"A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME WILL SMELL AS SWEET. BUT IT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT WHATEVER WE CHOOSE TO CALL A ROSE WILL POSSESS THE ROSE'S FRAGRANCE."

-- B. B. Warfield

#Sweet Quotes #Names Quotes #Smell Quotes

“I think the things that make people different are the things that make them the most beautiful.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“'Civilians' is a term I love. It's what Elizabeth Hurley used to describe people who weren't on TV.”
“Influence is exerted by every human being from the hour of birth to that of death.”
“When dreaded outcomes are actually imminent we don't worry about themwe take action. Seeing lava from the local volcano make its way down the street toward our house does not cause worry it causes running. Also we don't usually choose imminent events as subjects for our worrying and thus emerges an ironic truth: Often the very fact that you are worrying about something means that it isn't likely to happen.”

Source : Gavin De Becker (1999). “Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)”, Doubleday
“Regarded anatomically, the resemblances between the foot of Man and the foot of the Gorilla are far more striking and important than the differences. ...be the differences between the hand and foot of Man and those of the Gorilla what they may the differences between those of the Gorilla and those of the lower Apes are much greater.”
“I think that the project of being alive is to be alive. So there will always be twists and turns and steps forward and steps back, but that's just your life. There is no sort of place at which to arrive, and I think that the more one focuses on an end point, the harder it is to get there. It's like the horizon, sort of ever receding, ever receding, ever receding.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The consequences of President Johnsons campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president, his party, and the presidency itself.”
“Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew.”

Source : "Oxford cut early dash to set Light Blues up for the chop", www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2006.

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