#passing

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#attain #barbarism #greeks #hardly #human

I don't think you ever know in yourself whether you have gone mad. You exist in a bubble. There comes a point where you suddenly feel not really a part of the world, you're just passing through. ↗

— Chris Lowe

#comes #ever #exist #feel #gone

I despise the Lottery. There's less chance of you becoming a millionaire than there is of getting hit on the head by a passing asteroid. ↗

— Brian May

#becoming #chance #despise #getting #head

Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones. ↗

— Frederick Tennyson

#dies #drowns #joys #like #loud

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin. ↗

— Thandie Newton

#am #babies #despite #drawbacks #having

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds. ↗

— Petrarch

#almost #begin #bounds #concerning #differ

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#indeed #life #much #nothing #passing

Just last week, I was successful in passing two bi-partisan amendments through the House of Representatives that aim to address the even larger problem of cracking down on countries who export the materials to create meth into the United States. ↗

— Mark Kennedy

#aim #countries #cracking #create #down

I served, she came to the net, it was a passing shot. ↗

— Gabriela Sabatini

#i #net #passing #served #she

You can criticize any news staff in some ways, but the one thing that you couldn't call the Village Voice staff was a staff of stenographers, taking notes from public figures and just passing them on. ↗

— Sydney Schanberg

#call #criticize #figures #just #news