soil of extreme uncertainty.

  

  Eric Ries
  • Learning
  • Production
  • Goods

• Alice?” She spun toward the door, her skirts whirling softly. “Yes?” she forced out. “Do you know what I am holding in my hand?” “No.” “Care to guess?” “A pitchfork?” she asked in a stilted attempt at levity, hoping to invoke his earlier, playful mood. “No, my dear,” he answered drily. “A key to your room.” “What?”she breathed, aghast. “I should hate to have to use it.” “You have a key to this room?” “Mm-hmm.” She took a step toward the door, panic rising up in her throat. “You’re bluffing!” “Do you wish me to prove it?

  

  Gaelen Foley
  • Care
  • Should
  • Hands

• All of our miseries prove our greatness. They are the miseries of a dethroned monarch.

  

  Blaise Pascal
  • Prove
  • Monarch
  • Miseries