When I have no idea, I gnaw my nails and invoke the aid of…

Drive a nail home and clinch it so faithfully that you can wake up in the night and think of your work with satisfaction…

— Henry David Thoreau

In conclusion I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common…

— Zachary Taylor

When we invoke the soul we move from the realm of information to the more vital realm of wisdom, the attainment of which is…

— Edmund Fuller

Healing invokes the power of compassion, both for yourself and for others... At this point, the healed may become a healer.

— David Hawkins

Chronic negative thinking and the emotions it invokes is, like many destructive behaviors, a form of addiction... it may not be very pleasant, but…

— Lauren Mackler

The present system of taking oaths is horrible. It is awfully absurd to make a man invoke God's wrath upon himself, if he speaks…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

If there is any good in life, in history, in my own past, I invoke it now. I invoke it with all the passion…

— Elizabeth Kostova

When religious believers invoke miracles and acts of creation ex nihilo, that is the end of the search for them, whereas for scientists, the…

— Michael Shermer

It's a weird state to be in to go to the Bible and try to invoke science, right?

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Not only do they offend thee, O Lady, who outrage thee, but thou art also offended by those who neglect to ask thy favors…

— Bonaventure

If you see your nature, you don't need to read sutras or invoke buddhas. Erudition and knowledge are not only useless but also cloud…

— Bodhidharma

Our Guardian Angels are our most faithful friends, because they are with us day and night, always and everywhere. We ought often to invoke…

— John Vianney

Your perception of the world is ... really a fabrication of your model of the world. You don't really see light or sound. You…

— Jeff Hawkins

As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.

— Anthony Kennedy

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment…

— Salmon P. Chase