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There is a prospect greater than the sea, and it is the sky; there is a prospect greater than the sky, and it is the human soul.
To make a poem of the human conscience, even in terms of a single man and the least of men, would be to merge all epics in a single epic transcending all… To peer at certain moments into the withdrawn face of a human being in the act of reflection, to see something of what lies behind their outward silence, is to discern struggle on a Homeric scale, conflicts of dragons and hydras, aerial hosts as in Milton, towering vistas as in Dante. The infinite space that each man carries within himself, wherein despairingly he contrasts the movements of his spirit with the acts of his life, is an overpowering thing.Speaker: Victor HugoSource: Les MiserablesPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 8:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The advantage of a classical education is that it enables you to despise the wealth that it prevents you from achieving.
Speaker: Russell GreenPosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 7:49 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
Speaker: AristotlePosted: 18 Mar 2009 at 5:51 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You can always count on me, I’m like life insurance
Speaker: Chad JohnsonPosted: 21 Nov 2007 at 7:14 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
For me, as soon as money enters the picture, the fun is (mostly) gone; with money comes responsibility, whoever is providing the money buys the right to demand answers and project deadlines. It’s no longer “because I enjoy doing it”, but “because he tells me to”.
Speaker: JustKiddingPosted: 22 Oct 2008 at 4:17 PMComments: 1 -
Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.
Speaker: Oscar WildePosted: 22 Oct 2008 at 9:34 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I didn’t lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!
Speaker: Homer SimpsonPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Answers are about the past, and abilities are about the future
Speaker: Robert T. KiyosakiSource: Increasing Your Financial IQPosted: 20 Sep 2008 at 8:07 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Speaker: Edgar Allen PoeSource: http://www.quotationspage.comPosted: 18 Sep 2008 at 2:04 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Can you create a detailed summary report?
Speaker: UnknownPosted: 11 Sep 2008 at 11:12 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
'Fickle Fate’ is a vicious goddess who brings no permanent good to anyone. On the contrary, she brings ruin to almost every man upon whom she showers unearned gold. She makes wanton spenders, who soon dissipate all they receive and are left beset by overwhelming appetites and desires they have not the ability to gratify.
Speaker: George S. ClasonPosted: 26 Aug 2008 at 7:13 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If you have love you don’t need to have anything else. If you don’t have it it doesn’t matter much what else you do have.
Speaker: James M. BarriePosted: 27 Mar 2008 at 9:32 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The sound of her voice and the sight of her face pulled all the air from my lungs, and set my hear thumping. So much had happened since the last time I’d seen her, the first time we’d made love, that a fevered squall of emotion stung my eyes. If I’d been a different man, a better man, I would’ve cried. And who knows, it might’ve made a difference.
Speaker: Gregory David RobertsPosted: 19 Aug 2008 at 9:45 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Perhaps the perfect pattern in presenting faith-promoting stories is to teach what is found in the scriptures and then to put a seal of living reality upon it by telling a similar… thing that has happened in our dispensation and to our people and – most ideally – to us as individuals.
Speaker: Bruce R. McConkiePosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 12:55 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You must have heard of bingo, the popular board game similar to lottery-type games that can be easily branded as a gambling game. A fairly new game, Bingo was played at social with the noble intent of helping charitable causes. This brighter side of the Bingo,
enjoy equal importance and recognition as a casino game. What needs to be fixed directly to the very beginning, however, is that despite being a game of casino, bingo shall not be classified along with other gambling games because it involves betting.Posted: 09 Feb 2012 at 2:01 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Speaker: Edgar Allan PoePosted: 28 Jul 2009 at 11:36 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
Speaker: NAPOLEON BONAPARTEPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:30 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
Speaker: Mark TwainPosted: 08 Sep 2008 at 8:47 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
All things which pertain to our religion are only appendages to the Atonement of Christ.
Speaker: Joseph Smith Jr.Posted: 21 Aug 2008 at 1:10 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We do not have to defend the prophet Joseph Smith. The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ will defend him for us. Those who reject Joseph Smith as a prophet and revelator are left to find some other explanation for the Book of Mormon.
Speaker: Boyd K. PackerPosted: 21 Aug 2008 at 11:27 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment!