Quotes by Half Sometimes I'll be playing along and find I'm missing the strings. I'll worry about it for days until I notice that the pick has worn down to half its size. Terry Kath halfmissingworry (R)eality TV (is) a medium dedicated to the proposition that with the help of judicious editing, carefully chosen half-wits can hold the attention of millions of their fellow half-wits for weeks on end. Terry Teachout halfeditingattention Over half a billion dollars a day is being spent by FEMA. Thad Cochran billionsdollarshalf Her chin lifted. "Very well. Here is my best offer. Half of my nakedness for all of yours." He pretended to think on it. " It's a bargain. Tessa Dare wellshalfthinking I actually am fairly uncomfortable about it, even if our firm stipulation was that they cannot tell us what to do. We are simply doing what we do anyways - securing software - and they have no say in the matter. I try to convince myself that our grant means a half of a cruise missile doesn't get built. Theo de Raadt halftryingmean She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you. Terry Pratchett fantasyhalfpeople A theme that appears repeatedly in the writings of the social critics of the second half of the 20th century is the sense of purposelessness that afflicts many people in modern society. Theodore Kaczynski halfwritingpeople I am a socialist not because I think it is a perfect system, but half a loaf is better than no bread. The other system has been tried and found wanting Swami Vivekananda halfperfectthinking You cannot be half a saint; you must be a whole saint or no saint at all. Therese of Lisieux catholicsainthalf Half our virtue arises from our being out of the way of temptation. Thomas Adams halftemptationway Great thoughts in crude, unshapely verse set forth lose half their preciousness, and ever must, unless the diamond with its own rich dust be cut and polished, it seems little worth. Thomas Bailey Aldrich cuttingdusthalf Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay. Thomas Bailey Aldrich halfagebook I am glad I am an optimist. The pessimist is half-licked before he starts. Thomas Buckner pessimistoptimismhalf Half our days we pass in the shadow of the earth; and the brother of death exacteth a third part of our lives. Thomas Browne shadowhalfbrother If it were not for a goodly supply of rumors, half true and half false, what would the gossips do? Thomas Chandler Haliburton rumorgossiphalf Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business. Thomas Chandler Haliburton vanityprincipleshalf A people without a language of its own, is only half a nation. Thomas Davis languagehalfpeople Half-knowledge is worse than ignorance. Thomas B. Macaulay learningignorancehalf A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads. Thomas Carlyle progresshalfcommitment The work that is done in love loses half its tedium and difficulty. Thomas Guthrie donehalflove«9596979899100101102103104105»
