Quotes of Series - somelinesforyou

“ There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures. ”

- Josiah Gilbert Holland

“ All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings. ”

- Edmund Waller

“ A chain is no stronger than its weakest link, and life is after all a chain. ”

- William James

“ The chains of habit are generally too weak to be felt, until they are too strong to be broken. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at. ”

- Horace

“ The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions. ”

- Andre Maurois

“ The historic ascent of humanity, taken as a whole, may be summarized as a succession of victories of consciousness over blind forces — in nature, in society, in man himself. ”

- Leon Trotsky

“ Life is a succession of lessons enforced by immediate reward, or, oftener, by immediate chastisement. ”

- Ernest Dimnet

“ Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slavedriver. ”

- Ambrose Bierce

“ Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues. ”

- Joseph Hall

“ Happy the man who has learned the cause of things and has put under his feet all fear, inexorable fate, and the noisy strife of the hell of greed. ”

- Virgil

“ The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it. ”

- Voltaire

“ Happy the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying, once and for all. ”

- Ovid

“ I've always liked P.F. Sloan's 'Eve Of Destruction.' It's the performance by the singer, Barry McGuire, and, um, I would say it's also the chord progression and melody. ”

- Frank Black

“ Those who do not move, do not notice their chains. ”

- Rosa Luxemburg

“ Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets. ”

- Douglas William Jerrold

“ Developing the plan is actually laying out the sequence of events that have to occur for you to achieve your goal. ”

- George L. Morrisey

“ By the golden chain Homer meant nothing else than the sun. ”

- Plato

“ So they united, and the Communist revolution took the chain from their legs and wound it around their necks. ”

- Samuel Bonom

“ Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings remain forever. ”

- Unknown

“ By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain. ”

- Oliver Goldsmith

“ Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want. ”

- Jean Vanier

“ Let the blacksmith wear the chains he has himself made. ”

- Aristotle

“ Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked. ”

- Henry Fielding

“ Yee have many strings to your bowe. ”

- John Heywood

“ Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same. ”

- Bruce Cockburn

“ I don't feel I'm a step above anyone on this team. I'm just another link in the chain. ”

- Jeff Gordon

“ We work because it's a chain reaction, each subject leads to the next. ”

- Charles Eames

“ Poets write the words you have heard before but in a new sequence. ”

- Brian Harris

“ There was one thing Beethoven didn't do. When one of his string quartets was played, you can believe the second violin wasn't improvising. ”

- Wynton Marsalis
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