American decline is real, though the apocalyptic vision reflects the familiar ruling class perception that anything short of total control amounts to total disaster.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

I am a total loser, in every aspect of my life. I rarely go out.

Your grammar is a reflection of your image. Good or bad, you have made an impression. And like all impressions, you are in total control.

In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.

Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.

You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

The only way into truth is through one's own annihilation; through dwelling a long time in a state of extreme and total humiliation.

With improvisation, I just do it. It might be a total failure but then you just throw the dice again.

Unless a man believes in himself and makes a total commitment to his career and puts everything he has into it - his mind, his body, his heart - what's life worth to him?

To do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession.

In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which the Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine!'.

Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious.

To experience sublime natural beauty is to confront the total inadequacy of language to describe what you see. Words cannot convey the scale of a view that is so stunning it is felt.

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.

True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.

In our personal and professional lives, we are constantly hit with one adversity after the other, most of which we have no control over. But the four things we have total control over is how we react, how we adapt, how we breathe, and how we take action.