Thing Quotes
36662 Thing quotes by 13492 unique authors
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Work, work, work, is the main thing.
— Abraham Lincoln
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To be honest with you, I'd rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do…
— Benicio Del Toro
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When I so pressingly urge a strict observance of all the laws, let me not be understood as saying there are no bad laws, nor…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th. asking 'the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law' is received. The mode is very simple,…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Smoking is a shocking thing - blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes, and noses, and having the same thing done…
— Samuel Johnson
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The modern sympathy with invalids is morbid. Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others.
— Oscar Wilde
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Whether we meditate individually or collectively, there is one thing we absolutely must do: we have to meditate consciously. Making an unconscious effort is like…
— Sri Chinmoy
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Meditation tells you only one thing: God is. Meditation reveals to you only one truth: yours is the vision of God.
— Sri Chinmoy
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Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable…
— Charles Bukowski
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You who are journalists, writers, citizens, you have the right and duty to say to those you have elected that they must practice mindfulness, calm…
— Nhat Hanh
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Instead of 'watching the thinker,' you can also create a gap in the mind stream simply by directing the focus of your attention into the…
— Eckhart Tolle
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The abstraction is often the most definite form for the intangible thing in myself that I can clarify in paint.
— Georgia O'Keeffe
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I have learned that what I have not drawn I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize…
— Frederick Franck
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Baptism into this Church is a serious thing. It represents a covenant made with our Heavenly Father. It is much more than a right of…
— Gordon B. Hinckley
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They have kept us in submission because they have talked about separation of church and state. There is no such thing in the Constitution. It's…
— Pat Robertson
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I think enormous harm is done by religion - not just in the name of religion, but actually by religion. ... Many people do simply…
— Steven Weinberg
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[Science] is corrosive of religious belief, and it's a good thing too.
— Steven Weinberg
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For those who may not find happiness to exercise religious faith, it's okay to remain a radical atheist; it's absolutely an individual right, but the…
— Dalai Lama
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I don't believe in heaven and hell. I don't know if I believe in God. All I know is that as an individual, I won't…
— George Clooney
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Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.
— Bruce Barton
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It is our wisest and our safest course to stand at the farthest distance from sin; not to go near the house of the harlot,…
— Thomas Brooks
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The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it.
— Jeremy Collier
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Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with it and how far a…
— Eduardo Galeano
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eBay had two main things that really spoke to me. It enabled individuals to do things that they could not have done without the Web.…
— Meg Whitman
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I do think the Roman Catholic religion is a disease of the mind which has a particular epidemiology similar to that of a virus... Religion…
— Richard Dawkins
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