Collected Quotes

229 quotes by 209 authors

Then the hard, dry Spaniards came exploring through, greedy and realistic, and their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected… — John Steinbeck
And their greed was for gold or God. They collected souls as they collected jewels. — John Steinbeck
It is probable that a greater number of monuments of the skill and industry of man will, in the course of the ages, be collected… — Charles Lyell
She had lived in that house fourteen years, and every year she had demanded of John that she be given a pet of some strange… — Michael Ondaatje
Ethnography literally means 'a portrait of a people.' An ethnography is a written description of a particular culture - the customs, beliefs, and behavior -… — Marvin Harris
The Veteran's History Project, a nationwide volunteer effort to collect oral histories from America's war veterans, provides an avenue to do just that. Now in… — Spencer Bachus
We find collected in this book [The Bible] the superstitious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of Palestine, with indistinct echoes of Indian and Persian fables,… — Max Nordau
It was the forty-fathom slumber that clears the soul and eye and heart, and sends you to breakfast ravening. They emptied a big tin dish… — Rudyard Kipling
Pray silently with simplicity every day to stay cool and calm in mind, composed and collected in heart; courageous and connected to own soul, to… — Unknown Author
I'd love to do a whole series of stories and have them collected into books. — Sergio Aragones
The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected. — Xenophanes
If you are trying to appear calm and collected on the outside when actually you are feeling upset and angry, your children may mirror this… — Shakti Gawain
Nobody told me how hard it was going to be to get published. I wrote four novels that nobody wanted, sent them out all over,… — Jerry Spinelli
Bayle, when writing on "Comets," discovered this; for having collected many things applicable to his work, as they stood quoted in some modern writers, when… — Isaac D'Israeli
When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration of a word;… — Samuel Johnson
Books entered my house under cover of night, from the four winds, smuggled in by woodland creatures, and then they never left. Books collected on… — Luc Sante
After four hundred years of slave labor, we have some back pay coming, a bill owed to us that must be collected. — Malcolm X
Thus, from the first divine contract, and the pure region where truth abides, a continuous chain of mercies and light extends to humanity, through every… — Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
The teachings of elegant sayings Should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, Any price will be paid. — Akkineni Nagarjuna
We collected in a group in front of their door, and we experienced within ourselves a grief that was new for us, the ancient grief… — Primo Levi

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