Use Quotes - Page 107

An excuse is a lie guarded.

You've confused a war on your religion with not always getting everything you want.

O, that we who declare war against wars, and acknowledge our trust to be in God only, may walk in the light, and therein examine our foundation and motives in holding onto money! May we look upon our estates, our treasures, the furniture of our houses, and our garments, and try whether the seeds of war have nourishment in these, our possessions.

Think not the bigotry of another is any excuse for your own.

Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom you rely and who rely on you in return.

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

Managers will work for a salary. Entrepreneurs create new businesses. Many people have capital, but instead of making money for business they build houses for rent. It's easy money to collect rental.

The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the nation's greatness. But the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.

All I'm saying is that I understand if the novelty's worn off and you want to get off the carousel ride now before it kills you.

I confused things with their names: that is belief.

Socrates, when informed of some derogating speeches one had used concerning him behind his back, made only this facetious reply, "Let him beat me too when I am absent.

...frequent streets and short blocks are valuable because of the fabric of intricate cross-use that they permit among the users of a city neighbouhood.

The mind can weave itself warmly in the cocoon of its own thoughts, and dwell a hermit anywhere.

Progressive disclosure defers advanced or rarely used features to a secondary screen, making applications easier to learn and less error-prone.

Satan never gets very far from the Bible. And every one of the cults, even Satanism, uses the Bible.

Now everybody's bloggin'. I heard somebody say, "Blogging is just graffiti with punctuation." Everyone's an authority so there's nobody in power, 'cause everyone thinks they're in power.

I often think that God must have been looking for someone small enough and weak enough for Him to use, and that He found me.

Knicks and dull edges are abominations, so use knives and hatchets for nothing but they were made for.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

The guillotine was most effective and used until fairly recently.

We are called to reflect the Lord's beauty through our lives as much as through our words, and God will use this in His own perfect time.

Experts always know everything but the fine points. When I took my citizenship exams, no one there knew how the White House came to be called the White House.

I don't know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there's a good English phrase for it - cold war.

A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner.

We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we try to catch trend reversals. Therefore, we tend to stabilize rather than destabilize the market. We are not doing this as a public service. It is our style of making money.