Quotes
Quotes about Being
Nobly he yokes A smiling with a sigh, as if the sigh Was that it was for not being such a smile; The smile mocking the sigh that it would fly From so divine a temple to commix With winds that sailors rail at.
But now being lifted into high society, And having pick'd up several odds and ends Of free thoughts in his travels for variety, He deem'd, being in a lone isle, among friends, That without any danger of a riot, he Might for long lying make himself amends; And singing as he sung in his warm youth, Agree to a short armistice with truth.
The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being bored.
The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
Modern man lives isolated in his artificial environment, not because the artificial is evil as such, but because of his lack of comprehension of the forces which make it work- of the principles which relate his gadgets to the forces of nature, to the universal order. It is not central heating which makes his existence 'unnatural,' but his refusal to take an interest in the principles behind it. By being entirely dependent on science, yet closing his mind to it, he leads the life of an urban barbarian.
Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.
The sort of dependence that results from exchange, i.e., from commercial transactions, is a reciprocal dependence. We cannot be dependent upon a foreigner without his being dependent on us. Now, this is what constitutes the very essence of society. To sever natural interrelations is not to make oneself independent, but to isolate oneself completely.
Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump: you may be freeing him from being a camel.
The test of civilization is the estimate of woman. Among savages she is a slave. In the dark ages of Christianity she is a toy and a sentimental goddess. With increasing moral light, and greater liberty, and more universal justice, she begins to develop as an equal human being.
Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.
That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself.
Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.
The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.
Most of the change we think we see in life Is due to truths being in and out of favor.
For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate...before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts...but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.
I'll be back. (five days after being pummeled in his fight with Mike Tyson.)
Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.
I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me. (on being a role model)
Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women it is merely a good excuse not to play football.
Being in politics is like coaching football. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that's the very next step to being dull.
