Desert Quotes

963 Desert quotes by 707 unique authors

People in my books tend to get their just deserts, even if not at the hands of the police. — Antonia Fraser
In our haste to grow too soon, we left our innocence on Desert Moon. — Dennis DeYoung
This city desert makes you feel so cold. It's got so many people, but it's got no soul. — Gerry Rafferty
The knowledge that refuge is available, when and if needed, makes the silent inferno of the desert more easily bearable. Mountains complement desert as desert… — Edward Abbey
Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected. — Martin Van Creveld
I would never, ever desert my child. A lot of my friends didn't have fathers growing up, and they were very upset that their fathers… — Dwight Howard
I'm just going to put out three or four releases a year and make it so that if you like the Desert Sessions, then you'll… — Joshua Homme
I lived in small town out in the desert and my friend used to steal his mom's car in the middle of the night. He'd… — Mark Hoppus
I love being outdoors, being in the mountains and the desert, and my wife enjoys that too. That's one of the things that sustain our… — Jon Krakauer
To hike out alone in the desert; to sleep on the valley floor on a night with no moon, in the pitch black, just listening… — Nicole Krauss
It was not reason that besieged Troy; it was not reason that sent forth the Saracen from the desert to conquer the world; that inspired… — Benjamin Disraeli
Recent studies have considered the detection of a spaceship visiting our parish of the galaxy. In my opinion that last thought should bring a blush… — Nigel Calder
The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed.… — Edward Abbey
The living ocean drives planetary chemistry, governs climate and weather, and otherwise provides the cornerstone of the life-support system for all creatures on our planet,… — Sylvia Earle
It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place for the actor. But, then, after all, the world… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
Calumny crosses oceans, scales mountains and traverses deserts, with greater ease than the Scythian Abaris, and like him, rides upon a poisoned arrow. — Charles Caleb Colton
I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded by a cruel… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Secrecy of design, when combined with rapidity of execution, like me column that guided Israel in the deserts, becomes the guardian pillar of light and… — Charles Caleb Colton
Why should you worry whether God wants you to reach the heavenly home by way of the desert or by the fields, when by the… — Pio of Pietrelcina
If the Christians continue to desert Jesus Christ in His temple, will not the Heavenly Father take away from them His well-beloved Son Whom they… — Peter Julian Eymard
If we did not have the adorable Eucharist here below, Jesus our God-with-us, this earth would be much too sad, this life too hard, and… — Peter Julian Eymard
Grace is goodness and respect given freely and unconditionally. A sense of divine love and protection bestowed on us when we need strength and renewal.… — Sue Thoele
I will weep and wail for the mountains and take up a lament concerning the desert pastures. They are desolate and untraveled, and the lowing… — Jeremiah
I have never seen such a perfectly formed animal. Beautiful and graceful like a gazelle, he burned hot and wild with the deserts of Egypt… — Lynn Andrews
Thank God for grace, Ye who weep only! If, as some have done, Ye grope tear-blinded in a desert place And touch but tombs,--look up!… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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