Inevitabilities Quotes

#1. All rising suns set, Archivist. [...] All revolutions are [fantacy, lunacy], until they happen, then they are historical inevitabilities. [...] I was not genomed to alter history, [...] no revolutionary ever was.

David Mitchell

#2. Yes, it is a rich language, Lieutenant, full of the mythologies of fantasy and hope and self-deception - a syntax opulent with tomorrows. It is our response to mud cabins and a diet of potatoes; our only method of replying to ... inevitabilities.

Brian Friel

#3. Fantasy. Lunacy.
All revolutions are, until they happen, then they are historical inevitabilities.

David Mitchell

#4. The wisest minds are those who refuse all the negative inevitabilities!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#5. Vision, Uncertainty, and Knowledge of Materials are inevitabilities that all artists must acknowledge and learn from: vision is always ahead of execution, knowledge of materials is your contact with reality, and uncertainty is a virtue.

David Bayles

#6. Not to give away the woman one loved, but to back her up in her mistakes
once they had gone a certain length
that was perhaps chief among the inevitabilities of the abjection of love.

Henry James

#7. War is a generality, so are the inevitabilities of war, including death.

Marguerite Duras

#8. All revolutions are the sheerest fantasy until they happen; then they become historical inevitabilities.

David Mitchell

#9. The Four Inevitabilities: 1. Musty Books. 2. Uninteresting Nature. 3. Dull Existence. 4. Blank Nirvana, buy that boy.

Jack Kerouac

#10. Induratize (v.) To harden the heart. Among the inevitabilities of old age are that the heart is hardened twice; first figuratively, through experience and loss, and then literally, in the form of atherosclerosis.

Ammon Shea

#11. By accepting life's limits and inevitabilities and working with them rather than fighting them, we become free.

Epictetus

#12. Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.

Douglas Adams

#13. There are no inevitabilities in history

Paul Johnson

#14. Closing her eyes for a moment against the pain and loss, Carrie asked quietly, "And what if I don't feel any forgiveness for her?" Softly, Mattie whispered,

Suzanne Woods Fisher

#15. Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. On the other hand, that which we allow him to discover for himself will remain with him visible for the rest of his life.

Jean Piaget

#16. I stayed up all night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.

Steven Wright

#17. If we had to play Augusta National in one hour, the best athlete would win the Masters. But as it is, they give us time to hang ourselves. Every swing is a 'thought shot'. So instead of the best athlete, you end up with the best thinker as the winner.

Joe Inman

#18. The time of universal peace is near.
Prove this a prosp'rous day, the three-nooked world
Shall bear the olive freely.

William Shakespeare

#19. Martise blushed and lowered her eyes. "I meant no offense."

"Ah, another way to apologize. You have an impressive arsenal of conciliatory statements. I've known slaves less contrite than you.

Grace Draven

#20. The only time I'm the only woman in the room is when I go to the leadership meeting.

Nancy Pelosi

#21. You cannot take credit for your talents. It is what you do with them that counts.

Madeleine L'Engle

#22. The rejection of mass organizations as the be-all, end-all of organizing is vital for the creation and rediscovery of possibilities for empowerment and effective anarchistic work.

Curious George Brigade

#23. Just because I'm good at my job doesn't mean my job is good for me.

Jessica Manca

#24. The inquiry leads us to that source, at once the essence of genius, of virtue, and of life, which we call Spontaneity or Instinct.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#25. It's lunacy out there. Christmas makes people insane. And that bit about goodwill toward men? It sure as hell doesn't apply to retail.

J.D. Robb

#26. It's no secret that I am not afraid to shine bright and be festive, and I like to encourage that in others.

Cam Newton