Abandoned Quotes

532 quotes by 450 authors

Given the sin of impiety through which they [the Romans] sinned against the divine nature [by idolatry], the punishment that led them to sin against… — Thomas Aquinas
At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone. — Boris Pasternak
He felt ... a suspicion-no, a conviction-than he had been abandoned, forgotten, and that no one in the whole world cared or would ever care… — Dean Koontz
Fiction, I believed, was the transmutation of experiential dross into linguistic gold. Fiction meant taking up whatever the world had abandoned by the road and… — Jonathan Franzen
We have absolutely abandoned any idea of nationalist loyalty. We are deliberately putting a world order before our loyalty to our own country. — Clement Attlee
Even apart from the image of a truly merciless God that contradicts everything we can assume from what Jesus says about the Either of the… — Hans Kung
But when adults speak up for the vulnerable and the weak, working and demanding that safety and respect prevail, God's little lambs are protected and… — Wess Stafford
Its very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know… — Angelo Scola
The massive, frustrated energies of a mainly young, disillusioned electorate that has long since abandoned the idea that we all have a duty to vote.… — Hunter S. Thompson
Without the basis in written law, and without the basis in our Constitution ratified by the people, judges can't make laws. And if we accept… — Alan Keyes
For Christians do not place their hope in their children, but rather their children are a sign of their hope . . . that God… — Stanley Hauerwas
After one has abandoned a belief in God, poetry is that essence which takes its place as life's redemption. — Wallace Stevens
"Then we are living in a place abandoned by God," I said, disheartened. "Have you found any places where God would have felt at home?"… — Umberto Eco
I think the American people should see that the corporations abandoned them long ago. That people will have to build their own economies and rebuild… — Vandana Shiva
God has abandoned you. Fear does not serve you. Your heart has betrayed you. Only the music can guide you. — Noah Levine
HURRICANE, n. An atmospheric demonstration once very common but now generally abandoned for the tornado and cyclone. The hurricane is still in popular use in… — Ambrose Bierce
A very common symptom in maniacal conditions is erotic excitement. This varies from mere coquetry, a somewhat extended application of the command "love one another",… — Unknown Author
Every country that has experimented with women in actual combat has abandoned the idea, and the notion that Israel uses women in combat is a… — Phyllis Schlafly
God has not abandoned us any more than he abandoned Job. He never abandons anyone on whom he has set his love; nor does Christ,… — J I Packer
Fantasy abandoned by reason produces impossible monsters — Francisco Goya

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