Quotes for All
At the center, where a cuckoo bird would live in a more traditional timepiece, is the juggler. Dressed in harlequin style with a grey mask, he juggles shiny silver balls that correspond to each hour. As the clock chimes, another ball joins the rest until at midnight he juggles twelve balls in a complex pattern. … Read more
A person’s creative ability decreases in direct proportion to the degree to which he takes himself seriously. Eric Hoffer
Historically the opposition to abortion and birth control … stemmed from the urgency of the need to decrease the mortality and morbidity rates and to increase the population … in the matter of abortion the human rights of the mother with her family must take precedence over the survival of a few weeks’ old foetus … Read more
Energy apparently increases with the amount of work to be done. When nothing of burning urgency is waiting, it decreases much sooner. Heaven seems to understand such economy. Edith Stein
Woman learns to hate to the extent to which her charms decrease. Friedrich Nietzsche
Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed from decade to decade by those who have an eye for public behavior, which grows visibly. Friedrich Nietzsche
Egoism is the law of perspective applied to feelings: what is closest appears large and weighty, and as one moves farther away size and weight decrease. Friedrich Nietzsche
We learn to avoid blocking others, interfering with others, because that will decrease our happiness, slow our vibratory rate and generally bring us down and make us miserable. Frederick Lenz
There is not a tool, an implement, or a machine that has not resulted in a decrease in the contribution of human labor. Labor is not made permanently idle [though]; when replaced in one special category… it turns its attack against other obstacles on the main road to progress. Frederic Bastiat
People at .08 are too impaired to drive. Studies show that at .08, the ability to perform critical driving functions is decreased by as much as 60 percent. Frank Lautenberg