Quotes of Continuance - somelinesforyou

“ The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition. ”

- Israel Zangwill

“ On the diffusion of education among the people rest the preservation and perpetuation of our free institutions. ”

- Daniel Webster

“ War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of politics by other means. ”

- Karl von Clausewitz

“ War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. ”

- Carl von Clausewitz

“ War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. ”

- Carl von Clausewitz

“ Writing is the continuation of politics by other means. ”

- Philippe Sollers

“ The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer. ”

- St. Augustine

“ Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice. ”

- Francis Quarles

“ As we consider $81.9 billion dollars for the continuation in our effort in Iraq and Afghanistan, if we look for optimism, it surrounds us everywhere. ”

- Johnny Isakson

“ We see the continuation of terrorist activities directed against the Afghan people. India and Afghanistan will jointly fight to eliminate this menace from the region and the world. ”

- Hamid Karzai

“ The continuation of this program is vital to our economic stability. ”

- Charles Schumer

“ Writing is the only thing I've ever done with persistence, except for being married. ”

- Richard Ford

“ For a character with longevity, you have to have that. ”

- Tom Selleck

“ The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry. ”

- Richard Dawkins

“ Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else. ”

- Gloria Steinem

“ I see no evidence of active malice, but I see a continuation of passive indifference on the part of our government toward the least of these. ”

- Barack Obama

“ There was never anything by the wit of man so well devised, or so sure established, which in continuance of time hath not been corrupted. ”

- Book of Common Prayer

“ To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake. ”

- Arthur Schopenhauer

“ War is the continuation of politics by other means. ”

- Karl von Clausewitz

“ War is the continuation of politics by other means. ”

- General Karl Von Clausewitz

“ Faith is the continuation of reason. ”

- William Adams

“ Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. ”

- Thomas Carlyle

“ Character is the impulse reined down into steady continuance. ”

- C. H. Parkhurst

“ Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body. ”

- Susan Griffin

“ Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life. ”

- Bette Davis

“ Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder. ”

- Babe Ruth

“ Faith is a continuation of reason. ”

- William Adams

“ We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are. ”

- Tobias Wolff

“ Failure is usually the line of least persistence. ”

- Wilfred Beaver

“ Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species. ”

- W. Somerset Maugham
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