I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the
fabric of their lives.
View quotes by TolstoyDo you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty
fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
View quotes by Saint AugustineIf we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social
fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.
View quotes by Margaret MeadTopographically the country is magnificent - and terrifying. Why terrifying? Because nowhere else in the world is the divorce between man and nature so complete. Nowhere have I encountered such a dull, monotonous
fabric of life as here in America. Here boredom reaches its peak.
View quotes by Henry MillerIn a poem the excitement has to maintain itself. I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of a
fabric is governed by gravity.
View quotes by Marianne MooreAs crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the
fabric of life.
View quotes by Rachel CarsonIt is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true
fabric of self.
View quotes by Agnes RepplierWhat interested me was not news, but appraisal. What I sought was to grasp the flavor of a man, his texture, his impact, what he stood for, what he believed in, what made him what he was and what color he gave to the
fabric of his time.
View quotes by John GuntherShe writes like a loom, producing her broad rich
fabric with hardly a thought of how it will make up into a shape, while I write to cover a frame of ideas.
View quotes by H G WellsNature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her
fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry.
View quotes by Richard Feynman If I could be reincarnated as a
fabric, I would come back as a 38 double-D bra.
View quotes by James George JanosA rotten
fabric of guess and speculation [on Darwins theory of evolution]
View quotes by Samuel WilberforceIf there is a chance that the smallest abrasion could appear in the
fabric, it is best to wear it with kneepads.
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fabric, it is best to wear it with kneepads.
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