Quotes of: Great-relationship Keyword

[W]e talk about the tyranny of words, but we like to tyrannise over them too; we are fond of having a large superfluous establishment of words to wait upon us on great occasions; we think it looks important, and sounds well. As we are not particular ...

David Copperfield

He chose The Metamorphosis over The Trial, he chose Bartleby over Moby-Dick, he chose A Simple Heart over Bouvard and Pecuchet, and A Christmas Carol over A Tale of Two Cities or The Pickwick Papers. What a sad paradox, thought Amalfitano. Now even b...

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How strange it was, I thought, that when the tiny though thousandfold beauties of the Earth disappeared and the immeasurable beauty of outer space rose in the distant quiet splendor of light, man and the greatest number of other creatures were suppos...

Indian Summer

Edwin Land of Polaroid talked about the intersection of the humanities and science. I like that intersection. There's something magical about that place. There are a lot of people innovating, and that's not the main distinction of my career. The reas...

Steve Jobs

To understand antiquity’s idea of man, we must examine its gods and heroes, myths and legends. In these we find the classical prototype of genuine man. ... the will to greatness, wealth, power and fame. Anything opposed to it falls short of the aut...

The Lord

She also keeps talking about the Billie Holiday record she bought for me. And she says she wants to expose me to all these great things. And to tell you the truth, I don't really want to be exposed to all these great things if it means that I'll have...

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

Chinese

Even ugly faces are worth looking at -- and that is a great comfort for most people.

Chinese

Of listening children have your fears, for little pitchers have great ears.

Dutch

The little stars will always shine while the great sun is often eclipsed.

Ethiopian

Mules make a great fuss about their ancestors having been donkeys.

German

A hand that is ready to hit may cause you great trouble.

New Zealander

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt. (p. 21)

The Courage to Create

The relationship between ethics and thrift can be summed up in one sentence. It is wrong to save money at the expense of others. Period.

The Complete Tightwad Gazette

The last thing she'd wanted was anything as complicated as a relationship, for it felt as though there we're though complication in her life already.

The Choice

Board and Staff relationships are critical in any business reboot—don’t overlook or undervalue them!

Ctrl+Alt+Believe: Reboot Your Association For Success

You have built a human relationship on the foundation of asbestos.

The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

Because that's what unfaithfulness is, isn't it? A cancer that's always there in the back of your mind, eating away at the foundations of the relationship.

The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook

We seek love in relationships, peace in security, and joy in material things...but these feelings are divine and not dependent on any outer circumstances.

The Essentials of Life

Life is a movement, a constant movement in relationship; and thought, trying to capture that movement in terms of the past, as memory, is afraid of life.

The Flight of the Eagle

When we mother well, we teach our children to embrace the moral obligations that build solid relationships, healthy marriages, and secure families.

Fearlessly Feminine