Ultimate Quotes - Page 39

• Christendom and heathendom now stand face to face... At bottom is a violent and irreconcilable quarrel about the nature of God and the nature of an and the ultimate nature of the universe; it is a war of dogma.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Christian, Religious, War

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• Many businessmen fail to understand Python principles--the ultimate absurdity was an offer from America to buy the 'format' of the Python shows, that is, Monty Python without the Pythons--corporate methods do not have the conceptual framework to deal with an anarchist collective, run by intelligent and arrogant comedians who have proved that their method works.

  Robert Hewison

  Friends, Running, Failure

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• The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would develop plans of resistance and resort to arms.

  James Madison

  Powerful, Government, People

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• Hispanic gives us all one ultimate paternal cultural progenitor: Spain. The diverse cultures already on the American shores when the Europeans arrived, as well as those introduced because of the African slave trade, are completely obliterated by the term. Hispanic is nothing more than a concession made by the U. S. legislature when they saw they couldn't get rid of us. If we won't go away, why not at least Europeanize us, make us presentable guests at the dinner table, take away our feathers and rattles and civilize us once and for all.

  Ana Castillo

  Giving, Diversity, Going Away

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• Those too impressed with material things cannot hold their place n the world of culture; they are relegated to inferiority and ultimate death.

  Alexander Crummell

  Culture, Inferiority, World

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• Trust is the ultimate human currency.

  Bill McDermott

  Currency, Humans

  "CEO Speaker Series: Technology and Global Growth: A Conversation with Bill McDermott, Co-Chief Executive Officer, SAP". Interview with Peter Cook, www.cfr.org. April 12, 2012.

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• The question remains, as it will always remain, one of ultimate authority.  Who are you going to follow in your life?  Who will command your allegiance?  Christ...or culture?  You really can't have it both ways.

  Stu Weber

  Culture, Way, Christ

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• ... the attempt to control poetry, to subordinate it to extrapoetic ends, constitutes misuse.... it may be poetry's stubborn quality of rockbottom, intrinsic uselessness whichconstitutes the guarantee of its integrity, and hence of its ultimate value to us.

  Jan Clausen

  Integrity, Poetry, Feminism

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• Setbacks and fear are inevitable.  The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?

  Blake Mycoskie

  Motivational, Success, Obstacles

  Blake Mycoskie (2012). “Start Something That Matters”, p.53, Random House

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• There is a belief that love has its own justification, that it should be experienced as passionately as possible. The French have a wonderful expression, amour passion, which is the ultimate.

  Marilyn Yalom

  Passion, Expression, Belief

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The ultimate disguise is nothing. Nudity.

  Nick Offerman

  Nudity, Disguise

  Interview with Elina Shatkin, www.believermag.com. October 2012.

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• The strength of Ray Ortlund's study of Proverbs is its Christ-centeredness. The wisdom of Proverbs loses none of its practical value, but rather is given its ultimate fulfillment as an expression of the wisdom of Christ.

  Graeme Goldsworthy

  Expression, Rays, Centeredness

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• In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations.

  Janine di Giovanni

  War, Healing, Aftermath

  "Spectres of Sarajevo" by Janine di Giovanni, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2008.

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• The militia is our ultimate safety. We can have no security without it. The great object is that every man be armed.

  Patrick Henry

  Men, Safety, Militia

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• No matter what spiritual path you've walked or what teachings you've followed, they must lead you back to no path and no teaching. A true teaching is like a blazing fire that consumes itself. The teaching must not only consume you, but consume itself as well. All must be burned to ash, and then the ash must be burned. Then, and only then, is the Ultimate realized.

  Adyashanti

  Spiritual, Teaching, Fire

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• It's not the honors and not the titles and not the power that is of ultimate importance. It's what resides inside.

  Fred Rogers

  Honor, Titles, Importance

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• Palestine is not the ultimate goal of the Jews; the world is. Palestine is just the place for the world state headquarters.

  Israel Shamir

  Goal, World, States

  Israel Shamir (2005). “Pardes”, p.87

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• Adultery is the ultimate deal-breaker for me. I would rather be alone than in a relationship that doesn't honor me.

  Garcelle Beauvais

  Honor, Adultery, Deals

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There is no kind of ultimate goal to do something twice as good as anyone else can. It's just to do the job as best you can. If it turns out good, fine. If it doesn't, that's the way it goes.

  Chuck Yeager

  Jobs, Goal, Way

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• The ultimate design of the Mysteries ... was to lead us back to the principles from which we descended, ... a perfect enjoyment of intellectual [spiritual] good.

  Plato

  Spiritual, Perfect, Design

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• Our drives are reducible to the will to power. The will to power is the ultimate fact at which we arrive.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Power, Facts, Instinct

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• Whatever your plan, you never invest your own self-worth in its ultimate success or failure.

  Wayne Dyer

  Success, Self Worth, Plans

  Wayne W. Dyer (2011). “Pulling Your Own Strings: Dynamic Techniques for Dealing with Other People and Living Your Life As You Choose”, p.9, Harper Collins

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• Pure souls, didn’t I tell you not to be seduced by this colorful world for I am the Ultimate Painter.

  Rumi

  Soul, World, Painter

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• Giving yourself is the ultimate revolution.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Sacrifice, Giving, Revolution

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• In the attention economy, anyone trying to connect with an audience must treat the user's time as the ultimate resource.

  Jakob Nielsen

  Trying, Attention, Economy

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