Boon Quotes

76 quotes by 70 authors

An active propaganda machinery controlled bv the world's largest corporations constantly reassures us that consumerism is the path to happiness, governmental restraint of market excess… — David Korten
Five years of Prohibition have had, at least, this one benign effect: they have completely disposed of all the favorite arguments of the Prohibitionists. None… — H. L. Mencken
What are you doing?" "Kneeling before a goddess." "I'm not a goddess." "You are. A goddess, a princess, a queen. As a soldier, I pledge… — Colleen Houck
As a successful romantic novelist - one of my publishers is Mills & Boon - I create the sort of male heroes that no woman… — P. C. Cast
In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be… — Horace
Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world denied. — Samuel Johnson
Drawing used to be a civilized thing to do, like reading and writing. It was taught in elementary schools. It was democratic. It was a… — Michael Kimmelman
Behold this little Bane- The Boon of all alive- As common as it is unknown The name of it is Love. — Emily Dickinson
If the teacher is truly enlightened, energy and light is always coming forth from them. To be in their physical presence is a great boon,… — Frederick Lenz
Liberty ... was a two-headed boon. There was first, the liberty of the people as a whole to determine the forms of their own government,… — H. L. Mencken
A few years ago, when I had no work and started believing that films weren't a viable career, I thought of finding another job. I… — Randeep Hooda
Stay, little cheerful Robin! stay, And at my casement sing, Though it should prove a farewell lay And this our parting spring. * * *… — William Wordsworth
I think bolstering free trade is a boon to the dollar. — Carly Fiorina
Truly, the bench is a boon to idlers. Whoever first came up with the idea is a genius: free public resting places where you can… — Tom Hodgkinson
The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Texting is a fundamentally sneaky form of communication, which we should despise, but it is such a boon we don't care. We are all sneaks… — Lynne Truss
The advent of DVD/Blu-ray reissues of classic Hollywood and foreign films has been a boon to film buffs, who can now study their favorites in… — James Wolcott
Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less… — Dean Koontz
But the makers of legend have seldom rested content to regard the world's great heroes as mere human beings who broke past the horizons that… — Joseph Campbell
The true Southern watermelon is a boon apart, and not to be mentioned with commoner things. It is chief of this world'd luxuries, king by… — Mark Twain

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