Consumed Quotes

339 quotes by 306 authors

What becomes of the surplus of human life? It is either, 1st. destroyed by infanticide, as among the Chinese and Lacedemonians; or 2d. it is… — James Madison
Knowledge is and will be produced in order to be sold, it is and will be consumed in order to be valorised in a new… — Jean-Francois Lyotard
It is our duty and our privilege to exhaust our lives for Jesus. We are not to be living specimens of men in fine preservation,… — Charles Spurgeon
Any man who is attached to things of this world is one who lives in ignorance and is being consumed by the snakes of his… — Black Elk
I dropped my juggling balls and my face grew embarrassed. It wasn't until then that I looked around the circus of life and noted all… — Stefanie Schneider
Horsemeat in many European and Asian countries is consumed as a delicacy. — Elton Gallegly
I was so obsessed and consumed with my grievances that I could not get away from myself and think things out in the light. I… — Anzia Yezierska
The soul seeks God with its whole being. Because it is desperate to be whole, the soul is God-smitten and God-crazy and God-obsessed. My mind… — John Ortberg
The generation that followed did not have the same concerns; none of its members attempted to follow the example of the past generation. There was… — Cheikh Anta Diop
Men didn't understand that you couldn't let yourself be consumed with passion when there were so many people needing your attention, when there was so… — Bonnie Jo Campbell
The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his… — Thorstein Veblen
You must obey this now for a Law, that he that will not worke shall not eate (except by sicknesse he be disabled:) for the… — John Smith
The full-grown modern human being who seeks but refuge finds instead boredom and mental dissolution, unless he can be, even in his withdrawal, creative. He… — Robert Briffault
Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. It has fascinated man for… — Margaret Visser
Yet just as the day has two halves, one governed by the sun and the other by the moon, so there are many who are… — Aino Kallas
If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his… — Benjamin Franklin
Many young girls are constantly consumed by controlling and managing their body image to the extent that they are much more involved in the production… — Susie Orbach
The fiery force is nothing more than the life force as we know it. It is the flame of desire and love, of sex and… — Harold Norse
The airline business is the biggest team sport in the world. When you're all consumed with fighting among yourselves, your opponents can run over you… — Gordon Bethune
The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world. — Bianca Jagger

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