Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator.
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Related Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no pr... WYNDHAM LEWIS There has not been anything systemic that we can point to or work to rectify in any meaningful way, ... DAN STESSEL We do have subpoena power. There has been no decision made whether to use that or not. BRAD DAYSPRING I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER Despise not any man, and do not spurn anything; for there is no man who has not his hour, nor is the... BEN AZAI The fear of becoming a 'has-been' keeps some people from becoming anything. ERIC HOFFER There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic th... PAUL KAGAME It is better to be a has-been than a never-was. C. NORTHCOTE PARKINSON [Some question the value of accounts that have been quickly turned around.] Memoirs in general aren'... CALEB CARR Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no long... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no long... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY Not one word in this bill mandates that the equipment be put to use.... But there is no mandate that... LARRY SMITH The idea that something has to be a certain way is not American. There just wasn't a lot of compromi... ROGER WILKO . . . there is no perfect knowledge which can be entitled ours, that is innate; none but what has be... WILLIAM HARVEY A Jewish food is one that is almost sanctified, either by its repeated use or use within the holiday... GIL MARKS Either the administration has some information that it has not shared with the public, or, yes, they... JOSEPH WILSON There are some truths, however, that we should never forget: Superstition has always been the relent... ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL My speculation is that the U.S. does not want to establish the principle that it has to defer to som... NOAM CHOMSKY There are some fine books and essays about that. Lewis Hyde has written about alcoholism and poets a... SHARON OLDS If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour ... ANN RADCLIFFE To be, or not to be, that is the question. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher. OLIVER GOLDSMITH For the past thirty years or so, much American poetry has been marked by an earnestness that rejects... STEPHEN DOBYNS Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly o... RONALD REAGAN Remember, it's better to be a has-been than a never-was. TINY TIM There really has not been anything that has made it to the market that has shown a true difference. KELLY SMITH According to its doctors, my one intransigent desire is to have been a Confederate general, and beca... ALLEN TATE A lot of the time there are underlying mental problems that the meth use masks, ... Before you can b... FRANK LAMBERT No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness w... FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD money has no essence. It's not "really" anything; therefore, its nature has always been and presumab... DAVID GRAEBER Jamal Lewis wants everyone to know that he is not guilty, that he has not been involved in drugs. He... ED GARLAND It seems to me that anything that can be taught to another is relatively inconsequential, and has li... CARL R. ROGERS A farm is a manipulative creature. There is no such thing as finished. Work comes in a stream and... KRISTIN KIMBALL I feel violated. Like there is no safety around, no guarantees that anything you do ethically or hon... IGNACIO RAMIREZ That pyramid has been known for a number of years; but what has not been known is its precise date, ... DAVID FRYE To be or not to be. That's not really a question. JEAN-LUC GODARD I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired ... JASPER FFORDE Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper tha... LAWRENCE WRIGHT The Darwinian theory is in principle capable of explaining life. No other theory that has ever been... RICHARD DAWKINS There were no police reports to indicate she had been followed or threatened or anything like that, WARREN COUNTY Beyond their immaculate design, the reason sharks rule the ocean is their complete indifference to e... RICK YANCEY Percy: Put your cap back on... get out! Annabeth: What? No! I'm not leaving you. Percy: I've got a p... RICK RIORDAN [X chromosomes - No Cowboy Artist has two of them, which has led to occasional charges of discrimina... BILL OWEN There certainly has been the emphasis -- and has to be the emphasis -- on getting back on track. How... DAVE LITTLEFIELD Some people like to say that Gene has never been a winning manager. But he has been a winning manage... BUZZIE BAVASI There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as b... VIKRAM PATEL No period of history has ever been great or ever can be that does not act on some sort of high, idea... ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD What there is no dispute about is whether or not China is a currency manipulator. They are a currenc... ADAM DAVIDSON I think that for some time now I have been living with an anxiety which has had no tangible cause. I... INGMAR BERGMAN You will find that there is a very significant skepticism or cynicism that has been developing among... BRUCE GREEN There has never been a verified scientific report that chelation therapy, a gluten-free diet, or any... MICHAEL SPECTER There was just some missing paperwork that had not been done. That has since been clarified. I know ... FRANK GRAZIANO Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been rid... HENRY DAVID THOREAU This is about principle, about correcting something that has been unfair. BREWSTER MCCRACKEN I would argue that Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and political develop... NAJIB RAZAK I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that no... HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN There has been a shift of investor sentiment away (from funds). However, it wouldn't be unreasonable... ROBERT ADLER Do I have the courage of being a ruthless man to myself with the complete knowledge on my manner or ... FEREIDOON YAZDI Jo? Look at me. I’m about to do something really f**king stupid. When I do this, I need you to rem... SHERRILYN KENYON No lawyer Saddam Hussein has known before the U.S. invasion has seen him, ... He never has had anyth... RAMSEY CLARK No state that has its own survey has ever had problems like we've had. JOE MCBRIDE To date or not to date that is the question. It's almost as important as Shakespeare's to be... AL GOLDSTEIN What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has
not. UNKNOWN Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhaust... GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY There has been no sign that they will back down. At least Mr. Khamenei has said nothing that we can ... AHMAD ZEIDABADY In Islamic societies, politicians can manipulate almost everything. But thus far, no fundamentalist ... FATEMA MERNISSI Living a green lifestyle generally has been something that only the wealthy or middle class can do. ... DANIEL HUG The proposed OPES charter has since been modified to clarify that the parties that modify content do... KEITH MOORE Worldly wisdom thinks that love is a relationship between man and man. Christianity teachers that lo... SOREN KIERKEGAARD There has to be some methodology about who comes off that register to be interviewed. There is no st... BOB WILSON In my 30 years in the industry, this is the principle that has been the most consistently misunderst... ANDY RAPPAPORT Living in "unconscious" denial is not a very successful coping strategy except where it prevents som... RAIN BOJANGLES All things are pure in essense,
because almost anything can be
use with "good" or "bad intention". DETECTIVE DAVID LOVE There is no limit to what a person can do that has been inspired by the arts! EDITOR, FOSSIL MOUNTAIN PUBLISHING We do not think, however, that this means that he would oppose the (AT&T-BellSouth) deal or even nec... BLAIR LEVIN When I started this project, I was a young architect. I was very apprehensive about any changes to t... MICHAEL ARAD When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it dow... JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY There has been no case made -- based on anything other than speculation -- that Iraq poses a threat. SCOTT RITTER I do not personally agree with some of the positions that Mr. Gonzales has advocated, but that shoul... DANIEL INOUYE When a book leaves its author's desk it changes. Even before anyone has read it, before eyes other t... SALMAN RUSHDIE That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false. PAUL VALERY The consequences are based on her own actions. The charge has been made before about family separati... CARL RUSNOK “It is said that no-one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should ... NELSON MANDELA After 1996, he recognized there had been a productivity change. [Stock prices] rose because people b... ALLEN MELTZER Yes, there have been ET visitations. There have been crashed craft. There have been material and bod... EDGAR D. MITCHELL The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has al... FAREED ZAKARIA No leader, however strong, can succeed at anything of national importance or significance unless he ... RODRIGO DUTERTE If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has... DESIDERIUS ERASMUS Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality GEORGE LUCAS Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality. GEORGE LUCAS There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. BUDDHA There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. BUDDHA There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. GAUTAMA BUDDHA There is no singer I can think of who can touch Ella Fitzgerald. And when Billie Holiday sings, she&... HOZIER There's no secret program. There has been no hiding, I can assure you of that. JOHN CLIFFORD I can't put my finger exactly on what we're doing differently than other institutions out there, oth... GREIG DENNY One should become so capable that even the closest instrument of mind can be put aside and can be pu... BHAGWAN SHREE RAJNEESH The very idea of law originates in men's natural rights. There is no other standard, than natura... LYSANDER SPOONER There is no work, however vile or sordid, that does not glisten before God. JOHN CALVIN There has been discussion about the tribe acquiring the important sacred sites in Clover Valley. How... DOUG ELMETS
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In unre... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY No change, no pause, no hope! Yet I endure. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Those who inflict must suffer, for they see
The work of their own hearts, and that must be
Our... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY For there are deeds
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The signet of its all-enslaving power
Upon a shining... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY . . . then black despair
The shadow of a starless night, was thrown
Over the world in which I ... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY We look before and after,
And pine for what is not,
Our sincerest laughter
With some pai... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Lost Echo sits amid the voiceless mountains,
And feeds her grief. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Around, around in ceaseless circles wheeling
With clangs of wings and scream, the Eagle sailed
... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Familiar acts are beautiful through love. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY There is a harmony In autumn, and a lustre in its sky, Which through the summer is not heard... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Soul meets soul on lovers' lips. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY