Deadly Quotes
534 Deadly quotes by 413 unique authors
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From restless thoughts, that, like a deadly swarm Of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, But rush upon me thronging.
— John Milton
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We must invite the Cross to do its deadly work within before we can be free.
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Tonight, I propose a 21st Century Crime Bill to deploy the latest technologies and tactics to make our communities even safer. Our balanced budget will…
— William J. Clinton
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Of the seven deadly sins, surely it is pride that most commonly afflicts the gardener.
— Michael Pollan
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I'd heard of really bad things Klan folks did to Negroes. Mean, hateful, deadly things. I didn't know they were hateful toward white folks too.
— Clare Vanderpool
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The Chinese believe that before you can conquer a beast you first must make it beautiful. In some strange way, I have tried to do…
— Kay Redfield Jamison
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"No," he says, taking us both in. "No, no, no. You've come farther than most people on this planet will in their lifetimes. You've overcome…
— Patrick Ness
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Imagine how a Teddy Kennedy or a Bill Clinton would take the news that one woman in ten, say, has the power to resist his…
— L. Neil Smith
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No band on 21st-century radio has mined pre-grunge hair-metal's sleaze like L.A.'s Buckcherry. So it makes poetic sense that they'd spend their sixth album tallying…
— Chuck Eddy
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Twice in my lifetime the long arm of destiny has reached across the oceans and involved the entire life and manhood of the United States…
— Winston Churchill
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As to the Seven Deadly Sins, I deplore Pride, Wrath, Lust, Envy and Greed. Gluttony and Sloth I pretty much plan my day around.
— Robert Breault
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The Seven Deadly Sins are a litany of victimless crimes, compiled to distract attention from the bloody felonies of the righteous.
— Robert Breault
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Clichés are static, the emotion behind them long spent. If you are tempted to use them, here is a saying of my mother’s: Fang pi…
— Amy Tan
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Discretion is deadly to genius; ruinous to talent.
— Emile M. Cioran
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Morality, thou deadly bane, Thy tens o' thousands thou hast slain! Vain is his hope, whose stay an' trust is In moral mercy, truth, and…
— Robert Burns
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Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety.
— Sun Tzu
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Before we become too arrogant with the most deadly of the seven deadly sins, the sin of pride, let us remember that the two great…
— Richard M. Nixon
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I think real life couples on screen are kind of deadly. For the most part, they're kind of deadly. You'd be surprised. Unless they're falling…
— Amy Poehler
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When I pray, I never pray for myself, always for others, or else I hold a silly, naive, or deadly serious dialogue with what is…
— Etty Hillesum
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Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation, mark! Who in widow weeds appears, Laden with unhonoured years, Noosing with care a bursting purse, Baited…
— Robert Burns
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In the deadly sweep Of every wave, A thousand dangers lie in wait.
— Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
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For years, even before 9/11, I've been trying to warn that the threat from amateur biolabs will ultimately turn out to be far more troublesome…
— Greg Bear
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Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.
— Jose Manuel Barroso
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Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.
— David James Duncan
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Elusive dreams and vague desires fanned to fiery needs by deadly deeds of falling empires.
— Joni Mitchell
Who Wrote These Deadly Quotes
413 authors contributed a total of 534 Deadly Quotes, led by these top contributors: