Devolved Quotes
14 quotes by 14 authors
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Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who…
— Tammy Bruce
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Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding, can expect only to improve a single science. In every other part of learning,…
— Samuel Johnson
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My dear, the duty that devolved wholly on you in my absence of guiding and expanding the minds of our dear children is a laborious…
— Ezra Cornell
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The struggle of today, is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence, all the more…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.
— Karel Capek
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I thought that all of the sacrifices and blessings of the whole history of mankind have devolved upon me. Thank you, God.
— Ben Stein
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He would say her name over and over until it devolved into meaningless sounds - mah REI kuh, mah REI kuh - it became an…
— Audrey Niffenegger
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Are you going to give a speech?' she asked gaily. He gave a choked laugh. 'Of course not,' he said. 'Not for ages.' 'My cousin…
— Charles Finch
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On the death of a friend, we should consider that the fates through confidence have devolved on us the task of a double living, that…
— Henry David Thoreau
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The food was so good that with each passing course, our conversation devolved further into fragmented celebrations of its deliciousness: 'I want this dragon carrot…
— John Green
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Upon you, fellow-citizens, as the representatives of the States and the people, is wisely devolved the legislative power.
— Millard Fillmore
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Awards shows have devolved into self-parodies - liberals in limos, corny insider jokes delivered by the hosts among bad teleprompter reading from the some of…
— John Ridley
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With so much to be aware of, awareness bracelets have reverted to signifying nothing more than color itself. Idealism has devolved into fashion.
— Timothy Noah
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My life had become a catastrophe. I had no idea how to turn it around. My band had broken up. I had almost lost my…
— Trey Anastasio
Who Wrote These Devolved Quotes
14 authors contributed a total of 14 Devolved Quotes as follows: