Engagement Quotes - Page 20

• Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss.

  John Milton

  Memorial, Mutual Love, Crowns

  John Milton (1869). “Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books”, p.122

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• The moment you know that this is the person with whom you want to spend the rest of your life, you should start the engagement process. Once you know this, the nature of the relationship changes. You view actions differently, the pressure to have sex increases, and your relationship with others is affected. If you're considering getting engaged, write out the sentence Staying married is hard work fifty times. ...Though I say this with some humor, I think these points bear repeating: Don't underestimate the work involved, but don't panic either.

  Kay Coles James

  Sex, Hard Work, Writing

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• There is no marriage without engagement

  Evan Wolfson

  Evan Wolfson (2007). “Why Marriage Matters: America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.

  Thomas More

  Kindness, Heart, Men

  Thomas More (2009). “Utopia”, p.64, Cosimo, Inc.

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• This pedagogy makes oppression and its causes objects of reflection by the oppressed, and from that reflection will come their necessary engagement in the struggle for their liberation. And in the struggle this pedagogy will be made and remade

  Paulo Freire

  Struggle, Reflection, Feminist

  Paulo Freire (2014). “Pedagogy of the Oppressed: 30th Anniversary Edition”, p.34, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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• Sexual excitability is increased and leads to hasty engagements, marriages by the newspaper, improper love-adventures, conspicuous behaviour, fondness for dress, on theother hand to jealousy and matrimonial discord.

  Emil Kraepelin

  Adventure, Hands, Bipolar

  "Lifetime Editions of Kraepelin in English: Manic-depressive insanity and paranoia".

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• Ideally, nothing should be embraced by a consumer firmly, nothing should command a commitment till death do us part, no needs should be seen as fully satisfied, no desires considered ultimate. There ought to be a proviso 'until further notice' attached to any oath of loyalty and any commitment. It is but the volatility, the in-built temporality of all engagements that truly counts; it counts more than the commitment itself, which is anyway not allowed to outlast the time necessary for consuming the object of desire (or, rather, the time sufficient for the desirability of that object to wane).

  Zygmunt Bauman

  Loyalty, Commitment, Desire

  Zygmunt Bauman (2013). “Globalization: The Human Consequences”, p.56, John Wiley & Sons

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• And I hope very much that the ALP will become increasingly engaged in the international discussions that are taking place amongst centre-left parties generally.

  Patricia Hewitt

  Party, Alps, Centre

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• As for me, even though I have been accused of anti-Semitism countless times, no one has ever heard me make anti-Semitic statements or engage in anti-Semitic behavior.

  Jean-Marie Le Pen

  Behavior, Anti Semitic, Accused

  "The veil? It protects us from ugly women" by Adar Primor, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2002.

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• I think women still want to be married. But I don't think they'll do anything to get married anymore

  Cynthia Nixon

  Thinking, Want, Married

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• It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.

  Mikhail Gorbachev

  Arguing, Destruction, Polemics

  Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev, Green Cross International (2011). “Mikhail Gorbachev: Prophet of Change : from the Cold War to a Sustainable World”, p.263, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

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• There is no moral equivalency between those who would kill using children, innocent civilians, children and adults, in their homes and in their places of worship, to that of a government that is seeking those terrorists before they can engage in that awful activity.

  George Pataki

  Children, Home, Government

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• It's almost scary how good things are right now. I've been engaged now for about a year and it's the first time anything like that has happened to me.

  Bryan White

  Years, Scary, Firsts

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• Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results.

  Scott Adams

  Inspirational, Business, Long

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• Since graduation, I have measured time in 4-by-5-inch pieces of paper, four days on the left and three on the right. Every social engagement, interview, reading, flight, doctor's appointment, birthday and dry-cleaning reminder has been handwritten between metal loops.

  Sloane Crosley

  Inspirational, Funny, Birthday

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• If there's a silver bullet in the battle to recapture Albany, it is the re-engagement of our citizens. This capital has become a physical metaphor for the isolation and alienation of our people.

  Andrew Cuomo

  People, Battle, Citizens

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• Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

  Tryon Edwards

  Definitions, Firsts, Term

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.246, Ravenio Books

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• I like that people who are not experts can not only understand but get engaged by my work. I like that Joe Paterno can read me. Bill Bradley.

  Leslie Fiedler

  People, Experts, Bills

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• If my daughter wants to get into this business, I would support that decision. She's going to have a hard time not being in it. She loves food and she's around it all the time.

  Bobby Flay

  Daughter, Mother, Hard Times

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• If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.

  Jane Fonda

  Pregnancy, Keys, Two

  "Time For New Ideas In Prevention of Teen Pregnancy" by Jane Fonda, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 6, 2009.

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• Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.

  Barney Frank

  Power, Perspective, Decision

  "The Sayings of Chairman Barney" by Richard Reeves, www.realclearpolitics.com. December 2, 2011.

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• I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.

  Al Franken

  Records, Treasure, Minnesota

  "Putting an End to Secret Campaign Contributions" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 16, 2012.

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• Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar.

  Robert Frost

  Anniversary, Marriage, Wedding

  Robert Frost (1936). “A Further Range”

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• What a rush it was to plunge into the bin of official decision and cast a ballot in favor of FUN.

  Wavy Gravy

  Fun, Decision, Favors

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• Cats and their owners are on a private, exclusive loop of affection. Thus cats have become symbolic of a community eschewed and a hyper-engagement with oneself. They represent the profound danger of growing so independent in New York that it's not merely that you don't need anyone - it's that you don't know how to need anyone.

  Sloane Crosley

  New York, Cat, Independent

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