Aloysius Battista Quotes

#1. Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

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#2. The fellow who says he'll meet you halfway usually thinks he's standing on the dividing line.

Orlando Aloysius Battista

#3. You're never quite sure how you feel about a neighbor until a 'For Sale' sign suddenly appears in front of his house.

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#4. Nothing adds to a person's leisure time like doing things when they are supposed to be done.

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#5. Alliteration is alarmingly addictive.

Tamara Ireland Stone

#6. The willingness to trust others even when you know you may be taken advantage of is the cornerstone of becoming civilized.

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#7. Knowledge is power, especially when it is hitched to a workhorse.

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#8. It's not about Al," I snap. "It's about everyone watching! Everyone who now sees
hurling themselves into the chasm as a viable option. I mean, why not do it if everyone
calls you a hero afterward? Why not do it if everyone will remember your name? It's ... I
can't ...

Veronica Roth

#9. An atheist is a man who looks through a telescope and tries to explain what he can't see ...

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#10. But how would it be if there was nowhere in the world that you belonged? If you could get nobody to love you? What if you could not be a Shadowhunter or a warlock or anything else?
Maybe then you were worse than a tragedy. Maybe you were nothing at all.

Cassandra Clare

#11. I say, 'Why not' to everything.

Russell Westbrook

#12. I still remember the first gig where I got people going, it was Rascals in New Jersey, and the place was packed. I was scared. People were expecting me to be funny. I gotta be honest, every time I walk into a club, it's that same fear.

Bill Burr

#13. One good thing about punctuality is that it's a sure way to help you enjoy a few minutes of privacy.

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#14. One of the hardest things to teach a child is that the truth is more important than the consequences.

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#15. Initiative is to success what a lighted match is to a candle.

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#16. Patience is never more important than when you are at the edge of losing it.

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#17. The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.

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#18. If silences could be pregnant, then this one went to full term.

Alison Weir

#19. One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.

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#20. There are times when silence is the best way to yell at the top of your voice.

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#21. A happy marriage is the world's best bargain.

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#22. The guy who sits in front of the TV set with headphones on has lost the capacity to react to the tactile environment.

Peter Eisenman

#23. The shortest distance between two jokes makes a perfect speech.

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#24. True love doesn't consist of holding hands, it consists of holding hearts.

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#25. Time was when the average person could pay as he goes. Nowadays he has to pay as he comes and goes.

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#26. An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

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#27. Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

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#28. Knowledge is the best eraser in the world for disharmony, distrust, despair, and the endless physical deficiencies of man.

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#29. Mr. Durukan, if God is dead then everything is conspiracy.

Ian McDonald

#30. Praise can be your most valuable asset as long as you don't aim it at yourself.

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#31. The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.

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#32. Before most people start boasting about their family tree, they usually do a good pruning job.

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#33. Man can learn a lot from fishing - when the fish are biting no problem in the world is big enough to be remembered.

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