Discarded Quotes

138 quotes by 120 authors

Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts… — Thomas A. Edison
For soon the body is discarded, Then what does it feel? A useless log of wood, it lies on the ground, Then what does it… — Gautama Buddha
Rejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward. — Jonah Lehrer
We are not deceived by their pretenses to piety. We have seen their kind before. They are the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of… — George W. Bush
I stare at the pile of discarded remnants and think of my mother. Did she touch that pillar there? Does her scent still linger in… — Libba Bray
Repeat your winners. If you are lucky enough to write a good advertisement, repeat it until it stops selling. Scores of good advertisements have been… — David Ogilvy
Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face of the Lord,… — Pope Francis
Unfortunately, what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as 'unnecessary.' For example, it… — Pope Francis
It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A… — David Brin
The ideal of brotherhood of man, the building of the Just City, is one that cannot be discarded without lifelong feelings of disappointment and loss.… — Kingsley Amis
One area of law more than any other besmirches the constitutional vision of human dignity. . . . The barbaric death penalty violates our Constitution.… — William J. Brennan
There are two objectionable types of believers: those who believe the incredible and those who believe that 'belief' must be discarded and replaced by 'the… — Max Born
If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling. Even the idea… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor. — Haile Selassie
I do triage on everything that comes through the door, and if it's not something we need (now, for real-not maybe someday) or something that… — Michelle Herman
My dream had become my reality: my old life was a discarded husk. — Leslie Poles Hartley
I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of… — Patricia Ireland
Working with Emeco has allowed me to use a recycled material and transform it into something that never needs to be discarded - a tireless… — Philippe Starck
Is it possible that software is not like anything else, that it is meant to be discarded: that the whole point is to always see… — Alan Perlis
A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the… — Trent Lott

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