Fruit Quotes - Page 39

• I want the flower and fruit of a man; that some fragrance be wafted over from him to me, and some ripeness flavor our intercourse.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Flower, Men, Flavor

  Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.122

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• Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.

  Solomon

  Giving, Poison, You Choose

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• That's the hard part of overdosing on cherries-you have all the pits to tell you exactly how many you ate. Not more or less. Exactly. One-seed fruits really bother me for that reason. That's why I'd always rather eat raisins than prunes. Prune pits are even more imposing than cherry pits.

  Andy Warhol

  Pits, Reason, Cherries

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• Be conscious of yourself, watch your mind, give it your full attention. Don't look for quick results; there may be none within your noticing. Unknown to you, your psyche will undergo a change; there will be more clarity in your thinking, charity in your feeling, purity in your behavior. You need not aim at these - you will witness the change all the same. For, what you are now is the result of inattention and what you become will be the fruit of attention.

  Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

  Thinking, Giving, Feelings

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• If science produces no better fruits than tyranny... I would rather wish our country to be ignorant, honest and estimable as our neighbouring savages are.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Country, Ignorant, Wish

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• A manager's most important work is helping the people doing the work. Give them a goal and let them work. Remove any impediments that get in their way. Do anything that make them more effective or productive. Then the organization can capitalize on the fruits of their work.

  Ken Schwaber

  Organization, People, Giving

  Ken Schwaber, Jeff Sutherland (2012). “Software in 30 Days: How Agile Managers Beat the Odds, Delight Their Customers, And Leave Competitors In the Dust”, p.51, John Wiley & Sons

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• From the explicit prohibition against the destruction of fruit trees, our sages deduced that it is all the more forbidden to destroy the fruits themselves.

  Yehuda Levi

  Tree, Sage, Prohibition

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• Whether happiness or unhappiness, freedom or slavery, in short whether good or evil results from an improved environment depends largely upon how the change has been brought about, upon the methods by which the physical results have been reached, and in what spirit and for what purpose the fruits of that change are used. Because a higher standard of living, a greater productiveness and a command over nature are not good in and of themselves does not mean that we cannot make good of them, that they cannot be a source of inner strength.

  David Lilienthal

  Mean, Evil, Inner Strength

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• The fruits eaten temperately need not make us ashamed of our appetites, nor interrupt the worthiest pursuits. But put an extra condiment into your dish, and it will poison you.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Poison, Needs, Dishes

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Citizen Thoreau: Walden, Civil Disobedience, Life Without Principle, Slavery in Massachusetts, A Plea for Captain John Brown”, p.132, Graphic Arts Books

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• I don't return fruit. Fruit's a gamble. I know that going in.

  Jerry Seinfeld

  Return, Gamble, Knows

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• At each point in our lives, we are at a crossroads. We are the fruit of our past and we are the architects of our future... If you want to know your past, look at your present circumstances. If you want to know your future, look at what is in your mind.

  Matthieu Ricard

  Past, Mind, Want

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• Fruits are snacks, which are rich in vitamins, and can be eaten the whole day.

  Celine Dion

  Snacks, Vitamins, Rich

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• People say to me, Hey, Bill, the war made us feel better about ourselves. Really? What kind of people are these with such low self-esteem that they need a war to feel better about themselves? May I suggest, instead of a war to feel better about yourself, perhaps... sit-ups? Maybe a fruit cup? Eight glasses of water a day?

  Bill Hicks

  Self Esteem, War, Feel Better

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• I love making genre films. It's something I've really been attracted to since I was a kid, mostly because, as a kid, it was forbidden fruit.

  Patrick Lussier

  Kids, Film, Love Making

  Source: collider.com

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• Human rights is the fruit of various civilizations.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Rights, Civilization, Humans

  Interview with Amitabh Pal, progressive.org. September 1, 2004.

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• People get caught up in asking whether Americans should be going here or there. What it boils down to is the call of the Lord. If the Lord has called you to a specific area, that's where you are going to see the fruit.

  Unknown

  People, Asking, Lord

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• Work, my children, work with your whole heart and soul! That is the thing. Mind not the fruit of work. What if you go to hell working for others? That is worth more than to gain heaven by seeking your own salvation... Sri Ramakrishna came and gave his life for the world. I will also sacrifice my life.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Children, Heart, Sacrifice

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• Where will you go to seek Brahman? He is immanent in all beings. Here, here is the visible Brahman! Shame on those who, neglecting the visible Brahman, set their minds on other things! Here is the visible Brahman before you as tangible as a fruit in one's hand! Can't you see? Here - here - is Brahman!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Hands, Mind, Tangible

  Swami Vivekananda (1984). “Awakened India”

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• You can't have an honest fourth grade school teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Jones, Johnny, your son, your only child, the fruit of your loin, is a moron. I have no idea how this kid finds a door to get out of the house in the morning. If I were you, I would waste him and start over. Now, I say that with all due respect.

  Dom Irrera

  Teacher, Morning, Children

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• In adults, dependability is the fruit of maturity; in a child, it is the seed.

  Richard M. Eyre

  Children, Maturity, Adults

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• Thou shall love the Lord with thy whole heart, soul, and mind. This is the commandment of the Great God, and he cannot command the impossible. Love is a fruit in season at all times and within reach of every hand. Anyone may gather it and no limit is set. Everyone can reach this love through meditation, spirit of prayer, and sacrifice by an intense inner life. There is no limit because God is love, love is God, God's love is infinite. But part is to love and to give until it hurts. That's why it is not how much you do, but how much love you put into the action.

  Mother Teresa

  Hurt, Prayer, Love You

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• I mean, I'm a war baby, and we had rationing, and we didn't have sugar and sweets, which is very good for you in actual fact. Because when we had a piece of fruit, we'd gulp it down. It was just great.

  Joan Collins

  Baby, Sweet, War

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• And one of the things I find most moving is the way people with infirmities manage to embrace Life, and from the cool flowers by the wayside reach conclusions about the vast splendour of its great gardens. They can, if their souls' strings are finely tuned, arrive with much less effort at the feeling of eternity; for everything we do, they may dream. And precisely where our deeds end, theirs begin to bear fruit.

  Rainer Maria Rilke

  Dream, Flower, Moving

  Rainer Maria Rilke (1998). “Diaries of a Young Poet”, p.46, W. W. Norton & Company

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• Books are attracted to me. They make a beeline for me, and stick to me. I have been so fond of them that at last they have begun to reciprocate. In my hands books burst like ripe fruit. Like magic flowers they unfold their petals to show me the vital thought, the suggestive word, the confirming quotation, the decisive illustration.

  Sergei Eisenstein

  Flower, Book, Illustration

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• The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.

  John James Audubon

  Trying, Talent, Recommendations

  John James Audubon (1873). “The Life of John James Audubon, the Naturalist”, p.145

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