Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
| Inspirational Quotes Zone
Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul | |
|
Quotes Zone Home | Suggest a Quote | Email This Page | |
|
| Quote:You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can crash, drip, flow...be water my friend.[Bruce Lee] Quote:Congress, after years of stalling, finally got around to clearing the way for informal discussions that might lead to possible formal talks that could potentially produce some kind of tentative agreements...[Dave Barry] Quote:Scientists make a guess and call it a hypothesis. 'Guess' is too short a word for a professor.[William Jennings Bryan] Quote:Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.[Theodor Seuss Geisel] Quote:There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.[Thomas Edison] Quote:A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be temped to risk his own destruction.[Dwight Eisenhower] Quote:It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.[Mahatma Gandhi] Quote:The flames kindled on the Fourth of July, 1776, have spread over too much of the globe to be extinguished by the feeble engines of despotism; on the contrary, they will consume these engines and all who work them.[Thomas Jefferson] Quote:Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.[C.S. Lewis] Quote:There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.[Pablo Picasso] Quote:The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms.[Albert Einstein] Quote:In the counsels of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military Industrial Complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.[Dwight Eisenhower] Quote:How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd.[Alexander Pope] Quote:Hey, what do you think drives all this grey matter up here? Electricity. It's brain waves surfing on synaptic junctions. If your radio can go out because of sun spots, why can't your cerebellum? It's all a matter of reception and it seems to me these signals are going to get crossed somehow. It's all logical. [Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider] Quote:There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.' [Andre Gide] Quote:It seems to me that people have vast potential. Most people can do extraordinary things if they have the confidence or take the risks. Yet most people don't. They sit in front of the telly and treat life as if it goes on forever. [Ralph Waldo Emerson] Quote:It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. [Mahatma Gandhi] Quote:The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it. [Josh Billings] Definitions of: potDefinition: A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.Definition: An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug. Definition: The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale. Definition: A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot. Definition: A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot. Definition: A wicker vessel for catching fish, eels, etc. Definition: A perforated cask for draining sugar. Definition: A size of paper. See Pott. Definition: marijuana. Definition: The total of the bets at stake at one time, as in racing or card playing; the pool; Definition: a horse heavily backed; a favorite. Definition: A plain defensive headpiece; later, and perhaps in a jocose sense, any helmet; -- called also pot helmet. Definition: The total of the bets at one time; the pool. Definition: To tipple; to drink. Definition: To take a pot shot or shots, as at game or an enemy. |
Interesting Links: Quotation Reference Love Quotes Comedy Quotations From Dr. Robbins |