Convulsion Quotes

22 quotes by 19 authors

The result is a twitching convulsion of vicious drivel passing itself off as a movie, which can be best appreciated by the kind of people… — Rex Reed
The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for… — Abraham Lincoln
We have been through this is biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that… — Everett Dirksen
Is there anything as horrible as starting on a trip? Once you're off, that's all right, but the last moments are earthquake and convulsion, and… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
A fundamental mistake to call vehemence and rigidity strength! A man is not strong who takes convulsion-fits; though six men cannot hold him then. He… — Thomas Carlyle
Our strife pertains to ourselves-to the passing generations of men-and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation. — Abraham Lincoln
Whether we regard the Women's Liberation movement as a serious threat, a passing convulsion, or a fashionable idiocy, it is a movement that mounts an… — Arianna Huffington
In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its… — Andrew Coyle Bradley
The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our… — Emily Greene Balch
I like a look of Agony, because I know it's true - men do not sham Convulsion, nor simulate, a Throe — Emily Dickinson
The men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the public by the… — Theodore Roosevelt
The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this war we shall… — Thomas Jefferson
All equally see in the convulsion in America an era in the history of the world, out of which must come in the end a… — Charles Francis Adams, Sr.
May it not be asked of every intelligent friend to the liberties of his country, whether the power exercised in such an act as this… — James Madison
Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after. — Alexander Pope
Through neglect, ignorance, or inability, the new intellectual Borgias cram hairballs down our throats and refuse us the convulsion that could make us well. They… — Ray Bradbury
And I imagine... with great pleasure... all the horrible stirrings of the nonmanifested to bring forth the scream which creates the universe. Maybe one day… — Alejandro Jodorowsky
Laughter--an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features, and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious, and though intermittent, incurable. — Ambrose Bierce
[A]nd soon now we shall go out of the house and go into the convulsion of the world, out of history into history and the… — Robert Penn Warren
Laughter is an interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable. — Ambrose Bierce

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