#reno

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#general #good #i #language #long

By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown. ↗

— Samuel Daniel

#adversity #distress #examples #fair #greatest

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness. ↗

— Moshe Dayan

#cause #demonstration #governments #into #israel

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded. ↗

— Simone Weil

#becoming #cannot #catholic #centuries #christian

In addition, I'm finishing a track for the movie 'Waking Up In Reno', but there are numerous other singers I look forward to recording with in the near future. ↗

— Dwight Yoakam

#finishing #forward #future #i #look

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote. ↗

— Edward Young

#immortal #learning #quote #renown #scraps

A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering. ↗

— G. I. Gurdjieff

#give #his #like #man #pleasures

No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily. ↗

— Andre Breton

#easily #even #exaltation #experienced #feeling

You all know the reasons which have impelled me to renounce the throne. But I want you to understand that in making up my mind I did not forget the country or the empire, which, as Prince of Wales and lately as King, I have for twenty-five years tried to serve. ↗

— King Edward VIII

#did #empire #forget #i #i want you

Here's a little known fact - Arnold is the first body builder to run for governor since Janet Reno. ↗

— David Letterman

#body #builder #fact #first #governor