Kenneth L. Pike Quotes

Today's practicality is often no more than the accepted form of yesterday's theory.

Kenneth L. Pike

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TodayYesterdayMoreTheoryAccepted

I didn't get hurt in the contest. I hurt it the next day.

Jimmy Piersall

DayHurtNextGetContest

I feel like my mum is in heaven sharing a cup of tea with Lady Fate and plotting my life out like a chess game.

Jenny Frost

LifeTeaGameFateFeelMy Life

All things are subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.

John Dryden

FateThingsObeyMustAll Things

My brother liked sewing and sculpting and making things, and my sister sewed and painted and cooked and baked. She's a professional baker now and makes the most gorgeous sculpture-like cakes. She's the queen of wedding cakes in the Lake Tahoe area.

John Lasseter

QueenBrotherSisterWeddingLake

Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers.

Stanley Crouch

BusinessDangerousLineBigAgainst

My craziest ambition is to take John Madden's job and salary.

Michael Strahan

JobAmbitionSalaryTakeCraziest

I think 'Historian' is ultimately a positive record, but I was a little bit worried about taking people into a dark world. I tried to do it with as much care as possible, but it's not easy to ask people to think about death or loss or confusion.

Lucy Dacus

PositiveDeathPeopleWorldThink

I don't know the first real thing about the dating game. I don't know how to talk to a specific person and connect. I just think you have to go to person by person and do the best you can with people in general.

Jason Schwartzman

BestDatingPeopleGameThinkYou

The rich flavors of duck meat have always attracted sweet, fruit-based sauces.

Jonathan Miles

SweetRichDuckAlwaysMeatFlavors

I never considered myself an entertainer. I always felt I had to be connected to something meaningful, or it wasn't worth doing.

Donovan

MyselfDoingWorthConnectedNever

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

Dean Acheson

GreatMirrorManLookingEgoPublic

I think it's normal to have competition once you get to the professional level.

Christian Pulisic

CompetitionThinkYouProfessional

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