Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal. Samuel Butler British Poet More Samuel Butler Quotes 5
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference. Edmund Burke Irish Statesman More Edmund Burke Quotes 4
Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal to the growth of a masculine vigour of intellect. George Boole Irish Mathematician More George Boole Quotes 1
Every time there is an accident, there is a fatal. It's just a nasty, nasty road. Mike Healy More Mike Healy Quotes 1
What are fears but voices airy? Whispering harm where harm is not. And deluding the unwary Till the fatal bolt is shot! William Wordsworth English Poet More William Wordsworth Quotes 1
So-called ''austerity,'' the stoic injunction, is the path towards universal destruction. It is the old, the fatal, competitive path. ''Pull in your belt'' is a slogan closely related to ''gird up your loins,'' or the guns-butter metaphor. Wyndham Lewis English Artist More Wyndham Lewis Quotes 0
I think you can safely say that wolf attacks are rare, and fatal attacks are unknown. So this attack is really exceptional. Paul Paquet More Paul Paquet Quotes 0
These were five fatal blows with murderous intent ... Self defense has no basis in this case. Peter Chapman More Peter Chapman Quotes 0
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal. David Brin American Author More David Brin Quotes 0
Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too. Frederick Buechner American Clergyman More Frederick Buechner Quotes 0
It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal. Edgar Rice Burroghs More Edgar Rice Burroghs Quotes 0
Character and law-enforcement issues involving the CEO of a financial-services firm will almost always prove fatal. Richard Breeden More Richard Breeden Quotes 0
I've seen more paperwork on animal control than I have on fatal accidents. I'm very disgusted by this process. I don't know what's going on here ... if there's something underlying with the department, let's look at that, too. Robert Peters More Robert Peters Quotes 0
The rules of engagement are established. There have been one or two slips but nothing politically fatal. Robert Pickersgill More Robert Pickersgill Quotes 0
The real and fatal gap at the heart of the prosecution case is that they haven't been able to lead any evidence at all that could establish that the case containing the bomb started at Malta Airport, ... And without such evidence the case against the two Libyans simply collapses. Robert Black More Robert Black Quotes 0
Dad was also a deeply, unabashedly religious man. But he never made the fatal mistake of so many politicians-wearing his faith on his sleeve to gain political advantage. Ron Reagan More Ron Reagan Quotes 0
One fatal flaw in all of our planning that was really brought to the forefront by Katrina is that all of our plans are based on the first responders being local officials. Ross Grayson More Ross Grayson Quotes 0
Young, inexperienced drivers are much more likely to be in fatal crashes at this time of year. Sean Comey More Sean Comey Quotes 0
During the first 11 years of the study period, we found an over-representation of alcohol-related fatal and injury crashes the day of the game. The proportion of fatal and injury crashes that were alcohol-related was 33 percent greater on Super Bowl Sunday than on comparable Sundays in January and February. Steven Bloch More Steven Bloch Quotes 0
For the most part, we breach and assault targets that would be fatal for riflemen to attack. We have the resources to take targets out without going in bodily. Steven Phillips More Steven Phillips Quotes 0
The fatal law of gravity; when you are down, everything falls down on you. Sylvia Townsend Warner More Sylvia Townsend Warner Quotes 0