Clamour Quotes

21 quotes by 20 authors

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with. — Thomas Carlyle
When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak… — Piers Anthony
They who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it. — Samuel Johnson
That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of… — J M Coetzee
The venom clamours of a jealous woman poison more deadly than a mad dog's tooth. — William Shakespeare
They [Bishops] shall also banish from churches all those kinds of music, in which, whether by the organ, or in the singing, there is mixed… — Pope Pius IV
Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery… — Samuel Johnson
The people themselves begin to clamour for an education which shall qualify their children for life rather than for earning a living. As a matter… — Charlotte Mason
Solitude with God repairs the damage done by the fret and noise and clamour of the world. — Oswald Chambers
In noise can be read the codes of life, the relations among men. Clamour, Melody, Dissonance, Harmony; when it is fashioned by man with specific… — Jacques Attali
When rumours increase, and when there is an abundance of noise and clamour, believe the second report. — Alexander Pope
God's voice is still and quiet and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour. — Charles Stanley
Oxford, in those days, was still a city of aquatint. In her spacious and quiet streets men walked and spoke as they had done in… — Evelyn Waugh
When He [God] talks of their losing their selves, He means only abandoning the clamour of self-will; once they have done that, He really gives… — C.S. Lewis
The thing you fail to grasp is that people are not basically good. We are basically selfish. We shove and clamour and cry for adoration,… — Christopher Nolan
I have wrestled with death. It is the most unexciting contest you can imagine. It takes place in an impalpable greyness, with nothing underfoot, with… — Joseph Conrad
[T]he more clamour we make about 'the women's point of view', the more we rub it into people that the women's point of view is… — Dorothy L. Sayers
Like all music, the figured bass should have no other end and aim than the glory of God and the recreation of the soul; where… — Johann Sebastian Bach
I have never understood the clamour for waif-like women whose flesh acts merely as a thin veil for their bones - much as I would… — Clare Balding
This beautifully stiched skin as white as wax, just like when they were alive. Their mouths that cannot clamour noisily or tell lies any longer...Aren't… — The Undertaker

Who Wrote These Clamour Quotes

20 authors contributed a total of 21 Clamour Quotes as follows: