Cease Quotes

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There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you… — Louis Kronenberger
The light that radiates from the great novels time can never dim, for human existence is perpetually being forgotten by man and thus the novelists'… — Milan Kundera
I personally believe that the iPod is a frankly corrosive device because it encourages you to surround yourself with your favorites. The whole idea of… — Hugh Laurie
Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous. — W. Somerset Maugham
War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. — H. L. Mencken
If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. — Henry Miller
Of course I am frustrated with regard to extreme poverty, to violence that never seems to cease. — Roger Moore
A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though… — John Muir
At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid. — Friedrich Nietzsche
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. — Anais Nin
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar… — Anais Nin
When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves… — Henri Nouwen
What you want to worship above youth, I think, is beauty, and beauty is so beyond just appearances after a while. Because you can be… — Patton Oswalt
What makes old age so sad is not that our joys but our hopes cease. — Jean Paul
People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why.… — Anne Rice
I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends… — David Rockefeller
Government is taking 40 percent of the GDP. And that's at the state, local and federal level. President Obama has taken government spending at the… — Mitt Romney
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. — Eleanor Roosevelt
When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die. — Eleanor Roosevelt

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