Blocks Quotes

339 quotes by 311 authors

Great truths that are stumbling blocks to the natural man are nevertheless the very foundations upon which the confidence of the spiritual man is built. — Henry Allen Ironside
People talk as if grief were just a feeling -- as if it weren't the continually renewed shock of setting out again and again on… — C.S. Lewis
Each pursues his private interest and only his private interest; and thereby serves the private interests of all, the general interest, without willing it or… — Karl Marx
I don't know how many of you have been to New York, but if a building is two blocks away from anything, you can't see… — Al Franken
The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers. — Erich Fromm
My manager lives on my block; four of the apartments in my apartment complex of seven are people I know. It's a really close-knit community,… — Grimes
Of course I believe imaginative architecture can make a difference to people's lives, but I wish it was possible to divert some of the effort… — Zaha Hadid
The Westwood Cemetery is just a few blocks from my home, and a number of my very dear friends are buried there. — Hugh Hefner
I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and… — Tom Hooper
The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks. — Mahalia Jackson
Then there was a kid in the neighborhood about three blocks away, his name was Bobby Beavis. — Mike Judge
It's easy to be lazy when there's food lying around backstage or there's a fast-food joint a couple blocks away. But if you walk a… — Alex Kapranos
In housing in the fifties in Britain and the sixties, we pulled down the terraces - destroyed whole communities and replaced them with tower blocks… — John Major
What I try to do in the book is to trace the chain of relationships running from elementary particles, fundamental building blocks of matter everywhere… — Murray Gell-Mann
I'm the prime minister who removed 400 checkpoints, barriers, road-blocks and so on to facilitate the growth of the Palestinian economy. — Benjamin Netanyahu
Redefining marriage will have huge implications for what is taught in our schools, and for wider society. It will redefine society since the institution of… — Keith O'Brien
When there is a psyche-disrupting event in your life, it can prevent you from getting the long blocks of sleep at night that are so… — Mehmet Oz
And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you… — Michael Phelps
Woe to us if we get our satisfaction from the food in the kitchen and the TV in the den and the sex in the… — John Piper
That distinctive presidential conduct is now gone forever, banished to the snows of yesteryear by Barack Obama. From the beginning of his presidency to the… — John Podhoretz

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