#perhaps

Perhaps there is an idea among Japanese students that one general difference between Japanese and Western poetry is that the former cultivates short forms and the latter longer ones, gut this is only in part true. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#between #cultivates #difference #former #forms

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#before #comes #defeat #easiest #exactly

There's been some research in cognitive science, I'm told, that discloses that there have always been perhaps 10 to 15 percent of people who are, as Pascal puts it, so made that they cannot believe. To us, when people talk about faith, it's white noise. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#always #been #believe #cannot #cognitive

A shepherd may be a very able, trusty, and good shepherd, without a sweetheart - better, perhaps, than with one. But what is he without his dog? ↗

— James Hogg

#better #dog #good #his #may

If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression. ↗

— Edward Hopper

#enlarging #expression #impressionists #innovations #led

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life? ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#against #anything #art #artist #ever

He knew a lot about his grandparents - and perhaps he feels he's been endowed with abilities to go into people's heads who are long dead - but, to a certain extent, he's making it up. ↗

— Jeffrey Eugenides

#been #certain #certain extent #dead #endowed

Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as the day it opened. It may seem even fresher. ↗

— Pauline Kael

#american #citizen #citizen kane #day #even

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#avoid #back #could #free #hold

To the extent that these advanced weapons or their components are treated as articles of commerce, perhaps for peaceful uses as in the Plowshare program, their cost would be well within the resources available to many large private organizations. ↗

— Herman Kahn

#articles #available #commerce #components #cost