Captive Quotes

145 quotes by 133 authors

What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian. — Sitting Bull
I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and build on its… — William Wells Brown
If as the friends of colonization hope, the present and coming generations of our countrymen shall by any means, succeed in freeing our land from… — Abraham Lincoln
Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror. — Horace
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has… — Charles Caleb Colton
By being with yourself, the 'I am', by watching yourself in your daily life with alert interest, with the intention to understand rather than judge,… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
So long as we need to control other people, however benign our motives, we are captive to that need. In giving them freedom, we free… — Marilyn Ferguson
Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Unless I am convicted by Scripture and plain reason-I do not accept the authority of popes and councils, for they have contradicted each other-my conscience… — Martin Luther
Americans love their captivity. There's no responsibility. When you're a captive, you don't have to make a decision about anything, though you have no Liberty.… — Eustace Mullins
The resurrection power of Jesus broke Satan's captive power. When He led the Old Testament saints from paradise to heaven, He led captivity captive! — Leon Morris
You are eternity's hostage A captive of mine. — Boris Pasternak
Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in the same cage, and so we've grown used to each… — Tennessee Williams
What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all the palisades, all the… — Alexander Herzen
How many of us would be able to overcome our desires and resist the temptation of sin? How many of us even lower our gaze… — Ibn Taymiyyah
They say when opportunity knocks you should let it in and invite it to sit at your table. F*** that -- when opportunity knocks, you… — Tracy Morgan
If I had to choose a single destination where I'd be held captive for the rest of my time in New York, Iâ€™d choose the… — Tim Gunn
Ever since I gave up therapy, it's my only time with a captive audience. — Noah Wyle
Even if I am simply one more woman laying one more brick in the foundation of a new and more humane world, it is enough… — Judy Chicago
Well, I would have to say as a Christian that I believe any belief system, any world view, whether its Zen Buddhism or Hinduism or… — Albert Mohler

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