Quotes of Origin - somelinesforyou

“ The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. ”

- Pierre Abelard

“ At the beginning of the 1960s, here in the United States, LSD became a drug of abuse. In a short time, this wave of popular use swept the country and it became drug number one. It was then used incautiously and people were not prepared and informed about its deep effects… ”

- Albert Hofmann

“ A nation is a society united by a delusion about it's ancestry and by a common hatred of it's neighbours. ”

- William Ralph Inge

“ In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better. ”

- Ellen DeGeneres

“ Love, work and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it. ”

- Wilhelm Reich

“ A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing, And mischief-making monkey from his birth. ”

- Lord Byron

“ The young feel tired at the end of an action, the old at the beginning. ”

- T. S. Eliot

“ The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world. ”

- W. S. Ross

“ The Earth is the Cradle of the Mind — but one cannot eternally live in a cradle. ”

- Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky

“ Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, that found me poor at first, and keep me so. ”

- Oliver Goldsmith

“ Birth and ancestry, and that which we have not ourselves achieved, we can scarcely call our own. ”

- Ovid

“ In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself. ”

- Ayumi Hamasaki

“ The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. ”

- Ivy Baker Priest

“ There is a good reason they cal these ceremonies 'commencement exercises' Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning. ”

- Orrin Hatch

“ Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ”

- Bertrand Russell

“ Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ”

- Thich Nhat Hanh

“ Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. ”

- Unknown

“ Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality. ”

- Carl Edward Sagan

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Hope is like a hairball trembling from its birth… ”

- Christina Rossetti

“ Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. ”

- Henry Ford

“ As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all innovations, which are the births of time. ”

- Francis Bacon

“ For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of the reflections. ”

- Peace Pilgrim

“ Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus. ”

- Bishop Robert South

“ Approximately 80 % of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days. ”

- Voltaire

“ This is the beginning of a new day. God has given me this day to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good, but what I do today is important, because I am exchanging a day of my life for it! When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever, leaving in its place something that I have traded for it… ”

- Unknown

“ Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ A plumber is an adventurer who traces leaky pipes to their source. ”

- Arthur Baer
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