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Letter "P" » practices
«I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.»
Author: Elton John
| About:
Choice,
Sex
| Keywords:
draw a line, draw the line, engage, Free to Choose, goats, practices, sexual
«There is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo -- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.»
Author: Gore Vidal
| Keywords:
heterosexual, heterosexuals, heterosexual person, homo, homosexual, if not, impulses, mixture, mixtures, practices
«No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it.»
«Little boldness is needed to assail the opinions and practices of notoriously wicked men; but to rebuke great and good men for their conduct, and to impeach their discernment, is the highest effort of moral courage.»
Author: William Lloyd Garrison
(Abolitionist, Activist, Journalist)
| Keywords:
assail, assailed, assailing, assails, boldness, discernment, impeach, impeached, notoriously, practices, rebuke, rebukes, rebuking
«Strict adherence to these guidelines will ensure that federal employees will respect the rights of those who engage in religious practices or espouse religious beliefs.»
Author: Bill Clinton
(President)
| Keywords:
adherence, ensure, espouse, espoused, Federal, practices, religious beliefs, religious practices, strict
«One single object (a woman) appears in three different ways: to the man who practices austerity it appears as a corpse, to the sensual it appears as a woman, and to the dogs as a lump of flesh.»
Author: Chanakya
(Politician, strategist, Writer)
| Keywords:
appears, austerities, dogs, fleshed, lumped, lumps, practices
«O jackal, leave aside the body of that man at once, whose hands have never given in charity, whose ears have not heard the voice of learning, whose eyes have not beheld a pure devotee of the Lord, whose feet have never traversed to holy places, whose belly is filled with things obtained by crooked practices, and whose head is held high in vanity. Do not eat it, O jackal, otherwise you will become polluted.»
Author: Chanakya
(Politician, strategist, Writer)
| Keywords:
beheld, bellies, Jackals, obtained, pollutes, polluting, practices, traversed, traversing
« Only such a householder who practices restraint in taking care of his family shall acquire family happiness and achieve higher social status.»
«They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims; soon offended by contradiction or negligence; and impatient of any association but with those that will watch their nod, and submit themselves to unlimited authority.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
association, captious, fretful, impatient of, maxims, morose, negligence, nod, practices, tenacious, unlimited
«One who recognizes the Guru practices Truth; why should he be afraid?»
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