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Bodily decay is gloomy in prospect, but of all human contemplations the most abhorrent is body without mind. (Quote by - Thomas Jefferson)


The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation. The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. (Quote by - Diane Arbus)


Assuming the spark does not happen, it can go on much longer, .. Nobody wants it to stop. We don't want to contemplate sharply higher rates and prices. The Japanese and Chinese don't want to contemplate it either. (Quote by - Jay Bryson)


We originally contemplated the casino hotel to be a mid-to-high-end property. We've repositioned that to be very much a luxury hotel. (Quote by - Alan Feldman)


The world should contemplate a nuclear weapons-armed Iran with the greatest of concern. (Quote by - Daniel Fried)


O Nanak, through the Guru's Teachings, you shall be saved, contemplating the True Name. (Quote by - Sri Guru Granth Sahib)


It's potentially a bigger threat than Katrina because there is more refining capacity in the Houston area. This is a double whammy for the industry it's an amazing thing to contemplate. (Quote by - Bob Slaughter)


These proposals for the national park system are unconscionable. It's hard to believe anyone could even contemplate drafting something this extreme. (Quote by - Craig Obey)


The literary critic, or the critic of any other specific form of artistic expression, may detach himself from the world for as long as the work of art he is contemplating appears to do the same. (Quote by - Clive James)


The pipe draws wisdom from the lips of the philosopher, and shuts up the mouth of the foolish: it generates a style of conversation, contemplative, thoughtful, benevolent, and unaffected. (Quote by - William Makepeace Thackeray)


There were a lot of elements to this. It wasn't just recent results. I've been contemplating looking at this situation real seriously for the last three, four months. (Quote by - Bob Bowlsby)


I contemplate the body, dead and diseased as well as alive and healthy. (Quote by - Dr. Richard Selzer)


The act of contemplation then creates the thing created. (Quote by - Isaac D'Israeli)


In discourse more sweet, (For Eloquence the Sound, Song charmes the sense,) Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will and Fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. (Quote by - John Milton)


The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)



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