But even gold is not everything: and only a fanatic, and a rather foolish fanatic, would say that this style of fiction summed up and exhausted all the good that fiction could give and do.
Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
All religion and all ethics are summed up in justice.
There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word-- Man
My whole career can be summed up with 'Ignorance is bliss. ' When you do not know better, you do not really worry about failing.
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
Those two volleys really could be the story of this match summed up at the end of it.
When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.
What is our hope but the indwelling Spirit of Christ, to bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, to inspire every word and deed by His love? Then will "broken lights" blend in steady shining, the fractional be summed up in the integral, and life, unified and beautified by the central Christ, radiate God's glory, and shine with divine effulgence.
My Dad taught me that the English upper class are sent to school to be taught to be confident, whereas in Glasgow you're born confident. I've always thought that pretty much summed me up. Born confident.
There were initiatives I have remained involved with in the U. S. and in the Middle East, like the Peace Corps, which might be summed up as, "Ask not that the world serve you, but ask what you can do to serve the world. "
Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves.
Oasis can't be summed up in one word. I could do a sentence: Boys from council estate made it very, very big.
A soldier in Iraq said that he wanted to "punch Donald Rumsfeld in the gut, then in the face" or something like that. He wanted me to use his name, but I knew he'd get in trouble, so I didn't. However, I felt it was a great quote because it summed up the frustration of those guys at that moment.
The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.
Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over two hundred years ago.
My first kiss can be summed up in one word - unsuccessful.
The greatest mystery in life is not life itself, but death. Death is the culmination of life, the ultimate blossoming of life. In death the whole life is summed up, in death you arrive. Life is a pilgrimage towards death. From the very beginning, death is coming. From the moment of birth, death has started coming towards you, you have started moving towards death.
I summed up all systems in a phrase, and all existence in an epigram.
