Refuge Quotes · Page 13

An important measure of our true commitment to environmental quality is our dedication to protecting the wilderness and its inhabitants. We must…

— Richard M. Nixon

It's going to seem idiotic to say this, but I think that at a given moment we all need a place to…

— Milla Jovovich

When Dr. Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform.

— Roscoe Conkling

At Cana, [Mary] gave Him as a Savior to sinners; on the Cross He gave her as a refuge to sinners.

— Fulton J. Sheen

Teaching is the last refuge of feeble minds with a classical education.

— Aldous Huxley

Art is man's refuge from adversity.

— Menander

God is not an employer looking for employees. He is an Eagle looking for people who will take refuge under his wings.

— John Piper

I lift my hands to believe again. You are my refuge. You are my strength. As I pour out my heart, these…

— Chris Tomlin

The superior Christian lets God strip him of everything that might serve as a false refuge, a secondary trust.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

A garden, you know, is a very usual refuge of a disappointed politician. Accordingly, I have purchased a few acres about nine…

— Alexander Hamilton

With my singing I can make, a refuge for my spirit's sake; a house of shining words, to be my fragile immortality.

— Sara Teasdale

“Thus is order ensured: some have to play the game because they cannot otherwise live, and those who could live otherwise are…

— Anonymous

The last refuge of intolerance is in not tolerating the intolerant.

— George Eliot

Whether our fear is absolutely realistic or out of proportion in our minds, our greatest refuge is Jesus Christ.

— Luci Swindoll

A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.

— Heywood Broun

Prayer is the place of refuge for every worry, a foundation for cheerfulness, a source of constant happiness, a protection against sadness.

— Saint John Chrysostom

“The only place Aletta and I could be together unseen was just under the rafters in the church tower, a circumstance that…

— Susan Vreeland

Once there are good sentences on the page, I can feel a loyalty to them and start following their logic, and take…

— Jonathan Franzen

Man would not be man if his dreams did not exceed his grasp... If I remember the sunflower forest it is because…

— Loren Eiseley

The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.

— Daniel J. Boorstin

The teacher should make a concerted effort never to lose his temper in the presence of the class. If a man, he…

— William Lyon Phelps

Drilling in the refuge will not solve America's energy problem. The Energy Department's own figures show that drilling would not change gas…

— Lois Capps

The task of evangelism often involves preparing an open road so offenders can find their refuge in Christ.

— Max Anders

I grew up in a house full of music, and a house that didn't have a television. We had a piano, but…

— Hans Zimmer

It's the refuge for the mentally deficient. It's made by dull people for dull people.

— Steven Morrissey