Descent Quotes

156 quotes by 141 authors

Every time a crime was committed by a Muslim, that person's faith was mentioned, regardless of its relevance. When a crime is committed by a… — Dave Eggers
Ramona stepped back into her closet, slid the door shut, pressed an imaginary button, and when her imaginary elevator had made its imaginary descent, stepped… — Beverly Cleary
Between the desire And the spasm, Between the potency And the existence, Between the essence And the descent, Falls the Shadow. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
Between the idea And the reality Between the motion And the act Falls the Shadow For Thine is the Kingdom Between the conception And the… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born. My… — Beatrix Potter
But I lie. I embellish. My words are not deep enough. They disguise, they conceal. I will not rest until I have told of my… — Anais Nin
To understand a profound thought is to have, at the moment one understands it, a profound thought oneself; and this demands some effort, a genuine… — Marcel Proust
there is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death. — Karen Armstrong
All the "not readies," all the "I need time," are understandable, but only for a short while. The truth is that there is never a… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The question now at issue, whether the living species are connected with the extinct by a common bond of descent, will best be cleared up… — Charles Lyell
The Dr. King holiday is not just for black people, African-Americans or people of African descent. — LZ Granderson
We went through a period of time when if you were of Asian descent, you would play a terrorist or you would play, you know,… — Reshma Shetty
There is a descent from God through the world to animals, and an ascent from animals through the world to God. He is the highest… — Giordano Bruno
Many labourers can trace their descent from farmers or well-to-do people, and it is not uncommon to find here and there a man who believes… — Richard Jefferies
Natto, Japanese ferment bean paste, will never cross my lips again. Spam Musubi, on the other hand, is something I love. I used to have… — Adam Richman
The vast majority of a significant portion of Americans of Hispanic descent will vote - happen to be working class people who are desperate to… — Marco Rubio
When passion has wrecked the body in one life, it is stamped upon the seed atom. In the next descent to rebirth, it is therefore… — Max Heindel
My dad is from Japanese descent, my mom is from Swedish descent and, through marriages and divorces, a pretty multicultural family - a lot of… — Cary Fukunaga
The child now shewed her a narrow and rugged descent, made by cutting the red clay and stones, of which the cliffs are here composed,… — Charlotte Smith
After the departure of the land parties, I embarked with six men on thursday, the 21st april, on board my newly made boat and began… — William Henry Ashley

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