#precede

From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#america #available #based #buildings #century

Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts. ↗

— Roger Staubach

#athletics #comes #cuts #effort #good

There is no harm in patience, and no profit in lamentation. Death is easier to bear (than) that which precedes it, and more severe than that which comes after it. Remember the death of the Apostle of God, and your sorrow will be lessened. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#apostle #bear #comes #death #easier

Hurricane Katrina this past week was certainly the worst episode in what has become an all-too-familiar and tragic cycle, and our nation is now faced with a set of unprecedented challenges. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#certainly #challenges #cycle #episode #faced

These terrorist actions, prepared in cold blood, against the people, the society and the institutions of the United States are unprecedented in history. ↗

— Ferenc Madl

#against #blood #cold #history #institutions

If you take the approach that you want to scrape every last nickel off the table, that'll work one or two times, but after awhile, your reputation will precede you. ↗

— Tom Hicks

#approach #awhile #every #last #nickel

Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#good #goodness #great #history #over

Judge Roberts has assured me personally that he has a healthy respect for precedent and the hard-won rights of Americans. ↗

— Max Baucus

#hard-won #healthy #judge #judge roberts #me

Strong convictions precede great actions. ↗

— James Freeman Clarke

#actions #convictions #great #precede #strong

With my daughter, who at the time was one, my domestic life needed to take more precedent and really with my own self I needed to develop quite a bit more. So that put Blur down the list of priorities quite a lot by the time I came to thinking about it. ↗

— Graham Coxon

#bit #blur #by the time #came #daughter