There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell. — Edward Alsworth Ross Copy Share Image
Life is a problem; mortal man was made to solve the solemn problem right or wrong. — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Expressions of solemn testimony have long been important to the children of God upon the earth. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Golf is not sacred, and there is no use getting so gosh-darned solemn about it. — Don Herold Copy Share Image
Of all sound of all bells... most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the Old Year. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
God cannot be solemn, or he would not have blessed man with the incalculable gift of laughter. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
Beauty is a fading flower,Truth is but a wizard's tower,Where a solemn death-bell tolls,And a forest round it rolls. — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
Henry Miller may write about revelers self-woven into a human hooked rug, because his ecstasy is solemn. — A. J. Liebling Copy Share Image
There's many a true word spoken in jest; scientists are abominably solemn; therefore scientists miss many a true word. — Anthony Standen Copy Share Image
The clock tick-tocked, solemn and profound. It might have been the dry pulse of the decaying house itself, after a while it… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
OATH, n. In law, a solemn appeal to the Deity, made binding upon the conscience by a penalty for perjury. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“You must now--before God, Jon Stewart, and whoever's sleeping next to you (even if these entities are one and the same)--make a… — June Casagrande Copy Share Image
Milton almost requires a solemn service of music to be played before you enter upon him. But he brings his music, to… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Pnin slowly walked under solemn pines. The sky was dying. He did not believe in an autocratic God. He did believe, dimly,… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face. ... It is no great… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
“Sacrifice by its strictest definition takes something precious in exchange for the appeasement of a higher power. And abiding devotion to a… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
Tis aye a solemn thing to me To look upon a babe that sleeps-- Wearing in its spirit-deeps The unrevealed mystery Of… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
Impress upon children the truth that the exercise of the elective franchise is a social duty of as solemn a nature as… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Neither god, nor angels, or just men, command you to suffer for a single moment. Therefore it is your solemn and imperative… — Henry Highland Garnet Copy Share Image
Yes, this life is passing swiftly; our days seem to fade quickly; and death appears frightening at times. Nevertheless, our spirit will… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
Whatever may be the judgement pronounced on the competency of the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The date will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We have made covenants so to do solemn, sacred, holy covenants, pledging ourselves before gods and angels. We are under covenant to… — Bruce R. McConkie Copy Share Image
“I can still see Boo sitting there on the floor, cross-legged, holding my Ken and watching my face as she tried to… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Have not Manet and Monet, Cézanne and Matisse, rendered to painting something of the same service which Keats and Shelley gave to… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When she fell asleep, she dreamed of death-- not just for her, not just for her species, but for every living thing… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
it is impossible for any mind of common honesty not to be revolted by the contradictions in their principles and practice. They… — Frances Trollope Copy Share Image
Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn. — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
Death sanctifies. It's solemn enough to make its own shrine, where it happens. — Charlotte Armstrong Copy Share Image
I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a president, and I think I'll go along with them. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Trochee trips from long to short; From long to long in solemn sort Slow Spondee stalks. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image