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Does anyone know where these gondolas of Paris come from? [Fr., Ne sait on pas ou viennent ces gondoles Parisiennes?]
I'm always surprised when the corporate world does stupid things, because they're often not very stupid in hindsight.
I don't need arms, and neither does anyone else... At the very least, a ban would prevent fights from turning deadly.
Bring a raincoat, definitely ... or at Least a little umbrella that can fit in your bag, because it always does rain.
Life's a vast sea That does its mighty errand without fail, Painting in unchanged strength though waves are changing.
Oh, wonderful. I killed his father. He hates me. He knows how to make bombs. Come on, Wedge, how does this story end?
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
I do not know whether any of this is true. I am certain that the scientific community does not know that it is false.
Suicide does not end the chances of life getting worse. Suicide eliminates the possibility of it ever getting better.
It is true that a victim who fights back may suffer for it, but one who does not almost certainly will suffer for it.
Everything that lives, does so under the categorical condition of decisively interfering in the life of someone else.
As long as hope does not embrace and transform the thought and action of men, it remains topsy-turvy and ineffective.
Almost all enduring success comes to people after they are forty. For seldom does mature judgment arrive before then.
The state, it cannot too often be repeated, does nothing, and can give nothing, which it does not take from somebody.
The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power.
It is proved by surveys that happiness does not come from love, wealth, or power but the pursuit of attainable goals.
And the voice grows stronger and stronger, and it’s my voice this time and it’s asking a question: How does she know?
Why does Mosley always speak as though he were a feudal landlord abusing tenants who are in arrears with their rent ?
Calling someone a monster does not make him more guilty; it makes him less so by classing him with beasts and devils.
Recognition of the inevitability of comprehensive bureaucratization does not solve the problems that arise out of it.
Death does not wait for you to be ready! Death is not considerate or fair. And make no mistake: here, you face death.
I never use a score when conducting my orchestra... Does a lion tamer enter a cage with a book on how to tame a lion?
A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
The art market does represent a sort of hyper-capitalism: it produces added value without any actual work being done.
A good idea is something that does not solve just one single problem, but rather can solve multiple problems at once.
God doesn't do the work for you; he does the work through you. It's not enough to look up; you must also look within.
Carbon dioxide does not cause or contribute to smog, and the Kyoto treaty would do nothing to reduce or prevent smog.
What is not seen is as if it was not. Even the Right does not receive proper consideration if it does not seem right.
What words say does not last. The words last. Because words are always the same, and what they say is never the same.
Indifference to fate which, though it often makes a villain of a man, is the basis of his sublimity when it does not.
Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much.
There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda.
No one will be able to rise to the magnificence of the missionary cause who does not feel the magnificence of Christ.
I think that if my voice for some reason changes - because your voice does change - then it's time for me not to sing.
The whole world is a dream; even this (the waking state) is a dream ... What you dreamt last night does not exist now.
Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.
The crow does not hide its prey, but calls for others to share it; So wealth will be with those of a like disposition.
The Heavenly Father does not ask for golden vessels. He does not ask for silver vessels. God asks for yielded vessels.
Anyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony drowns out serious discussion.
There is a prayer that lives in the center of your heart. If you pray it, it will change your life. How does it begin?
I don't regard James Bond precisely as a hero, but at least he does get on and do his duty, in an extremely corny way.
But the big feature of human-level intelligence is not what it does when it is works but what it does when it's stuck.
Undue enmity with enemies does not serve the interests of the system. Enemies must be dealt with wisely and prudently.
Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.
When an individual (or a group of individuals) is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he is inferior.
God sees us as we are, loves us as we are, and accepts us as we are. But by His grace, He does not leave us as we are.
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
How many people does each of us know who claim to seek happiness but freely choose paths inevitably leading to misery?
Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios.
Teamwork does not come naturally. Let's face it. We are born with certain inclinations, but sharing isn't one of them.