Pretensions Crossword Quotes

#1. I further know that if God has something special for you, you have a knowledge of it inside you, which causes you not to be satisfied with anything that isn't this thing. You're "restless" until you find it.

Peggy Noonan

#2. Just as your hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountain, so this small earthly life keeps us from seeing the vast radiance that fills the core of the universe.

Nachman Of Breslov

#3. [The popular impression about some chemists is that] the aquafortis and the chlorine of the laboratories have as effectually bleached the poetry out of them, as they destroy the colours of tissues exposed to their action.

George Wilson

#4. Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

Ayn Rand

#5. Thus there arose in me both a need and a plan for the foundation of the human sciences.

Wilhelm Dilthey

#6. You've got to make haste while it's still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don't want to rust out, I just want to work out. If you stand still long enough, people will throw dirt on you.

Ben Vereen

#7. I've been challenged by so many people, and I don't frankly have time for total political correctness. And to be honest with you, this country doesn't have time either. This country is in big trouble. We don't win anymore.

Donald Trump

#8. When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

#9. A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character.

Federico Tesio

#10. When smashing monuments, save the pedestals. They always come in handy.

Stanislaw Lem

#11. I have to feel good on the inside to look glamorous.

Amanda Seyfried

#12. Die in my nightmares; I will live in yours.

Aniket More

#13. Parents can be very influential in designing those little creepy-crawlers that jump around in your mind for the rest of your life. It's the fear of not being good enough.

Kim Basinger

#14. I'm not very charismatic or telegenic. I feel bad for the kids waiting three hours in line for their book to be signed.

Jeff Kinney