Doings Quotes

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The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them. — H. L. Mencken
His [Thomas Edison] method was inefficient in the extreme, for an immense ground had to be covered to get anything at all unless blind chance… — Nikola Tesla
Without the suitable conditions life could not exist. But both life and its conditions set forth the operations of inscrutable Power. We know not its… — Thomas Aquinas
Woman is a misbegotten man and has a faulty and defective nature in comparison to his. Therefore she is unsure in herself. What she cannot… — Albertus Magnus
A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something… — H. L. Mencken
Having always observed that most of them who constantly took in the weekly Bills of Mortality made little other use of them than to look… — John Graunt
His [Henry Cavendish's] Theory of the Universe seems to have been, that it consisted solely of a multitude of objects which could be weighed, numbered,… — George Wilson
Heaven does nothing: its non-doing is its serenity. Earth does nothing: its non-doing is its rest. From the union of these two non-doings All actions… — Zhuangzi
There aint any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage… — Finley Peter Dunne
Take care, then, to be firmly grounded in the teachings of the Lord and his apostles so that you may prosper in all your doings… — Ignatius of Antioch
To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history and in the better days that lie ahead… — Bernard Law Montgomery
The American way is to criticize and debate openly, not to accept unthinkingly the doings of government officials of this or any other country. — Michael Parenti
If you are to go to Christ, do not put on your good doings and feelings, or you will get nothing; go in your sins,… — Charles Spurgeon
Doctrine is useless if it is not accompanied by a holy life. It is worse than useless; it does positive harm. Something of 'the image… — J C Ryle
We are born and we die; and between these two most important events in our lives more or less time elapses which we have to… — Clarence Darrow
You have no idea how much of the inefficiency of mankind comes from thinking about the wrong-doings of others, and of ourselves. There is nothing… — Emma Curtis Hopkins
We should have much more peace if we would not busy ourselves with the sayings and doings of others. — Thomas a Kempis
I have read that the secret of gallantry is to accept the pleasures of life leisurely, and its inconveniences with a shrug; as well as… — James Branch Cabell
It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable… — Simon Conway Morris
From his proceedings in Congress, he appears demented, and his actings and doings inspire my pity more than anger. — Andrew Jackson

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