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“Do not mourn the past, my brother; it has given place to better times. Do not dread the coming of the future; it shall dawn in brighter and safer glory. Come, and upon the altars of the faith be anointed as the Daniels of to-day, at once the prophet and the worker — the brow bright with the shining prophecy, the hands full of earnest and of holy deeds.”
William Morley Punshon (1824–1881) said by 1881 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“…the truths of Christianity are constant, unchanging, and meant for all people, times, and places. But the methods by which truth is articulated and practiced must be culturally appropriated, and therefore constantly translated …if doctrine is constant and practice is constantly changing, the result is living orthodoxy.”
Mark Driscoll (born 1970) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Warnock, Adrian, Interview with Mark Driscoll, Adrian's Blog, April 2, 2006.
“Your joy keeps crashing down repeatedly. It doesn't matter how many times you think 'This is it', it keeps falling down simply because you don't understand the mechanics of it.”
“I like to think that someone will trace how the deepest thinking of India made its way to Greece and from there to the philosophy of our times.”
John Archibald Wheeler (1911–2008) first seen 1986 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in foreword to (Jitatmananda 1986). Jitatmananda, Swami. Modern Physics and Vedanta. Mumbai: Paras Prints,1986.
“At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.”
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You’re not a monster, Shallan,” Wit whispered. “Oh, child. The world is monstrous at times, and there are those who would have you believe that you are terrible by association.” “I am.” “No. For you see, it flows the other direction. You are not worse for your association with the world, but it is better for its association with you.”
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[It] is the unbroken testimony of all history that alcoholic liquors have been used by the strongest, wisest, handsomest, and in every way best races of all times.”
George Saintsbury (1845–1933) first seen 1920 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Notes on a Cellar-Book (1920; Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008) p. 32
“The quantity of action is the product of the mass of the bodies times their speed and the distance they travel. When a body is transported from one place to another, the action is proportional to the mass of the body, to its speed and to the distance over which it is transported.”
Pierre Louis Maupertuis (1698–1759) said by 1759 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The books which are called Biblical were an obstacle to the perfection of Christianity and, in terms of truly religious content, they could not even remotely be compared with the sacred books of India, as well as many others from earlier and later times.”
Friedrich Schelling (1775–1854) said by 1854 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Über das Studium der Theologie". Cf. Schellings Sämtliche Werke, Vol. V. Stuttgart 18S9, pp. 296 et seq. quoted in Poliakov, L. (1974). The Aryan myth : a history of racist and nationalist ideas in Europe p. 195
“Very important. A sense of belonging, and that's why I gave up the Padma Bhushan after Operation Bluestar. I was the only Indian to criticise Bhindranwale. I called him a homicidal maniac when I was in The Hindustan Times. And he threatened to finish us all. And then I had all this security for 15 years. They've all gone now. Nobody wants to kill me anymore.”
Khushwant Singh (1915–2014) said by 2014 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When times are stable, and the sea is calm and secure, no one is really tested.”
T. B. Joshua (1963–2021) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Inspiration from his late mother - "'ATTRIBUTING THE SATELLITES SUCCESS TO ME IS BLASPHEMY' – T.B. JOSHUA" Modern Ghana (November 4 2009)
“Many times, God speaks blessing and breakthrough through pain and disappointment.”
T. B. Joshua (1963–2021) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Message to Tanzanian Presidential candidate Edward Lowassa - "VIDEO - Accept Election Results, TB Joshua Urges Tanzanian Opposition Leader" PM News, Nigeria (November 8 2015)
“Whether people in Pakistan understand fashion or not, it is a true everyday-living history of our times. People judge you by the clothes and shoes that you wear; they are not bothered whether you live in Clifton, Nazimabad, Gulshan or FATA or anywhere. Everything is perceived by what you are wearing.”
Deepak Perwani (born 1973) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: , December 25, 2008.
“[[w:Decay chain|[D]isintegrations proceed successively]] a large number of times... [T]here results a series of more or less unstable new elements, between the original parent element and the... unknown final product.”
Frederick Soddy (1877–1956) said by 1956 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every person, whether in wartime or not, should keep a pistol and rifle in his house at all times. If a person is not going to protect himself, and wishes the government to do it for him, how can he complain when the government decides to protect itself against him, and executes him?”
William Powell (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A lot of times we look at the whole world and think, 'it's so daunting, how can we change the whole world?' and you don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.”
Michael Franti (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“And I been waitin' all my life And I been havin' big dreams times twice”
Eamon (singer) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For himself, he had never thought it would be this bad. He had stopped remembering her, except maybe ten times a day, but now she came to him and the forgetting would have to be done all over again.”
Poul Anderson (1926–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We're mortal - which is to say, we're ignorant, stupid, and sinful - but those are only handicaps. Our pride is that nevertheless, now and then, we do our best. A few times we succeed. What more dare we ask for?”
Poul Anderson (1926–2001) said by 2001 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This was the remnant of honour, nostalgic for spurious legendary times.”
China Miéville (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The ills and disorders of the 14th century could not be without consequence. Times were to grow worse over the next fifty-odd years until at some imperceptible moment, by the some mysterious chemistry, energies were refreshed, ideas broke out of the mold of the Middle Ages into new realms, and humanity found itself redirected.”
Barbara Tuchman (1912–1989) said by 1989 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Cool Britannia, the moniker the Island acquired in the times of trendy Tony Blair, the only way disarmed Britons may shoot a savage is with ... a camera.”
Ilana Mercer first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jihad's Triumph On Westminster Bridge" Townhall.com, March 30, 2017
“The human brain cannot release enough neurotransmitters to feel emotion a thousand times as strong as the grief of one funeral. A prospective risk going from 10,000,000 deaths to 100,000,000 deaths does not multiply by ten the strength of our determination to stop it. It adds one more zero on paper for our eyes to glaze over.”
Eliezer Yudkowsky (born 1979) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cognitive Biases Potentially Affecting Judgment of Global Risks, a chapter of Global Catastrophic Risks, edited by Nick Bostrom and Milan M. Cirkovic (2008)
“Africa north of the Sahara, from a zoological point of view, is now, and has been since early Tertiary times, a part of Europe. This is true both of animals and of the races of man. The Berbers of north Africa to-day are racially identical with the Spaniards and south Italians.”
Madison Grant (1865–1937) said by 1937 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In these tempestuous times, we can't leave our enemies of the past and the present the monopoly on thought, imagination, and creativity.”
Thomas Sankara (1949–1987) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a speech to the United Nations on 4 October 1984
“Before Google Docs existed, those rare times I met software engineers, I’d ask them to please create software so two people in different locations could edit a document together online. God bless Google Docs.”
“It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straights, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states and through all the stages of their lives.”
John Flavel (1627–1691) said by 1691 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A lot of times I wonder what Adam would have written songs about. -Appalachian Melody.”
Mark Heard (1951–1992) said by 1992 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The attack on the Sri Lankans means we should brace ourselves for some tough times.”
Inzamam-ul-Haq (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Speaking frankly, I find it difficult to accept lessons on press freedom from The Times, a newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch.”
Leon Bertoletti (born 1971) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Freedom and the Press, Hic Sunt Leones, 3/10/2009
“I was total trailer trash, babe. I can’t remember any real tornadoes, although there were a couple of times when we had to tie our bicycles to trees to keep them from blowing away.”
Cameron Richardson (born 1979) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sir, you will see that they want to place the word ‘East Pakistan’ instead of ‘East Bengal’. We have demanded so many times that you should use Bengal instead of Pakistan. The world Bengal has a history, has a tradition of its own. You can change it only after the people have been consulted. If you want to change it, then we have to go back to Bengal and see whether Bengalis will accept it.”
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (1920–1975) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speaking to the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan in Karachi in 1955 during a debate on whether to adopt the One Unit scheme in Pakistan and divide the country into two provinces- East and West Pakistan.
“Why is it that people want so desperately to shake hands with otherworldly beings? That people will even insist that they have seen visitors from Spica hovering above their backyards? In other times it was ghosts and fairies and goblins, and voices in the night. Is the company of our own species so dull that we need to invent the Other? On the other hand, maybe that explains it.”
Jack McDevitt (born 1935) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It was a great game, and exciting and dramatic and even at times tragic - but funny it emphatically was not.”
John Masterman (1891–1977) first seen 1935 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fate Cannot Harm Me (1935), ASIN: B00088F3VU
“We have gone out several times this summer to gather simples and linden blossoms, etc. In each excursion we discover something marvelous, beautiful, and useful in the magnificent forests of Indiana. At each step we can admire the grandeur, the power, the goodness of God. How bountifully He provides for all our wants -- I would even say for our pleasures! I love our woods and solitude very much; …”
Théodore Guérin (1798–1856) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To the Right Reverend J. Bouvier, Bishop of Le Mans, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, 1850-07-10.
“Coal in truth stands not beside, but entirely above, all other commodities. It is the material source of the energy of the country—the universal aid—the factor in everything we do. With coal almost any feat is possible or easy; without it we are thrown back into the laborious poverty of earlier times.”
William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882) said by 1882 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Audrey’s been great for me. She has brought out a side of me that’s more mischievous and fun that I had suppressed, trying to be an adult. She has made it OK to use the power one has as a woman to be manipulative at times, to be precocious. She goes after what she wants vehemently and she takes it. I think that’s really admirable. I love that about her.”
Sherilyn Fenn (born 1965) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sherilyn Fenn, quoted in "Fenn-Tastic! Meet Twin Peaks’ Mysterious Siren Sherilyn Fenn", by Glenn O'Brien. Playboy. December 1990. p. 82-91, 213-214.
“Writing adds up to the conscience of our times.”
Martin Firrell (born 1963) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in the documentary Art in a Word by Vera Baghiroli, qoob tv (22 July 2008).
“My heart pumping 70 times a minute every minute my whole life. What a task! To reach any age in those terms sounds miraculous!”
Martin Firrell (born 1963) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As we at all times criticise the Premier for his management of home affairs, call Mr Butler a fool for his Budget, find fault with Beecham's conducting, or Gielgud's performance, can we not, sometimes, say that our cricketers are not quite so brilliant as usual?”
Margaret Hughes (1919–2005) first seen 1955 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Long Hop (1955).
“There were times and you want to be free My love is growing stronger, as you become a habit to me. Oh I've been loving you a little too long I don't wanna stop now, oh. With you my life, Has been so wonderful. I can't stop now.”
Otis Redding (1941–1967) said by 1967 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a century-old saying, "The dollar votes more times than the man.”
Michael Parenti (1933–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Contrary to conventional wisdom, class conflict in feudal times was not a rarity but a constant. Even in the early Middle Ages, various kinds of peasant resistance probably occurred more frequently than we realize: sabotage, fleeing the manor, violating prohibitions, and refusing to pay dues or perform certain services or abide by particular regulations.”
Michael Parenti (1933–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They detained me for 81 days, but they never killed me. They clearly told me: 'If we were in the Cultural Revolution, you would have been killed 100 times.' They said: 'We have already improved.' I said: 'I thank you very much. Yes, you have improved. Not because you are really willing to improve yourself, but only because improvement is a matter of surviving.'”
“I drink booze, I smoke, and I'm hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and even raise my voice when provoked. And I'm not physically repressed!”
Helena Bonham Carter (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He was exceptionally aggressive. He said I would do anything to get on television. That's rubbish. The fact is that out of the 10 tasks we were given to do in the series I was on the winning side eight times.”
James Max (born 1970) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Of Apprentice judge Paul Kemsley. Daily Telegraph 28 Apr 2005
“By the sense of mystery I understand the experience of certain places and times when one's whole nature seems to be in touch with a prescence, a genius loci, a potency.”
Richard Aldington (1892–1962) first seen 1948 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introduction to Complete Poems, 1948
“Ever since Sir Isaac Newton's times, scientists have worked in the same sort of way:”
Paul Nurse (born 1949) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Connecting with others during difficult times makes the trials more bearable.”
John Townsend (born 1952) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We can solve many problems thousands of times faster than natural selection. Now, by creating the means to execute those simulations at much higher speeds, we are entering a regime as radically different from our human past as we humans are from the lower animals.”
Vernor Vinge (1944–2024) said by 2024 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source