August Quotes

240 quotes by 213 authors

...Nature-the word that stands for the baffling mysteries of the Universe. Steadily, unflinchingly, we strive to pierce the inmost heart of Nature, from what she… — William Crookes
But now, I, August Comte, have discovered the truth. Therefore, there is no longer any need for freedom of thought or freedom of the press.… — Auguste Comte
Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under… — George Washington
I suddenly realized how much I loved her when we attended Alfred Hitchcock's 75th birthday party last August. There was something magical about that night,… — Rod Taylor
There's no telling what might have happened to our defense budget if Saddam Hussein hadn't invaded Kuwait that August and set everyone gearing up for… — P.J. O'Rourke
I knew Mohamed Atta had something to do in this operation. I knew definitely that the White House and World Trade Centre would be hit.… — Zacarias Moussaoui
I'm naked in Esquire in August. I was naked on the set the other day. I'm always naked. I'm naked right now, in fact, — Mary-Louise Parker
It's August, which means Congress is on recess and Mitch McConnell has shimmied back into the ocean to seek a mate. — Stephen Colbert
In August, 1900, [Friedrich] Nietzsche was laid to rest Nietzsche, as the apostle of atheism, heralded the darkest century the world has ever known. — Benjamin Wiker
Late in August the lure of the mountains becomes irresistible. Seared by the everlasting sunfire, I want to see running water again, embrace a pine… — Edward Abbey
If I was ever a rare fine summer person, that's long ago. Most of us are half-and-half. The August noon in us works to stave… — Ray Bradbury
Justice-august and pure, the abstract idea of all that would be perfect in the spirits and the inspirations of men!-where the mind rises; where the… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
You'll see everything from gold teeth to hood ornaments. It's almost like Halloween during August. — David Carson
The paired butterflies are already yellow with August Over the grass in the West garden; They hurt me. I grow older. — Li Bai
This is the river of the great 19th-century landscapists; of Cole, Cropsey and Church, and at the end of the summer it lies motionless under… — Judith Thurman
I predicted in August that Celtic would reach the final. On the eve of that final I stand by that prediction. — Archie Macpherson
The day it all went wrong for me was 11 August 1989. That was the day I killed a man for the first time. — Simon Kernick
Some playwrights are obvious influences on younger writers. Arthur Miller (realistic, politically engaged dramas) and Christopher Durang (satirical dark comedies) are examples. But August stands… — Daniel J. Sullivan
On the announcement that signs of extra terrestrial life were found in a meteorite, August 6, 1996 A hundred years from now Bob Dole's new… — Richard E. Berendzen
This devotion, so great and so confident, to the august Queen of Heaven, has never forth with such brilliancy as when the militant Church of… — Pope Leo X

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