#stages

He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. ↗

— Francis Bacon

#either #enterprises #fortune #given #great

I look at my contemporaries, and we're all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things. ↗

— Jamie Bell

#contemporaries #different #different ways #i #levels

I can't believe that I get to stand on the stages I stand on every summer, and get to sing the songs that I sing. ↗

— Kenny Chesney

#every #get #i #sing #songs

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#early #early stages #insomnia #oasis #refuge

Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage. ↗

— Auguste Comte

#department #each #knowledge #metaphysical #passes

I definitely have had friendships and moments with people from different backgrounds and in different stages of their lives. ↗

— Sofia Coppola

#definitely #different #different backgrounds #friendships #had

I'm 100% Celt. In fact, I'm directly related to the progenitor of the high kings of Ireland, Niall of the Nine Hostages. ↗

— Brian Cox

#fact #high #hostages #i #in fact

The ages two to 15 I spent at different stages of shortness. I didn't become a tall person until I was 16. ↗

— John Cusack

#become #different #i #person #shortness

Shock, confusion, fear, anger, grief, and defiance. On Sept. 11, 2001, and for the three days following the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, President George W. Bush led with raw emotion that reflected the public's whipsawing stages of acceptance. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#anger #attack #bush #confusion #days

In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#fact #hostages #in fact #suffering #terrorists