The mind wants to live forever, or to learn a very good reason why not. The mind wants the world to return its love, or its awareness. . . The mind's sidekick, however, will settle for two eggs over easy. The dear, stupid body is easily satisfied as a spaniel. And, incredibly, the simple spaniel can lure the brawling mind to its dish. It is everlastingly funny that the proud, metaphysically ambitious mind will hush if you give it an egg.
It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship of God, and the support of religion, constitute no part of the policy or duty of the state in any assignable shape. The future experience of Christendom, and chiefly of the American states, must settle this problem, as yet new in the history of the world, abundant, as it has been, in experiments in the theory of government.
Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce.
We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we are afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation.
Don't settle for anything other than your passion - if you're lucky enough to find it.
If your lawyers tell you that you have a very good case, you should settle immediately.
It's time the long arm of the law put a few more in the ground, send them all to their maker and he'll settle them down.
Study your lessons, don't settle for less.
Don't settle for helping those who will help you in return or doing a good deed for others to see. Help others without expecting anything back. Even if nobody else cares, God will notice.
From numberless books the fluttering reader, idle and inconstant, bears away the bloom that only clings to the outer leaf; but genius has its nectaries, delicate glands, and secrecies of sweetness, and upon these the thoughtful mind must settle in its labor, before the choice perfume of fancy and wisdom is drawn forth.
When you gone to get married? You need to have some babies. It’ll settle you. ' 'I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself.
Sham marriages have been widespread; people have been allowed to settle in Britain without being able to speak English; and there have not been rules in place to stop migrants becoming a burden on the taxpayer. We are changing all of that.
Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it
Unconditional war can no longer lead to unconditional victory. It can no longer serve to settle disputes. . . can no longer be of concern to great powers alone.
I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
According to a new study, 63% of men surveyed said they like to settle an argument by having sex. The other 37% of the men said they would never want to get into an argument with those men.
Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life.
The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their critical issues early and manage them daily.
Man up and settle down. The sooner a man can gain control, identify his wife, and be faithful to her, the more successful, and happy you will be in life. Being with one woman in a faithful relationship will cause you to be the happiest version of yourself.
It's very tempting when you really want to be with someone to settle for much, much less - even a vague pathetic facsimile of less - than you would have ever imagined. Remember always what you set out to get, and please don't settle for less. These guys exist because there are a lot of women out there who allow them to.