Deserted Quotes

124 quotes by 116 authors

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God. — Lionel Blue
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of… — Pearl S. Buck
One can never know for sure what a deserted area looks like. — George Carlin
Writing is like walking in a deserted street. Out of the dust in the street you make a mud pie. — John le Carre
I have seldom known a person who deserted the truth in trifles and then could be trusted in matters of importance. — Babe Paley
Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never… — Anna Held
Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and… — John F. Kerry
...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We have been placed in this… — Immanuel Kant
The biggest disease today is not leprosy or cancer or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling or being unwanted, uncared for, deserted by everybody. The greatest… — Mother Teresa
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. — Seneca the Elder
Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former throng and pageant. — Washington Irving
Research has deserted the individual and entered the group. The individual worker find the problem too large, not too difficult. He must learn to work… — Theobald Smith
At some of the darkest moments in my life, some people I thought of as friends deserted me-some because they cared about me and it… — Harold S. Kushner
Running gives me a clearer perspective on the world ... I've always seen the world by running, and that has allowed me to view things… — Grete Waitz
Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance,… — William James
Anyone who has walked through the deserted palaces of Versailles or Vienna realise how much of a part of the life of a nation is… — William Rees-Mogg
Wretched men cringe before tyrants who have no power, the victims of their trivial hopes and fears. They do not realise that anger is hopeless,… — Boethius
Integrity and firmness is all I can promise; these, be the voyage long or short, never shall forsake me though I be deserted by all… — George Washington
The utter failure came at the Crucifixion in the tragic words, 'My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?' If you want to understand… — Carl Jung
This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe. — Jane Jacobs

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