Beacons Quote by Brian W. Kernighan

Laughter is one of the great beacons in life because we don't refract it by gunning it through our intellectual prism. What makes us…

— Dennis Miller

To-morrow is that lamp upon the marsh, which a traveller never reacheth; To-morrow, the rainbow's cup, coveted prize of ignorance; To-morrow, the shifting anchorage,…

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

England was full of words I'd never heard before - streaky bacon, short back and sides, Belisha beacon, serviettes, high tea, ice-cream cornet.

— Bill Bryson

“I live in the space between chaos and shape. I walk the line that continually threatens to lose its tautness under me, dropping me…

— Jeanette Winterson

Maybe." I shrug. "But what I meant was, can't you use the makeup to cover it?" Miles rolls his eyes and scowls. "Oh, so…

— Alyson Noel

Once freedom lights its beacon in man's heart, the gods are powerless against him.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the torch of…

— Chauncey Depew

Today, the United States stands as a beacon of liberty and democratic strength before the community of nations. We are resolved to stand firm…

— Ronald Reagan

A great philosopher in the wrong is like a beacon on the reefs which says to seamen: steer clear of me.

— Jacques Maritain

I headed towards the mountain, which was an almost irresistible beacon to my storm self. It glowed with heat, pressure, and turbulence—everything a little…

— Rick Riordan

There's more attention paid to entertainers than ever and less that they have to say. Not that entertainers were ever a great beacon of…

— Bill Maher

South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.

— Desmond Tutu

The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To th'…

— William Shakespeare

The family remains the basic unit of society and the first school in which children learn the human, spiritual and moral values which enable…

— Pope Francis

And thou hast stolen a jewel, Death! Shall light thy dark up like a Star. A Beacon kindling from afar Our light of love…

— Gerald Massey