Use Quotes - Page 186

Excuses sound best to the person that's making 'em up!

You're just a crazy murderer who's confused himself with a god.... nothing more, nothing less.

No excuse for those mechanical errors to be happening.

The biggest cause of divorce is marriage.

I don't like to dwell on the past.

speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.

As human beings we have the capacity to enjoy limitless, blissful happiness...there is nothing wrong with having pleasures and enjoyments. What is wrong is the confused way we grasp onto these pleasures, turning them from a source of happiness into a source of pain and dissatisfaction. It is grasping and attachment that is the problem, not the pleasure themselves.

Miracles are everywhere to be found when the priesthood is understood, its power is honored and used properly, and faith is exerted.

The laws of nature are the rules according to which the effects are produced; but there must be a cause which operates according to these rules. The laws of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

There are still hungry people in Ethiopia, but they are hungry because they have no money, no longer because there is no food to buy... we strongly resent the abuse of our poverty to sway the interests of the European public.

I've always been really curious about things and slightly confused by the world, and I think someone who feels that way is in a good position to be the one asking questions.

We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.

Everyone including YOU suffers when you refuse to BE all & DO all you can.

Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?

Pointing is a metaphor we all know. We've done a lot of studies and tests on that, and it's much faster to do all kinds of functions, such as cutting and pasting, with a mouse, so it's not only easier to use but more efficient.

Freedom of speech is useless without freedom of thought.

I know how easy it is for one to stay well within moral, ethical, and legal bounds through the skillful use of words - and to thereby spin, sidestep, circumvent, or bend a truth completely out of shape. To that extent, we are all liars on numerous occasions.

You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.

If you can solve your problem, what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, what is the use of worrying.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

Of the twenty-four hours a day, Use six for earning and spending, six for contemplation of God, six of sleep and six for service to others.

The most important part of a city is its people. In fact, people for me are like little cities. When you meet someone, it's like you've found a new city to explore. You take a tram, visit the museums and operas and cafes.

What's the point in having a mind if you don't use it to make judgements?

I'm one of those people who knows how lucky she is. And every day, I look around the house, and I count my blessings. They're all there under that roof.