#barren

But I owe it to the subject to say, that it has long afforded me what philosophy is so often thought, and made, barren of - the fun of discovery, the pleasures of co-operation, and the satisfaction of reaching agreement. ↗

— J. L. Austin

#agreement #barren #co-operation #discovery #fun

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government. ↗

— Tony Blair

#futile #government #i #lead #party

Our Lord never condemned the fig tree because it brought forth so much fruit that some fell to the ground and spoiled. He only cursed it when it was barren. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#because #brought #condemned #cursed #fell

My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light. ↗

— Dan Flavin

#blessed #bring #cathedrals #celebrating #concentrations

Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using. ↗

— Samuel Daniel

#best #cutting #full #grows #love

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. ↗

— Arthur Helps

#away #barren #fall #ground #kind

A few men own from ten thousand to two hundred thousand acres each. The poor Laborer can find no resting place, save on the barren mountain, or in the trackless desert. ↗

— Denis Kearney

#barren #desert #each #few #few men

Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism. ↗

— Louis Pasteur

#skepticism #tainted #yourself

In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and technology. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#appreciate #barren #creativity #deserts #fields

As one looks across the barren stretches of the pack, it is sometimes difficult to realise what teeming life exists immediately beneath its surface. ↗

— Robert Falcon Scott

#barren #beneath #difficult #exists #immediately