Saint Augustine Quotes

The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?

Saint Augustine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: saint
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: 354 - 430

Topics

WorldFallingEmptinessPerilHonors

I think when you're a tall girl, you feel a little bit like an outcast. You have to go to the back of the photo. You're taller than all the boys. I know I felt more like an outsider. And then as I got older, I just got used to it. I got like, 'I don't date under 6 feet.' That's my policy.

Jessica Williams

GirlFeetThinkFeelYouBack

I am willing to do business and I'm willing to play ball with anyone, for I am very open-minded.

Matt Hardy

BusinessI AmPlayOpen-MindedBall

I started Chipotle with the idea to create an experience that's fast - and not fast food.

Steve Ells

FoodExperienceFastCreateStarted

To get to world-class, don't miss any opportunity to leverage the learning/insights/experiences of the people you meet. Because we really do become our conversations.

Robin S. Sharma

OpportunityPeopleYouMeetBecome

I'm homemade. I upload my videos in my living room; I edit everything, and I upload on my laptop. And my viewers love that about me, and they get inspired and do it themselves.

Michelle Phan

LoveMeLivingEverythingRoomGet

I discovered that I wanted to be an actor back when I did my first play in junior high. I've been doing theater in junior high and high school, and I just kept feeding the fire, kept wanting to pursue acting full-on.

Michael Steger

FireSchoolHigh SchoolDoingActing

We're like a gardener with a hose and our attention is water - we can water flowers or we can water weeds.

Josh Radnor

WaterFlowersAttentionWeedsLike

For me, masculinity is about control, and femininity is more of an embrace, the art of listening. It's very inspiring to explore the shadows of masculinity and femininity, and the tensions between both, and the place of women in the world right now.

Denis Villeneuve

WomenArtMeControlWorldShadows

I found in the past when I did a bit of punditry, I was very conscious of not saying anything negative about people I played against, because players are elephants and they remember when someone says something - I stored things for years and just waited for my opportunity.

Brian O'Driscoll

OpportunityPastPeopleSayingYears

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

William Westmoreland

WarStartMilitaryPoliticiansWars

As much as I liked and admired the various members of the Kennedy family, my first loyalty was to Jackie.

Pierre Salinger

FamilyLoyaltyFirstMuchMembers

Federalism is not one state dictating to the rest of the country what should occur in the area of CAFE.

Scott Pruitt

RestCountryCafeStateFederalism

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