Bear Quotes
2639 Bear quotes by 1708 unique authors
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The lives of individuals of the human race form a constant plot, in which every attempt to isolate one piece of living that has a…
— Italo Calvino
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We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable…
— Marjane Satrapi
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For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a…
— Viktor E. Frankl
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He hardly ever spoke of magic, and when he did it was like a history lesson and no one could bear to listen to him.
— Susanna Clarke
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This piece of rudeness was more than Alice could bear: she got up in great disgust, and walked off; the Dormouse fell asleep instantly, and…
— Lewis Carroll
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The greatest question of our time is not communism vs. individualism, not Europe vs. America, not even the East vs. the West; it is whether…
— Will Durant
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Most of us, no matter what we say, are walking in the dark, whistling in the dark. Nobody knows what is going to happen to…
— James A. Baldwin
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Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he…
— A A Milne
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One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then I saw a third and…
— Charles Darwin
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Virgo: Your teddy bear will reveal that he is pregnant and will require counseling.
— Sue Limb
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Rather than bring the full force of our creativity and rationality to bear on the problems of ethics, social cohesion, and even spiritual experience, moderates…
— Sam Harris
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The mad sometimes drilled holes in their own heads to let the demons out. To relieve the pressure of thoughts they could no longer bear.…
— Joe Hill
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God,' she cried, 'what is love? Man seeking his own head? The human head, so rented by misery that even the teeth weigh! She couldn't…
— Djuna Barnes
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Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us...…
— Joss Whedon
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Good morning, Eeyore," said Pooh. "Good morning, Pooh Bear," said Eeyore gloomily. "If it is a good morning, which I doubt," said he. "Why, what's…
— A A Milne
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A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
— A A Milne
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...Meg learned to love her husband better for his poverty, because it seem to have made a man of him, giving him the strength and…
— Louisa May Alcott
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Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.
— Marcus Aurelius
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You're walking through a field all by yourself one day in spring and this sweet little bear cub with velvet fur and shiny little eyes…
— Haruki Murakami
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Whatever he says, let his inner resolution be not to bear whatever comes to him, but to bear it 'for a reasonable period'--and let the…
— C.S. Lewis
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I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things – once commenced – only out of…
— A. S. Byatt
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He sank into the rocking chair, the same one in which Rebecca had sat during the early days of the house to give embroidery lessons,…
— Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I bear my burden proudly for all to see, to conquer prejudice and ignorance and hate with knowledge and sincerity and love. Whenever you are…
— William S. Burroughs
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Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which…
— Aristotle
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There are disappointments which wring us, and there are those which inflict a wound whose mark we bear to our graves. Such are so keen…
— Thomas Hardy
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