For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties.
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Related Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war. No rules, No mercy. Fight to kill until you held the bat... MARION G. HARMON Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an... LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES There is no religion, caste, creed, sect or system that can help the two persons to bond and stay wi... ANUJ SOMANY Until we have a coach, until we have a plan for next year, I'm not going to make any commitments. I'... JEFF BACKUS Until we make an arrest, there is no way of knowing the answers to some of these questions. FRANK PASQUARELLO Until we can manage TIME, we can manage nothing else. PETER DRUCKER Until we can manage time, we can manage nothing else. PETER F. DRUCKER Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant. 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JOHN LIU Convinced that we're living the whole time that we're dying. We decide to go out walking the wh... TEGAN QUIN In times of peril or distress the blessings we have are forgotten with greed or wanting more of the ... JEFFREY LEE GIBSON JR. The doer and the thinker, no allowances for the other, as the failing light illuminates the mercenar... JETHRO TULL If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... I have no doubt in my mind that we were able to make contact with the spirit of John Lennon. JOE POWER We'd like to play a game with no turnovers and keep the other team from big plays. If we can get int... ANDY SMYTH I have no doubt in my mind that we were able to make contact with the spirit of John Lennon. John wa... JOE POWER It is just that the blanket is not completely taut yet. There is no reason to be in a hurry to deplo... BILL REEVES Our first and gravest priority is simply to ensure that no other Marine is asked to give his life un... BRIAN NELSON When you can write music that endures, bravo. Until then, keep quiet and study the work of those who... JENNIFER DONNELLY We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradit... RASHID AL-GHANNUSHI We wreak havoc once we get on base. If we get people on base, we are going to try to make our oppone... CHUCK GREEN You know, the history of California art doesn't start until about 1961, and that's when these photog... DENNIS HOPPER We solemnly swear that we are up to no good. On this fortnight of October 31st, 1975, the four Marau... MORDRED We've said no to the offer. We're going to wait until the season is over, and then we are going to t... GILLES LUPIEN It was just something that no one thought of ... until we crunched the numbers. JEFF BERINO We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers. KURT COBAIN Nature cares nothing for logic, our human logic: she has her own, which we do not recognize and do n... IVAN TURGENEV There is always time – until we have no more. TERENCE T. GORSKI We should have been out of the inning and got a win but we didn't make the plays defensively. David ... MARK PERCY For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become... BILL W. The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibility──of being unable to undo what on... HANNAH ARENDT Greg is a quiet individual. You really don't know what he's done until after the game is over with. ... MIKE GAINEY The situation with John is that he is under contract until the end of the season and we have to make... DAVID PLUMMER No one is listening until you make a mistake. ANON. No one is listening until you make a mistake. ANONYMOUS The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in ... OSCAR WILDE What we have to do, no matter if it's a fender-bender, our driver immediately has to be drug tested ... BILLY HINES 'Progress never defines its ultimate objective but thrusts its victims at once into an infinite seri... RICHARD WEAVER Until we know who we are and why we are here, no amount of success, fame, money, or pleasure will pr... JAMES C. DOBSON There is no other action contemplated at this time until the outcome of the allegations is known. ALAN FELDMAN We will be working right up until midnight to try and sign the players we want, no doubt about that. GEORGE BURLEY And I knew that it was possible he wasn't entirely right for me, but I also knew, in some way... CATHERINE LACEY No one wins...until we all win. KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL They blended religion and art and science because, at base, science is no more than an investigation... RAY BRADBURY The psychology is just not there for the economy to make any substantial move until we get through t... BARRY HYMAN We set no special value on the possession of a virtue until we percieve that it is entirely lacking ... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE There is no good reason why we should not develop and change until the last day we live. KAREN HORNEY The deadline for compliance with the whole Security Council resolution is today. We haven't seen any... AZOUZ ENNIFAR I have a theory about suburbs,” Grace mused. “...it all happens here, all the great crimes, kept... GAVIN G. SMITH The DNR has not been served with the lawsuit as of this date. We have no comment until we can review... ANN WILSON We've had no comment on this, and we'll continue to have no comment until there is an announcement t... CHARLES STEINBERG We will continue to broadcast until we hear no more about Mir. TONY MARTIN We reflect God's character the most when we give freely of ourselves with no strings attached, no se... CRAIG GROESCHEL No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined.... HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK The 15 million lasted until February. Then we went back to the feds and asked for more, and they not... LIZ COMPTON The deadline for compliance with the whole Security Council resolution is today. We have not seen an... AZOUZ ENNIFAR Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there ... BILL GATES There is no change in the difficult situation, but people are saying there is a fifty-fifty chance o... JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI We won't be opening any of them until after the deadline. We want to keep the process as transparent... DAVE MARTIN We have to fulfill what the real meaning of the Second Amendment is: reasonable access to guns for s... ALAN DERSHOWITZ Unless we make sure that everyone is participating in this great economic expansion and until we ens... MEL MARTINEZ Until now, there is no way for the user to actually interact with these ads in the video. LI LI We make so many of our own troubles, from mere mishaps to disasters, by dwelling on the possibility ... DEAN KOONTZ All of us have to make some accommodations and allowances if we are to live with another person. GRAEME SIMSION The deal is we want to keep getting better. We have to keep working hard from now until next season. BRETT NORRIS We remained in Texas leading a quiet home life until 1889. CALAMITY JANE We think our case is extremely sound and we're proceeding with it, and we'll just keep going until t... DON STOUT It's strange, isn't it, how the idea of belonging to someone can sound so great? It can be comfortin... DEB CALETTI We know that the world basically has been transformed ... The question is no longer, 'What do we mak... DON MACDONALD Offensively, we just didn't make the plays when we had the opportunity. The defense gave us every op... JASON SMART We aren't going to comment or make any assumptions until we meet with the company. JOSEPH TIBERI At times, we forget the magnitude of the havoc we can wreak by off-loading our minds onto super-inte... RICHARD DOOLING No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and ... HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and ... JOAN RIVERS Hakuna mimi katika umoja. Kuna sisi. ENOCK MAREGESI We don't make anything until it's ordered. We chop vegetables and do the prep work in advance and th... JAN BONUGLI We just took this place. Until now there is no authority in Gaza. ABU HARWUN Up until that point it was a tough game. We responded and made some big plays. HARRY LADUE Until we can fully grasp the extent of corruption and fraud involved in the administration of the Oi... JOHN ENSIGN No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicate... HARRY EMERSON FOSDICK
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