 I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, — but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.  The Autocrat of the breakfast table - Σελίδα 99των Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 373 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse - 1972 - 206 σελίδες
...cigarette. social response to marihuana use "I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving : To reach...but we must sail and not drift, nor lie at anchor." Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858) A general interpretation of the National... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Commerce - 1972 - 178 σελίδες
...agency. Speaking in another context, Oliver Wendell Holmes took aim at our ship of state when he said, "We must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes...but we must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor." Indeed we are drifting. Your committee has heeded this drift and I earnestly hope you will maintain... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce - 1972 - 1534 σελίδες
...agency. Speaking in another context, Oliver Wendell Holmes took aim at our ship of state when he said, "We must sail, sometimes with the wind and sometimes...but we must sail and not drift nor lie at anchor." Indeed we are drifting. Your committee has heeded this drift and I earnestly hope you will maintain... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 σελίδες
...Poems of John Galsworthy, p. 1 (1934). 5 I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table, p. 93 (1891). Josephus Daniels, ambassador... | |
 | Randy Allen Harris - 1995 - 369 σελίδες
...closer to his theoretical heart. Which brings us to the final question of the book. Whither Chomsky? To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. Oliver Wendell Holmes Two anecdotes before we get on with this section and off with this book, one... | |
 | JoEllen Goertz Koerner, Kathryn Linda Karpiuk - 1994 - 360 σελίδες
...outside forces step in and do it for us. I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, SR In this chapter, the authors have described the corporate culture of Sioux... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 1995 - 408 σελίδες
...quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes..."! find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach...but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor." External changes continue to beset our medical care system. For too long now, Mr. Chairman, many in... | |
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