Compleat Quotes

#1. No man can be a compleat Lawyer by universalitie of knowledge without experience in particular cases, nor by bare experience without universalitie of knowledge; he must be both speculative & active, for the science of the laws, I assure you, must joyne hands with experience.

Edward Coke

#2. The true principle of government is this - make the system compleat in its structure; give a perfect proportion and balance to its parts; and the powers you give it will never affect your security.

Alexander Hamilton

#3. The "compleat diplomat" of the future should remain cognizant of realism's emphasis on the inescapable role of power, keep liberalism's awareness of domestic forces in mind, and occasionally reflect on constructivism's vision of change.

Stephen M. Walt

#4. Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns.

Daniel Morgan

#5. The Compleat Angler is acknowledged to be one of the world's books. Only the trouble is that the world doesn't read its books, it borrows a detective story instead.

Stephen Leacock

#6. I can see this so clearly because I have long ago given up my own hopes of being happy.

Iris Murdoch

#7. Once again, we see the Bush administration paying for its failed policies by cutting funds to vital public services and jeopardizing more American jobs.

Corrine Brown

#8. There is a science of war, but how strange that there isn't a science of peace. There are colleges of war; why can't we study peace?

Audrey Hepburn

#9. I am a great believer in people taking control of their own lives.

Peter Mayle

#10. I don't see coach job stressful, I really don't. Of course, there is pressure and expectation, but I wouldn't necessarily equate that with stress.

Brendan Rodgers

#11. No man of any intelligence would pretend to know a female mind.

Julia Quinn

#12. But this ... Stop fighting, Kiera. Just say you want this. Tell me you want me ... like I want you. I already know you do ...

S.C. Stephens

#13. Visualize and think about yourself as you would ideally like to be, not just as you are.

Brian Tracy

#14. You cannot lead others until you have first learned to lead yourself.

Robin S. Sharma

#15. A jade eates as much as a good horse.

George Herbert

#16. The door banged open, and Eve rushed out, flushed and mussed and still buttoning her shirt. 'It's not what you think,' she said. 'It was just - oh, okay, whatever, it was exactly what you think. Now, what?

Rachel Caine

#17. Ain't no glory made from being dependable.

Esi Edugyan

#18. The Lords of Chaos are
the enemies of Logic,
the jugglers of Truth,
the molders of Beauty

Michael Moorcock

#19. I'm kind of a homebody. I like to sit at home and watch movies and eat good food.

Emilie De Ravin