Spectacular Quotes - Page 17

• The saint, we are told,
  once lived a life of sin -
  nothing spectacular, of course,
  just the usual things.

  Nissim Ezekiel

  Usual, Saint, Sin

  Nissim Ezekiel (1976). “Hymns in darkness”

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• It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the issues behind these falls could be grouped under a lack of competence, a lack of support or loyalty from those they sought to lead, and a lack of failure of integrity. Of all these the last is the most egregious, the most fatal. We so much want our leaders to be unfailingly decent that an obvious or perceived flaw in integrity can be the toxin which kills them off.

  Peter Cosgrove

  Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity

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• My best feature is unfortunately a private matter, although I'm told it is spectacular. But you can't really walk it down the red carpet. What can I say?

  Kate Beckinsale

  Red, Matter, Carpet

  "Kate Beckinsale Loves Her Lady Parts". Allure Magazine, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• When authoritative reports of radical-design craft having spectacular performance are viewed in the light of a stream of astrobiological discoveries, the possibility that some UFOs are alien does not seem quite so farfetched. Serious-minded scientists in astronomy and other disciplines estimate there could be billions of planets in the universe, and millions that could harbor life. If even a few of those planets were occupied by technological civilizations, their ability (if not desire) to explore other worlds, such as ours, must be a possibility.

  Don Berliner

  Light, Discovery, Other Worlds

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• By and large, I seem to have made more mistakes than any others of whom I know, but have learned thereby to make ever swifter acknowledgment of the errors and thereafter immediately set about to deal more effectively with the truths disclosed by the acknowledgment of erroneous assumptions.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Truth, Mistake, Errors

  R. Buckminster Fuller (1982). “Critical Path”, p.363, Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller

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• I've learned... That it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

  Andy Rooney

  I've Learned, I Have Learned, Happenings

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• Funny thing, every time an angel appeared to someone in the Bible, the first thing he'd say was, "Fear not."... I guess they were pretty spectacular.

  Gilbert Morris

  Angel, Funny Things, Firsts

  Gilbert Morris (2005). “The Angel of Bastogne”, p.30, B&H Publishing Group

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• I don't think people understand how stressful it is to explain what's going on in your head when you don't even understand it yourself.

  Sara Quin

  Thinking, People, Stressful

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• The fourth tee brings out a mixture of excitement and anticipation, for about 220 yards down the fairway you catch a glimpse of Stillwater Cove, and realize you'll be walking along this spectacular meeting of land and sea for the next two hours.

  Doug Ferguson

  Golf, Sea, Land

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• In order to change an existing paradigm you do not struggle to try and change the problematic model. You create a new model and make the old one obsolete.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Struggle, Order, Trying

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• The world has enough beautiful mountains and meadows, spectacular skies and serene lakes. It has enough lush forests, flowered fields, and sandy beaches. It has plenty of stars and the promise of a new sunrise and sunset every day. What the world needs more of is people to appreciate and enjoy it.

  Michael Josephson

  Motivational, Beautiful, Gratitude

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