Across Quotes

3257 quotes by 2329 authors

Willis Rodney Whitney ... once compared scientific research to a bridge being constructed by a builder who was fascinated by the construction problems involved. Basic… — Chauncey Guy Suits
He's looking for the president's kidnapped daughter; everybody he calls on to help him is busy, but lo and behold, you look across the room,… — Derek Luke
Across the board you can run up against 10 athletes where we're the same physically. They've done the same kind of training; they are in… — Unknown Author
I will go forward... I will smile at the rage of the tempest, and ride fearlessly and triumphantly across the boisterous ocean of circumstance... And… — Eliza R. Snow
There is something in such laws that takes the breath away. They are not discoveries or inventions of the human mind, but exist independently of… — M.C. Escher
You are my inspiration and my folly. You are my light across the sea, my million nameless joys, and my day's wage. You are my… — George Bernard Shaw
It is most heartening to learn that young men and women, in their late teens and twenties, are increasingly attracted to meditative prayer in the… — John Joseph O'Connor
Now, some people do this for shock value. Shock is just another uptown word for surprise. Granted it has a different quality to it, but… — George Carlin
The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion. — Ken Calvert
The mayors fund for London will be a streamlined vehicle for getting money from the wealth creating sector to communities across London that are facing… — Boris Johnson
You've got to play with that killer instinct, man. You've got to hate that guy across from you. Then after the game is over, tell… — Chuck Bednarik
There is a timelessness about sport. Like music and art, it is a quality that cuts across generations and nations. It provides a link between… — Unknown Author
It is the misfortune of contemporary leaders, across the whole spectrum of Australian life, that the community's demand for strong leadership is growing in direct… — Hugh Mackay
What we did in the 1960s and early 1970s was raise the consciousness of white America that this government has a responsibility to Indian people.… — Dennis Banks
Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young people wearing braids or chokers… — Russell Means
Immense deposits of kimmeridge clay, containing the oil-bearing bands or seams, stretch across England from Dorsetshire to Lincolnshire. [An early political recognition of the native… — Winston Churchill
Because the idea of climate change is so plastic, it can be deployed across many of our human projects and can serve many of our… — Mike Hulme
Winter regularly takes many more lives than any heat wave: 25,000 to 50,000 each year die in Britain from excess cold. Across Europe, there are… — Bjorn Lomborg
Visions of one powerful scene after another parade across his inner screen, each exploding with drama and meaning — Robert Ludlum
I love the chill October days, when the brown leaves lie thick and sodden underneath your feet ... the evenings in late autumn time, when… — Jerome K. Jerome

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