#magnificent

The Declaration is a magnificent document. ↗

— Paul Gillmor

#document #magnificent

There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that are found, and things that are magnificent. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#cry #found #life #lost #magnificent

There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism. ↗

— Edward Steichen

#carry #earth #had #hadn #here

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. ↗

— Jack London

#every #glow #i #magnificent #me

The dining room in my old house was truly magnificent, but by far the worst room for conversation. I'd get up from the table, a very long table, and somebody would always say, Paul, I never got to talk to you. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#conversation #dining #dining room #far #get

I thought Cheever was magnificent and that if I could write like him that would be the best I could do. And then I realized that what I really wanted to write had nothing to do with what he was doing. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#could #doing #had #him #i

It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#creatures #cruel #end #leave #magnificent

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. ↗

— Henry Miller

#attention #awesome #becomes #blade #close

India is a land of plenty inhibited by poverty; India has an enthralling, uplifting civilization that sparkles not only in our magnificent art, but also in the enormous creativity and humanity of our daily life in city and village. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#art #city #civilization #creativity #daily

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood. ↗

— George S. Patton

#base #battle #being #best #brings