Bastion Quotes

25 quotes by 23 authors

In Italy, the Inquisition was condemning people to death until the end of the eighteenth century, and inquisitional torture was not abolished in the Catholic… — Carl Sagan
People respond better to kindness than cruelty. Why, it's even caught on in the workplace, that bastion of self-hatred and disrespect. — Cheri Huber
...for two centuries supporters of the Electoral College have built their arguments on a series of faulty premises. The Electoral College is a gross violation… — George C. Edwards III
National identity is the last bastion of the dispossessed. But the meaning of identity is now based on hatred, on hatred for those who are… — Umberto Eco
Gold is not necessary. I have no interest in gold. We'll build a solid state, without an ounce of gold behind it. Anyone who sells… — Adolf Hitler
My idea was to build Liverpool into a bastion of invincibility. Had Napoleon had that idea he would have conquered the bloody world. I wanted… — Bill Shankly
That's what the Senate is about. It's the last bastion of minority rights, where a minority can be heard, where a minority can stand on… — Robert Byrd
Anyone who thinks Ryanair flights are some sort of bastion of sanctity where you can contemplate your navel is wrong. We already bombard you with… — Michael O'Leary
True #leadership isn't the bastion of a few who sit at the top ... We all need to step up, take the risk and put… — Simon Sinek
Look, I think liberals have reasonable gripes with Fox News. It does lean to the right, primarily in its opinion programming but also in its… — Jonah Goldberg
Yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, And onward drags a laboring breast, And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
The Devil has a great advantage against us inasmuch as he has a strong bastion and bulwark against us in our own flesh and blood. — Martin Luther
If you think the country is a bastion only of nasty tendencies and racism and oppression, that is anti-American. — Rich Lowry
Sentimental titles are the last bastion of scoundrels, and can add significant barf to an already barfy work. — Robert Genn
Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your… — Gus Van Sant
Make no mistake about it: Law school is not a bastion of intellectual discourse. — Tucker Max
Sink every impulse like a bolt. Secure The bastion of sensation. Do not waver Into language. Do not waver in it. — Seamus Heaney
It is interesting to note that the "sexual revolution" was sometimes portrayed as a communal utopia, whereas in fact it was simply another stage in… — Michel Houellebecq
Your friends are at the house.' I sit up, straight. 'Who'? 'I don't know. Weird people. The Sullivan girl, whose father got the Gosford police… — Melina Marchetta
National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain… — Carl Sagan

Who Wrote These Bastion Quotes

23 authors contributed a total of 25 Bastion Quotes as follows: