Committed Quotes

1499 quotes by 1196 authors

It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders,… — Eudora Welty
I've committed to nothing...and that's just suicide...by tiny, tiny increments. — Nick Hornby
If a man has committed wrong in life, I don't know any moralist more anxious to point his errors out to the world than his… — William Makepeace Thackeray
... I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted. "And so… — Catherynne M. Valente
The law which attempts a man's life [capital punishment] is impractical, unjust, inadmissible. It has never repressed crime--for a second crime is every day committed… — Marquis de Sade
Being young is an 18 year prison sentence for a crime your parents committed. But you do get time off for good behavior. — Orson Scott Card
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience… — Carrie P Snow
In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to… — Tom Hodgkinson
I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long… — Barbara Mertz
I say guilt, gentlemen, because it was guilt that motivated her. She has committed no crime, she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code… — Harper Lee
[The witch] would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitorâ€™s stead, the Table would crack… — C.S. Lewis
Officers, what offence have these men done? DOGBERRY Marry, sir, they have committed false report; moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily, they are slanders; sixth… — William Shakespeare
Society had grown cruel. People who felt they were unwanted or unwelcome in their own country, reacted with aggression. There was no such thing as… — Henning Mankell
Each man lives for himself, uses his freedom to achieve his personal goals, and feels with his whole being that right now he can or… — Leo Tolstoy
Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the… — Victor Hugo
Most unmarried Somali girls who got pregnant committed suicide. I knew of one girl in Mogadishu who poured a can of gasoline over herself in… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Most murders are committed by someone who is known to the victim. In fact, you are most likely to be murdered by a member of… — Mark Haddon
Wind and storm colored July. Also, in the middle, cadaverous, awful, lay the grey puddle in the courtyard, when holding an envelope in my hand,… — Virginia Woolf
Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Oh words, what crimes are committed in your name? ~Jack or The Submission — Eugene Ionesco

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