Continent Quotes

345 Continent quotes by 271 unique authors

He became another data point in the American experiment of self-government, an experiment statistically skewed from the outset, because it wasn't the people with sociable… — Jonathan Franzen
The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress. — Peter Matthiessen
The continent is too large to describe. It is a veritable ocean, a separate planet, a varied, immensely rich cosmos. Only with the greatest simplification,… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Englishmen rarely cry, except under the pressure of the acutest grief; whereas in some parts of the Continent the men shed tears much more readily… — Charles Darwin
Suddenly the clouds seem high above us. They’re moving over us in an arch, circling the planet. They have seen abysmal oceans and charred, scorched… — Lauren DeStefano
The world is not a solid continent of facts sprinkled by a few lakes of uncertainties, but a vast ocean of uncertainties speckled by a… — Bruno Latour
Everyone should be forcibly transplanted to another continent from their family at the age of three. — Philip Larkin
I don't think whole populations are villainous, but Americans are just extraordinarily unaware of all kinds of things. If you live in the middle of… — David Attenborough
To bring the matter to one point, Is the power who is jealous of our prosperity, a proper power to govern us? Whoever says, No,… — Thomas Paine
One human life is deeper than the ocean. Strange fishes and sea-monsters and mighty plants live in the rock-bed of our spirits. The whole of… — Ben Okri
If you throw me out of this house, I shall sleep on the path outside. If you return to the Continent without me, I shall… — Eloisa James
They say no land remains to be discovered, no continent is left unexplored. But the whole world is out there, waiting, just waiting for me.… — Lisa Ann Sandell
…he glanced over his shoulder at her, regarding her, as he often did before they made love, as if she were a lost continent about… — Tom Robbins
In spite of the six thousand manuals on child raising in the bookstores, child raising is still a dark continent and no one really knows… — Bill Cosby
When Europeans arrived on this continent, they blew it with the Native Americans. They plowed over them, taking as much as they could of their… — Mary Pipher
I take this continent with me into the grave. — Ray Bradbury
I mean you ACRES of harm,' Dalrymple growled. 'Untold QUANTITIES of harm. I will visit a whole CONTINENT of harm upon you before we are… — Derek Landy
Give her the continent and she wanted the hemisphere. — Anthony Kiedis
Our prime minister could embrace and forgive the people who killed our beloved sons and fathers, and so he should, but he could not, would… — Peter Carey
If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape — Maya Angelou
There’s light at the end of the tunnel. The problem is that tunnel is in the back of your mind. And if you don’t go… — Terence McKenna
What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A major objective was… — Chinua Achebe
Taking the continent as a whole, this religious tension may be responsible for the revival of the commonest racial feeling. Africa is divided into Black… — Frantz Fanon
And there, row upon row, with the soft gleam of flowers opened at morning, with the light of this June sun glowing through a faint… — Ray Bradbury
One hurries through, even though there's time; the past, the continent, is behind; the future is the glowing mouth in the side of the ship;… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

Who Wrote These Continent Quotes

271 authors contributed a total of 345 Continent Quotes, led by these top contributors: