Quotes of: Living-thing Keyword

But there are times in this harum-scarum world when figuring out the right thing to do is quite simple, but doing the right thing is simply impossible....

Horseradish

That was the thing about being bereaved. People were overcome with sympathy. They did things for you without even considering whether or not it was the right thing to do.

The Space Between

Surely arrested development consists not in refusing to lose old things but in failing to add new things.

On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature

To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing.

A Mercy

I know a thing or two about a thing or two. One of those things is not love. Also, one of those things is not love.

Love quotes for the ages. Specifically ages 18-81.

That moment you realize you are doing the right thing for the wrong reasons and the wrong thing for the right reasons.

The Little Silkworm

If you seek small things to do, and do them well, great things will seek you, and demand to be performed.

Seeker After Truth

When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.

Tao Te Ching

You need to be doing fewer things for effect instead of doing more things with side effects

The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results

She sees things — things that might happen, things that are coming. But it’s very subjective. The future isn’t set in stone. Things change.

The Twilight Saga

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

A World Without Heroes

After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.

Oscar Wilde

When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.

Luis Fortuno

Visible and mobile, my body is a thing among things; it's caught in the fabric of the world, and its cohesion is that of a thing. But, because it moves itself and sees, it holds things in a circle around itself.

Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Things that we need to learn are the importance of establishing brand, establishing market presence. Technology-wise, it's things like ease of use, user interfaces; all of these things that tend to be less important in our other business segments are...

Charles Giancarlo

It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large.

Chris Patten

Regardless of how it's done, transaction costs will continue to plummet as computers get more powerful. Low transaction costs are a wonderful thing if you're in the transaction business. They're wonderful for consumers too, making it cheaper and easi...

Nathan Myhrvold

A good way to take a baby step into the world of animal rights is to make a list of small things you can do to help your issue and work your way up to the big things. Make a promise to do one thing on your list each month.

Jenna Morasca

I realized crime isn't the only way you can judge people. People can do good things, and people can do bad things. It's probably better to understand people for the good things they do.

Takeru Kobayashi

Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.

Muhammad Ali

The important thing is that we recognize our President's leadership, that he is not saying: I am going to walk away from this. He is saying: I am going to do the right thing.

Kay Bailey Hutchison