Quotes by Names Something that is supposed to typify or stand for something else. Many symbols are mere "survivals" - as funereal urns carved on memorial monuments. We cannot stop making them, but we can give them a name that conceals our helplessness. Ambrose Bierce memorial names giving PIE, n. An advance agent of the reaper whose name is Indigestion. Ambrose Bierce pie names food Happiness has not to all the same name: to Youth she is known as the Future; Age knows her as the Dream. Ambrose Bierce names dream happiness Patriotism. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. Ambrose Bierce patriotism patriotic names A less popular name for the Second Person of that delectable newspaper Trinity, the Roomer, the Bedder, and the Mealer. Ambrose Bierce popularity newspapers names Gout, a physician's name for the rheumatism of a rich patient Ambrose Bierce physicians gout names Stephen prayed for his persecutors, who had not been able even to listen to the Name of Christ, when he said of those very men by whom he was being stoned: "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge" And we see the result of this prayer in the case of the Apostle, for Paul, who kept the garments of those who were stoning Stephen, not long after became an apostle by the grace of God, having before been a persecutor. Ambrose prayer names men So I accept these awards on behalf of the cake bakers and all of those other women who can do some things quite as important, if not more important, than flying, as well as in the name of women flying today. Amelia Earhart women awards names The name America has definitely grown on me. I wish there was a big patriotic story behind it, but the truth is that my grandfather was a librarian who knew all sorts of random facts. America Ferrera patriotic names america Islamic ethics is based on 'limits and proportions,' which means that the answer to an offensive cartoon is a cartoon, not the burning of embassies or the kidnapping of people designated as the enemy. Islam rejects guilt by association. Just as Muslims should not blame all Westerners for the poor taste of a cartoonist who wanted to be offensive, those horrified by the spectacle of rent-a-mob sackings of embassies in the name of Islam should not blame all Muslims for what is an outburst of fascist energy. Amir Taheri islamic names mean To name something is to wait for it in the place you think it will pass. Amiri Baraka names waiting thinking Being famous is not all that one should want in life...there is much more to life than name and fame. Amit Abraham names want fame But for me, dinner at a fine restaurant was the ultimate luxury. It was the very height of civilization. For what was civilization but the intellect's ascendancy out of the doldrums of necessity (shelter, sustenance and survival) into the ether of the finely superfluous (poetry, handbags and haute cuisine)? So removed from daily life was the whole experience that when all was rotten to the core, a fine dinner could revive the spirits. If and when I had twenty dollars left to my name, I was going to invest it right here in an elegant hour that couldn't be hocked. Amor Towles ifs-and names civilization Health, longevity, beauty, are other names for personal purity; and temperance is the regimen for all. Amos Bronson Alcott moderation purity names The history of books shows the humblest origin of some of the most valued, wrought as these were out of obscure materials by persons whose names thereafter became illustrious. The thumbed volumes, now so precious to thousands, were compiled from personal experiences and owe their interest to touches of inspiration of which the writer was less author than amanuensis, himself the voiced word of life for all times. Amos Bronson Alcott inspiration names book Action and blood now get the game. Disdain treads on the peaceful name. Amos Bronson Alcott names games blood Pity the mother who assumes the name without being all this implies! Amos Bronson Alcott assuming mother names I am interested in the gaps between one piece of sidewalk and the next. I am interested in the things for which we dont always have a name, and the things that are not easy to articulate - the difference between what we think and how we feel. Amy Bloom differences names thinking If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest the one concerned should say, "You do not understand", or because I fear to lose my reputation for kindness; if I put my own good name before the other's highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary love. Amy Carmichael reputation names kindness If I put my own good name before the other's highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary's love Amy Carmichael calvary my-own names «89101112131415161718»