Countenanced Quotes

8 quotes by 5 authors

• I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of… — Thomas Jefferson
• Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted and relieved. Drugs, movies where stuff blows up, loud parties - all… — David Foster Wallace
• Fiction, poetry, music...these are the places (for me) where loneliness is countenanced, stared down, transfigured, treated. — David Foster Wallace
• If we believe that he [Jesus Christ]really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanisms, which his biographers [writers of the New Testament]father upon him,… — Thomas Jefferson
• Look now -- in all of history men have been taught that killing of men is an evil thing not to be countenanced. Any man… — John Steinbeck
• Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom. — Robert Hall
• Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and race commends by custom. — Arthur Helps

Who Wrote These Countenanced Quotes

5 authors contributed a total of 8 Countenanced Quotes as follows:

• 2 Countenanced Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
• 2 Countenanced Quotes by David Foster Wallace
• 1 Countenanced Quote by John Steinbeck
• 1 Countenanced Quote by Robert Hall
• 1 Countenanced Quote by Arthur Helps