Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Once in Persia reigned a king Who upon his signet ring Graved a maxim true and wise, Which if held before the… — Theodore Tilton Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize, so long regarded in our science as the highest reward a man's work can earn, must bring to its… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States… — Jim Ryun Copy Share Image
To pray is to let God into our lives. He knocks and seeks admittance, not only in the solemn hours of secret… — Ole Hallesby Copy Share Image
It is fitting that yesteryear's swashbuckling newspaper reporter has turned into today's solemn young sobersides nursing a glass of watered white wine… — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
My friends, history, history calls us to this time and to this place. A solemn choice rests with us - where do… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Of all the old festivals, however, that of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations. There is a tone of solemn… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
I was rather literary in college—one year I wrote a series of very solemn and obvious editorials for the 'Yale News.'—and now… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Would I describe a preacher, I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, And plain in manner;… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve,… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
At the solemn moment of death, every man, even when death is sudden, sees the whole of his past life marshalled before… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
Yet some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise, and wherever the vein of thought reaches down into the profound,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Our collection of men is very antique, they stand in my list thus: A man of sense, a little rusty, a beau… — Elizabeth Montagu Copy Share Image
I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to… — Harriet Tubman Copy Share Image
Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Proselytism is solemn nonsense; it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The main job requirement for a network-news anchor is thinking it's the only important job in the world. This is a field… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“Or winters when the sloughs were frozen over and dead and i could walk across the ice and snow between the dead… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote...that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Let me make a solemn pledge before all of you, before the whole world and before God, that I will devote all… — Olusegun Obasanjo Copy Share Image
A person who is really saved by Grace does not need to be told that he is under solemn obligations to serve… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new… — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
In three days," he continued, "I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Ah! the year is slowly dying, And the wind in tree-top sighing, Chant his requiem. Thick and fast the leaves are falling,… — Mary Weston Fordham Copy Share Image
Sometimes a musical phrase would perfectly sum up The mood of a moment. One of those lovelorn sonatas For wind instruments was… — John Ashbery Copy Share Image
The most valuable "currency" of any organization is the initiative and creativity of its members. Every leader has the solemn moral responsibility… — W. Edwards Deming Copy Share Image
It must be thoroughly understood that the lost land will never be won back by solemn appeals to the God, nor by… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
A solemn day. Barring a stay by Sup Ct, & with my final nod, Utah will use most extreme power & execute… — Mark Shurtleff Copy Share Image
Art and Entertainment are the same thing, in that the more deeply and genuinely entertaining a work is, the better art it… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
On eyes that watch as well as eyes that weep Descends the solemn mystery of sleep, Toiling and climbing to the very… — Abraham Coles Copy Share Image
For a just and lasting peace, here is my solemn pledge to you: by dedication and patience we will continue, as long… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Well, we know that eighteen years after that solemn declaration it was disregarded, and the Irish Parliament, which lasted for five hundred… — John Edward Redmond Copy Share Image
The people look forbidding, solemn, marked by that impossible ideal, Communism, which, like Christianity, seemed to demand too much of humanity and,… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
There are few people who think what a solemn thing it is to be a Christian. I guess there is not a… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The cold was our pride, the snow was our beauty. It fell and fell, lacing day and night together in a milky… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
It would be beautiful to photograph the winners of everything from Nobel to booby prize, clutching trophy, or money or certificate, solemn… — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
