Optional Quotes - Page 3

• [In mountaineering, if] we look for private experience rather than public history, even getting to the top becomes an optional narrative rather than the main point, and those who only wander in high places become part of the story.

  Rebecca Solnit

  Hiking, Looks, Stories

  Rebecca Solnit (2001). “Wanderlust: A History of Walking”, p.111, Penguin

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• In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media.

  Thomas Sowell

  Media, Political, Truth Is

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• Nature decrees that we do not exceed the speed of light. All other impossibilities are optional.

  Robert Breault

  Happiness, Success, Hope

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• The quantum theory of parallel universes is not the problem, it is the solution. It is not some troublesome, optional interpretation emerging from arcane theoretical considerations. It is the explanation - the only one that is tenable - of a remarkable and counter-intuitive reality.

  David Deutsch

  Reality, Problem, Consideration

  "The Fabric of Reality". Book by David Deutsch, August 1, 1997.

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• Illness and death are not optional. Patients have a right to determine how they approach them.

  Marcia Angell

  Illness And Death, Patient, Approach

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• Where orthodoxy is optional, orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed.

  Richard John Neuhaus

  Orthodoxy, Sooner Or Later

  Richard John Neuhaus (2001). “The Best of "The Public Square".: Book two”, p.1, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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• Women in America read 'lifestyle' pages which are really glorifications of shopping. They teach us we must veil ourselves in make-up to be loved. And we willingly take the veil, thinking ourselves freed by it. Make-up is no more optional for us than the veil is for Arab women: it is our Western version of the chador.

  Erica Jong

  Thinking, Shopping, America

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• If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.

  Hans Kung

  Children, Wife, Temptation

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• I spend five times more money at a chemist shop than I would at a fashion boutique. Clothes shopping is optional for me; shopping at a chemist store is a must.

  Kajol

  Fashion, Shopping, Clothes

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• My favorite language for maintainability is Python. It has simple, clean syntax, object encapsulation, good library support, and optional named parameters.

  Bram Cohen

  Simple, Python, Support

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• Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy.

  Tim Hansel

  Inspirational, Pain, Joy

  Tim Hansel (1995). “Keep on Dancin': Daily Readings to Celebrate Life”, Chariot Family Pub

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• Facing difficulties is inevitable. Learning from them is optional.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inevitable, Difficulty

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• Everything is optional.
  Somethings are illegal.
  And some things are really gross.

  Craig Benzine

  Illegal, Gross

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• Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

  Gautama Buddha

  Pain, Suffering, Certain

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• Sustainability is no longer optional. Companies that fail to adopt such practices will perish. They will not only lose cost basis: they will also suffer in recruiting employees as well as attracting customers.

  John Replogle

  Practice, Suffering, Cost

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• If sustainability is going to take hold in the corporate sector in a big way - and we need it to - it will be when it produces big profits and faster growth. It won't happen because of an optional executive commitment to an abstract concept. It will happen because sustainability is a great business strategy. And it is

  Paul Gilding

  Business, Commitment, Growth

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• How odd that Americans, and not just their presidents, have come to think of their Constitution as something separable from the government it's supposed to constitute. In theory, it should be as binding on rulers as the laws of physics are on engineers who design bridges; in practice, its axioms have become mere options. Of course engineers don't have to take oaths to respect the law of gravity; reality gives them no choice. Politics, as we see, makes all human laws optional for politicians.

  Joseph Sobran

  Thinking, Reality, Government

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• To become a courageous leader, you must realize that accepting responsibility is not optional - it's mandatory.

  David Cottrell

  Inspirational, Success, Uplifting

  David Cottrell, Eric Lee Harvey (2004). “Leadership Courage: Leadership Strategies for Individual and Organizational Success”, p.17, The Walk The Talk Company

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• Pain is evitable. Suffering is optional.

  Kathleen Casey

  Uplifting, Giving Up, Pain

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• Vulnerability is not weakness, and the uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure we face every day are not optional. Our only choice is a question of engagement. Our willingness to own and engage with our vulnerability determines the depth of our courage and the clarity of our purpose; the level to which we protect ourselves from being vulnerable is a measure of our fear and disconnection.

  Brené Brown

  Emotional, Choices, Risk

  "Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead". Book by Brené Brown, September 11, 2012.

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• Love is essential; gregariousness is optional. Cherish your nearest and dearest. Work with colleagues you like and respect. Scan new acquaintances for those who might fall into the former categories or whose company you enjoy for its own sake. And don't worry about socializing with everyone else. Relationships make everyone happier, introverts included, but think quality over quantity.

  Susan Cain

  Fall, Love Is, Thinking

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• Change is inevitable. Progress is optional .

  Tony Robbins

  Change, Positive, Success

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• Growing older is mandatory, but growing up is optional.

  Heather Brewer

  Growing Up, Growing, Growing Older

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• Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

  Chili Davis

  Love, Happy Birthday, Happiness

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• The Church is the Church in her worship. Worship is not an optional extra, but is of the very life and essence of the Church. ...Man is never more truly man than when he worships God. He rises to all the heights of human dignity when he worships God, and all God's purpose in Creation and in Redemption are fulfilled in us as together in worship we are renewed in and through Christ, and in the name of Christ we glorify God.

  J. B. Torrance

  Men, Essence, Names

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