Commenced Quotes
41 quotes by 40 authors
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Those who are to conduct a war cannot in the nature of things, be proper or safe judges, whether a war ought to be commenced,…
— James Madison
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It requires a conviction that every people has a unique contribution to give to mankind, and that this they must make or remain sterile, subservient,…
— Lawren Harris
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Sometimes, indeed often, we work on a theme with an unformed idea, and, when it has passed through the process, its final result is something…
— Lawren Harris
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In the beginning, after this earth was prepared for man, the Lord commenced his work upon what is now called the American continent, where the…
— Brigham Young
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Since the cruel killing of cows and other animal have commenced, I have anxiety for the future generation.
— Lala Lajpat Rai
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I cannot bear not to know the end of a tale. I will read the most trivial things – once commenced – only out of…
— A. S. Byatt
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good morning sinners. vampiric red bull intake in pub smoking compound commenced. day of heavy brain-fingering ahead.
— Warren Ellis
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Sarah took a deep breath and set off along the passageway again. A clump of lichen on the gatepost opened its eyes and watched her…
— A.C.H. Smith
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And then something invisible snapped insider her, and that which had come together commenced to fall apart.
— John Green
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It has been my experience that most human stories are circular rather than linear. Regardless of the path we choose, we somehow end up where…
— James Lee Burke
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Que me voulez-vous?' said he in a growl of which the music was wholly confined to his chest and throat, for he kept his teeth…
— Charlotte Bronte
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She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too…
— Jane Austen
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That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness…
— Albert Pike
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She was sad with an obscure sadness of which she had not the secret herself. There was in her whole person the stupor of a…
— Victor Hugo
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Sophronia was minding her own business and running late to luncheon, as was her custom. She'd let to learn the advantage of punctuality. As she…
— Gail Carriger
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Mr. Herschel brought with him the calculations of the computers, and we commenced the tedious process of verification. After a time many discrepancies occurred, and…
— Charles Babbage
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They waste life in what are called good resolutions-partial efforts at reformation, feebly commenced, heartlessly conducted, and hopelessly concluded.
— Charles Robert Maturin
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Louisiana commenced her existence as a state under a code of laws differing from all the other states which were founded on the common law,…
— Samuel Freeman Miller
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I at once commenced the ascent through a shower of arrows.
— George Crook
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Commenced operations in the Valley of the Kings.
— Howard Carter
Who Wrote These Commenced Quotes
40 authors contributed a total of 41 Commenced Quotes, led by these top contributors: