Continents Quotes

429 Continents quotes by 343 unique authors

Cezanne is the Christopher Columbus of a new continent of form. — Clive Bell
The traveler from Europe edges into it like a tiny Jonah entering an inconceivably large whale, slipping past the straits of Belle Isle into the… — Northrop Frye
The Formless Supreme Being abides in the Realm of Eternity. Over His creation He casts His glance of grace. In that Realm are contained all… — Guru Nanak
Everywhere you go on the continent of Europe at this hour you see the conflict between militarism and industrialism. You see the expansion of industrial… — William Graham Sumner
Of course, all students should learn African history, as they should learn the history of other continents and major civilizations. But this history should be… — Diane Ravitch
A certain traveler who knew many continents was asked what he found most remarkable of all. He replied: the ubiquity of sparrows. — Adam Zagajewski
India is the one area of the sub-continent where we haven't won since I have been involved with England — Duncan Fletcher
We are consuming our forests three times faster than they are being reproduced. Some of the richest timber lands of this continent have already been… — Theodore Roosevelt
The function of our Government is to insure to all its citizens, now and hereafter, their rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.… — Theodore Roosevelt
Is America a weakling, to shrink from the work of the great world powers? No! The young giant of the West stands on a continent… — Theodore Roosevelt
The Old and New Testaments are the stick of Judah. You recollect that the tribe of Judah tarried in Jerusalem and the Lord blessed Judah,… — Brigham Young
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
The settler and pioneer have at bottom had justice on their side; this great continent could not have been kept as nothing but a game… — Theodore Roosevelt
But the idea of science and systematic knowledge is wanting to our whole instruction alike, and not only to that of our business class ...… — Matthew Arnold
Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on seas and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls. — John Muir
A continent ages quickly once we come. The natives live in harmony with it. But the foreigner destroys, cuts down the trees, drains the water,… — Ernest Hemingway
The American Colossus was fiercely intent on appropriating and exploiting the riches of all continents - grasping with both hands, reaping where he had not… — Gifford Pinchot
A cathedral without windows, a face without eyes, a field without flowers, an alphabet without vowels, a continent without rivers, a night without stars, and… — Tad R. Callister
America has been the New World in all tongues, to all peoples, not because this continent was a new-found land, but because all those who… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The history of the genocide perpetrated during the Second World War does not belong to the past only. It is a ‘living history’ that concerns… — Irina Bokova
Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms,… — Jeff Goodell
I will make an attempt to attain freedom, the youthful soul says to itself; and is it to be hindered in this by the fact… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I can't get used to the ease with which one covers the world today. It's no longer an effort--Pole--equator--oceans--continents--it's just a question of which way… — Charles Lindbergh
The American continents, by the free and independent condition that they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future… — John Quincy Adams
Presently I shall be introduced as 'this venerable old gentleman' and the axe will fall when they raise me to the degree of 'grand old… — Stephen Leacock

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