The French expression 'cul-de-sac' describes what the Baudelaire orphans found when they reached the end of the dark hallway, and like all French expressions, it is most easily understood when you translate each French word into English. The word 'de...
The first time you tried to save people, you were certain of victory?" "Yes. In my pride, I knew I could not fail." "Then, in your mind, you were risking nothing. Are you certain of victory tonight?" Roman stared into the darkness of the booth. "No, ...
Both the mentally healthy and the neurotic are driven by the need to find an answer [to the problem of human existence], the only difference being that one answer corresponds more to the total needs of man, and hence is more conducive to the unfoldin...
I was recalling that other world in which it had thrilled me, in a way, the surprise of thinking that I could be a person who would betray Daniel. Now I wondered if Daniel could surprise himself, could surprise me, by being such a person too. Would h...
The girl says "Oh uh-uh, wait a minute! Wait a minute! Just because I'm dressed this way does not make me a whore!" Which is true, Gentlemen, that is true. Just because they dress a certain way doesn't mean they are a certain way. Don't even forget i...
On le voit, la question est systémique ; il faut une sorte boussole au leadership pour lui permettre d’assumer une fonction de prévention ; l’adage s’applique alors à la gestion des affaires de la cité : « Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir ...
But one learns from books and reels only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.
One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.
Pain gives a certain depth to life.
A picture of a complete apple tree, however accurate, is in a certain sense much less like the tree itself than is a little daisy.
People aren't pianos. You don't hit a certain note and know what you're going to get.
A moral man is essentially dumbfounded when confronted by a man who is amoral—everything the latter does is met with a certain disbelief.
We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige.
Certain brands of guilt can be inculcated in a secular way but other brands of guilt can only be obtained with reference to the metaphysical.
Self-confidence is not a fixed way of being. People are not born with certain levels of self-confidence, it can be acquired, and it can be lost.
Being a reactionary is not about believing in certain solutions, but about having an acute sense of the complexity of the problems.
It might be true that it is “quality time” that counts, but after a certain point quantity has a bearing on quality.
There must be a certain amount of imitation, copying, in outward technique, but when there is inward, psychological imitation surely we cease to be creative.
Believe me, for certain men at least, not taking what one doesn't desire is the hardest thing in the world.
the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain.
...When people lose their way and lack a real purpose for living they often fall back on certain forms of escapism as a form of self-soothing...
