State Quotes

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Such is the state of every age, every sex, and every condition: all have their cares, either from nature or from folly; and whoever, therefore,… — Samuel Johnson
When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children,… — Brian Aldiss
Fame has a special burden, which I might as well state here and now. I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. But… — Marilyn Monroe
"Undecided," while running for re-election to state Senate in 1998, in response to an Outlines questionnaire asking, "Do you favor legalizing same-sex marriage?" — Barack Obama
There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation. What's done in private between adults doesn't concern the Criminal Code. — Pierre Trudeau
I repeat to you-my own view is, is that if a State-if people decide to-what they do in the privacy of their house, consenting adults… — George W. Bush
The more developed sexual passion, in both sexes, is very largely an emotion of power, domination, or appropriation. There is no state of feeling that… — Charles Horton Cooley
[I] learned ... that friends are a good source of food and soul when one has not yet gotten the hang of cooking or living… — Marya Hornbacher
Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice) and follow the yellow brick road to the wonderful land… — Lewis H. Lapham
The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the greatest of all… — Plato
It is striking how our language reveals the visual nature of our thoughts about the future state of affairs. When we invent the future, we… — James M. Kouzes
Do you press the "pause" button - the "until" button in life by saying "I can't be happy until..."? All this accomplishes is a delay… — Michael Beckwith
Just as a mother would protect with her life her own son, her only son, so one should cultivate an unbounded mind towards all beings,… — Gautama Buddha
For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and… — Gautama Buddha
Gratitude helps us to return to our natural state of joyfulness, where we notice what's right instead of what's wrong. It makes us feel complete,… — M. J. Ryan
Let the disciple cultivate love without measure towards all beings. Let him cultivate towards the whole world, above, below, around, a heart of love unstinted....For… — Gautama Buddha
The ludicrous state of solid geometry made me pass over this branch. — Plato
Mathematics is like draughts in being suitable for the young, not too difficult, amusing, and without peril to the state. — Plato
In politics we presume that everyone who knows how to get votes knows how to administer a city or a state. When we are ill...… — Plato
For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without… — Plato

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