ODE QUOTES

• I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other class. There seems ever to have been a proneness in the brilliant and warm-blooded to fall into this vice.
  ~ Abraham Lincoln ~
• Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
  ~ Clive Staples Lewis ~
• What is a country without rabbits and partridges They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products ancient and venerable familes known to antiquity as to modern times of the very hue and substance of Nature, nearest allied to leaves and to the ground.
  ~ Henry David Thoreau ~
• Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.
  ~ Abraham Lincoln ~
• There is a god within us, and we have intercourse with heaven. That spirit comes from abodes on high.
  ~ Ovid ~
• The need of exercise is a modern superstition, invented by people who ate too much and had nothing to think about.
  ~ George Santayana ~
• The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.
  ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes ~
• Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.
  ~ Oscar Wilde ~
• Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
  ~ Oscar Wilde ~
• Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
  ~ Ovid ~
• I wonder how so insupportable a thing as a bookseller was ever permitted to grow up in the Commonwealth. Many of our modern booksellers are but needless excrements, or rather vermin.
  ~ George Wither ~
• History is a living horse laughing at a wooden horse. History is a wind blowing where it listeth. History is no sure thing to bet on. History is a box of tricks with a lost key. History is a labyrinth of doors with sliding panels, a book of ciphers with the code in a cave of the Saragossa sea. History says, if it pleases, Excuse me, I beg your pardon, it will never happen again if I can help it.
  ~ Carl Sandburg ~
• Half of the secular unrest and dismal, profane sadness of modern society comes from the vain ideas that every man is bound to be a critic for life.
  ~ Henry Van Dyke ~
• By a curious confusion, many modern critics have passed from the proposition that a masterpiece may be unpopular to the other proposition that unless it is unpopular it cannot be a masterpiece.
  ~ G. K. Chesterton ~
• As blushing will sometimes make a whore pass for a virtuous woman, so modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.
  ~ Jonathan Swift ~
• Another unsettling element in modern art is that common symptom of immaturity, the dread of doing what has been done before.
  ~ Edith Wharton ~
• And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, that of yourself which you yet know not of.
  ~ William Shakespeare ~
• And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, that of yourself which you yet know not of.
  ~ William Shakespeare ~
• Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.
  ~ George Santayana ~
• Advertising is the modern substitute for argument its function is to make the worse appear the better.
  ~ George Santayana ~
• A country which proposes to make use of modern war as an instrument of policy must possess a highly centralized, all-powerful executive, hence the absurdity of talking about the defense of democracy by force of arms. A democracy which makes or effectively prepares for modern scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic.
  ~ Aldous Huxley ~
• Drug is not a stress buster. Its an addiction that erodes life & humanity!
  ~ Yogesh V Nayyar ~
• No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.
  ~ Bruce Barton ~
• I felt Joyce was an influence on my fiction, but in a very general way, as a kind of inspiration and a model for the beauty of language.
  ~ Don Delillo ~
• A Latin teacher told me I might make a good actress, and that stuck in my memory. I did some modeling, and Polanski gave me that small part.
  ~ Jacqueline Bisset ~
• A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
  ~ Jacqueline Bisset ~
• Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
  ~ Jacqueline Bisset ~
• A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
  ~ Jacqueline Bisset ~
• Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
  ~ Jacqueline Bisset ~
• Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
  ~ Jacqueline Bisset ~
• A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.
  ~ Jacqueline Bisset ~
• The radical novelty of modern science lies precisely in the rejection of the belief... that the forces which move the stars and atoms are contingent upon the preferences of the human heart.
  ~ Walter Lippmann ~
• A very intimate sense of the expressiveness of outward things, which ponders, listens, penetrates, where the earlier, less developed consciousness passed lightly by, is an important element in the general temper of our modern poetry.
  ~ Walter Pater ~
• I'm a role model now. I didn't know I was gonna have 13-year-old fans, so I've tried to change a few things here and there. But I also know that the girls don't want me to be Miley Cyrus, either.
  ~ Nicki Minaj ~
• My books are elegiac in the sense that they're odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination.
  ~ Richard Russo ~
• The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.
  ~ Edward De Bono ~
• So we're considering doing a new Christmas album, because there's been Christmas episodes since then, and maybe finally do the version of 'The Most Offensive Song Ever' with lyrics intact.
  ~ Trey Parker ~
• I wouldn't say that processed food, ready meals and even takeaways aren't relevant to modern life, it's just that over the past 40 years there are three generations of people who have come out of school and gone through their home life without ever being shown how to cook properly.
  ~ Jamie Oliver ~
• High and low culture come together in all Post Modern art, and American poetry is not excluded from this.
  ~ Diane Wakoski ~
• People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come.
  ~ Tyra Banks ~
• I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
  ~ Tyra Banks ~
• Individual psychotherapy - that is, engaging a distressed fellow human in a disciplined conversation and human relationship - requires that the therapist have the proper temperament and philosophy of life for such work. By that I mean that the therapist must be patient, modest, and a perceptive listener, rather than a talker and advice-giver.
  ~ Thomas Szasz ~
• Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.
  ~ Thomas Szasz ~
• I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.
  ~ Robert Rodriguez ~
• I just think old old movies, they make you concentrate and pay attention so much more. They feel so warm. A lot of modern digital videotape, it's just too bright. Don't know why, it's not warm.
  ~ Jack White ~
• A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
  ~ Jessica Savitch ~
• When I started out as a music journalist, at the end of the 1980s, it was generally assumed that we were living through the lamest music era the world would ever see. But those were also the years when hip-hop exploded, beatbox disco soared, indie rock took off, and new wave invented a language of teen angst.
  ~ Rob Sheffield ~
• In their heyday, the Pet Shop Boys were the Interpol of the Eighties, dressing up to sing really weird pop songs about lust and loneliness in the big city. They're low-pro now, not retro-worshipped in the manner of Depeche Mode, New Order, or The Cure, but you can hear the reason why - these guys are too sad.
  ~ Rob Sheffield ~
• In their heyday, the Pet Shop Boys were the Interpol of the Eighties, dressing up to sing really weird pop songs about lust and loneliness in the big city. They're low-pro now, not retro-worshipped in the manner of Depeche Mode, New Order, or The Cure, but you can hear the reason why - these guys are too sad.
  ~ Rob Sheffield ~
• The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to.
  ~ Andrew Shue ~
• One thing that I feel very, very strongly is that we talk about Islamic countries, Islamic people, Islamic leaders, as either moderates or extremists. It's almost like there are only two categories of Muslims. And actually, that doesn't show respect. It shows lack of understanding of the diversity of Muslim thought.
  ~ David Miliband ~
• A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
  ~ Umberto Eco ~
• A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy hands. so the librarian protects the books not only against mankind but also against nature and devotes his life to this war with the forces of oblivion.
  ~ Umberto Eco ~
• Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
  ~ Charles Babbage ~
• People always think that if you eat anything as a model, it's amazing. I used to tease them and say, you know I'm going to throw up afterwards.
  ~ Christy Turlington ~
• It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.
  ~ Michael Morpurgo ~
• It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.
  ~ Michael Morpurgo ~
• Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
  ~ Joseph Joubert ~
• The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
  ~ Edward Abbey ~
• The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
  ~ Edward Abbey ~
• My first attempt at a kiss was in fifth grade, but it didn't go so well. Later, I used Boyz II Men and Jodeci songs to come on to girls. I had more success.
  ~ John Legend ~
• It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.
  ~ Lafcadio Hearn ~
• It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese.
  ~ Lafcadio Hearn ~
• It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.
  ~ Florence Welch ~
• It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.
  ~ Florence Welch ~
• The older people that one admires seem to be fearless. They go right out into the world. It's astounding. Maybe they can't see or they can't hear, but they walk out into the street and take life as it comes. They're models of courage, in a strange way.
  ~ James Hillman ~
• At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.
  ~ Peter Ustinov ~
• I don't think there's anything that is a greater area of discrimination against women today than the fact that nowhere in the world is there a female role model in team sports that more than half of a general audience would recognize.
  ~ Warren Farrell ~
• The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
  ~ Golda Meir ~
• The public history of modern art is the story of conventional people not knowing what they are dealing with.
  ~ Golda Meir ~
• Religion always remains higher than everyday life. In order to make the elevation towards religion easier for people, religion must be able to alter its forms in relation to the consciousness of modern man.
  ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ~
• In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.
  ~ David Ogilvy ~
• The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has been subsumed into modern literature. There are grandparents out there who speak Klingon, who are quite capable of holding down a job. No one would think twice now about a parallel universe.
  ~ Terry Pratchett ~
• Your home is regarded as a model home, your life as a model life. But all this splendor, and you along with it... it's just as though it were built upon a shifting quagmire. A moment may come, a word can be spoken, and both you and all this splendor will collapse.
  ~ Henrik Ibsen ~
• However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson nothing is impossible.
  ~ Lewis Mumford ~
• My mom decorated with lots of antiques. I never liked it when I was a little girl - I wanted to live in a modern house. But now I love it.
  ~ Paris Hilton ~
• Well, right now, I'm very fascinated with 1920s Berlin. I mean, probably the more interesting thing would be to go to the beginning of civilization or precivilization - like polytheistic times. It would be interesting to see what came before modern religion and culture - what circumstances created the environment or the need for it.
  ~ Natalie Portman ~
• For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food.
  ~ Bobby Flay ~
• For me, it's all about moderation. I don't kick things out of my diet, like carbs. But I'm not going to eat fast food.
  ~ Bobby Flay ~
• When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.
  ~ Vera Wang ~
• When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.
  ~ Vera Wang ~
• McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book-as-object.
  ~ Dave Eggers ~
• McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book-as-object.
  ~ Dave Eggers ~
• To me, the print business model is so simple, where readers pay a dollar for all the content within, and that supports the enterprise.
  ~ Dave Eggers ~
• Death Valley is really wide-open - it's bigger than Rhode Island - and it's less a part of California than an ungoverned territory, so there's lots of weird cops-and-robbers stuff going on.
  ~ Gus Van Sant ~
• No, I chose the name Jane Seymour because I was doing my first film, 'Ode to Lovely War,' and one of the top agents in England spotted me dancing in the chorus. I was a singer and dancer in that movie with Maggie Smith, um, and he told me he couldn't sell me as Joyce Penelope Willomena Frankenburger.
  ~ Jane Seymour ~
• My role model is my dad.
  ~ Seann William Scott ~
• Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm.
  ~ Terry Eagleton ~
• Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm.
  ~ Terry Eagleton ~
• I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology.
  ~ Major Owens ~
• Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital investment in education are all included.
  ~ Major Owens ~
• I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology.
  ~ Major Owens ~
• I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology.
  ~ Major Owens ~
• Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital investment in education are all included.
  ~ Major Owens ~
• There are days when I literally have to eat 17 plates of food - it's intense. It's about moderation. You just need a few bites to get the gist of a dish.
  ~ Gail Simmons ~
• God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
  ~ Ramakrishna ~
• I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will come true. It's an act of faith now they think that's going to sort things out.
  ~ Jarvis Cocker ~
• I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will come true. It's an act of faith now they think that's going to sort things out.
  ~ Jarvis Cocker ~
• I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will come true. It's an act of faith now they think that's going to sort things out.
  ~ Jarvis Cocker ~
• I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will come true. It's an act of faith now they think that's going to sort things out.
  ~ Jarvis Cocker ~