Amidst Quotes

129 quotes by 114 authors

Amidst protestations of 'Who can be against the children?' too few people are FOR children when it really matters. — Marian Wright Edelman
The test of education, apart from the accomplishments that secure places in an artificial system, should be this: Let the man be thrown naked on… — Arthur Lynch
Careful amidst the careless, amongst the sleeping wide-awake, the intelligent man leaves them all behind, like a race-horse does a mere hack. — Gautama Buddha
Comedy mocks the vanity of visions of rational control. The person who can joke amidst a confrontation with evil, like the quick-witted Spider-Man, must be… — Peter Leithart
Mankind has tried the other two roads to peace - the road of political jealousy and the road of religious bigotry - and found them… — Garrett P. Serviss
We have so many priests who have gone half way â€¦ itâ€™s sad that they did not manage to go the whole way; they have… — Pope Francis
All interesting issues in natural history are questions of relative frequency, not single examples. Everything happens once amidst the richness of nature. But when an… — Stephen Jay Gould
It was Rome, on the fifteenth of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing… — Edward Gibbon
It is the way with half the truth amidst which we live, that it only haunts us and makes dull pulsations that are never born… — George Eliot
Christmas was close at hand, in all his bluff and hearty honesty; it was the season of hospitality, merriment, and open-heartedness; the old year was… — Charles Dickens
Those who have arrived at any very eminent degree of excellence in the practice of an art or profession have commonly been actuated by a… — John Knox
People hit the sauce in a big way all winter. Amidst blizzards they wrestle unsuccessfully with the dark comedy of their lives, laughter trapped in… — Amy Gerstler
A day will come when beings, now latent in our thoughts and hidden in our loins, shall stand upon Earth as a footstool and laugh,… — H.G. Wells
Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems. — Cory Booker
At a time when U.S. jobs are heading overseas at a record pace, and amidst increased sanctions on our manufacturers and producers from other countries,… — Blanche Lincoln
Genius involves figuring out who you are, and owning yourself. It's about amplifying your best traits and compensating for the rest. Geniuses grab life by… — Scott Barry Kaufman
Creating harmony amidst diversity is a fundamental issue of the twenty-first century. While celebrating the unique characteristics of different peoples and cultures, we have to… — Daisaku Ikeda
We should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts which will be a living treasure of knowledge always with us, and from… — Arthur Helps
I 'm weary of conjectures,-this must end 'em. Thus am I doubly armed: my death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me:… — Joseph Addison
It is only now and then, in a jungle, or amidst the towering white menace of a burnt or burning Australian forest, that Nature strips… — H.G. Wells

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