Ceased Quotes

331 Ceased quotes by 276 unique authors

Abatement in the hostility of one's enemies must never be thought to signify they have been won over. It only means that one has ceased… — Quentin Crisp
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written. — Arthur Helps
Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty… — Thor Heyerdahl
Man was nature's mistake she neglected to finish him and she has never ceased paying for her mistake. — Eric Hoffer
The desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop market has entered… — Steve Jobs
If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the… — C.S. Lewis
A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never ceased to be amused. — Shirley MacLaine
Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist. — W. Somerset Maugham
We have become makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets. — Karl Popper
Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased. — John Steinbeck
One of the great cliches of campaign journalism is the notion that American elections have long since ceased to be about issues and ideas. — Matt Taibbi
Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. — Mark Twain
I was seldom able to see an opportunity until it had ceased to be one. — Mark Twain
Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress. — Thorstein Veblen
The alleged menace of universal suffrage having been avoided by the absolute suppression of the negro vote, the spirit of mob murder should have been… — Ida B. Wells
As for the extraordinary operations of the Holy Ghost, such as working of miracles, or speaking with divers kinds of tongues, they are long since… — George Whitefield
There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love. — Oscar Wilde
I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty. — Woodrow Wilson
In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When… — Edward Gibbon
I have not ceased being fearful, but I have ceased to let fear control me. — Erica Jong
What we need to question is bricks, concrete, glass, our table manners, our utensils, our tools, the way we spend our time, our rhythms. To… — Georges Perec
...[Cabeza de Vaca] ceased to be lost not by returning but by turning into something else. — Rebecca Solnit
It had ceased raining in the night and he walked out on the road and called for the dog. He called and called. Standing in… — Cormac McCarthy
I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books; I have begun to listen to the teaching… — Hermann Hesse
I cannot express the uneasiness caused in me by this intrusion of mystery and beauty into a room I had at last filled with myself… — Marcel Proust

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