Devour Quotes

142 quotes by 133 authors

It has always pleased me to read while eating if I have no companion; it gives me the society I lack. I devour alternately a… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
There is a point at which methods devour themselves. — Frantz Fanon
Power just makes you reject destiny and devour your fate. — Big Pun
Life is a struggle, from the agonies of birth to the railing against death. Devour or be devoured. The law of the wild. — David Gemmell
There is no better exercise than to study and devour a picture, and then, without looking at it again, to attempt the next day to… — Winston Churchill
I devour nature ceaselessly. I exaggerate, sometimes I make changes in the subject; but still I don't invent the whole picture. On the contrary, I… — Vincent Van Gogh
In earlier days, even as a child, the beauty of landscapes was quite clear to me. A background for the soul's moods. Now dangerous moments… — Paul Klee
There was reason to fear that the Revolution, like Saturn, might devour in turn each one of her children. — Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud
If men with fleshly mortals must be fed, and chew with bleeding teeth the breathing bread; what else is this but to devour our guests,… — Pythagoras
The great wilds of our country, once held to be boundless and inexhaustible, are being rapidly invaded and overrun in every direction, and everything destructible… — John Muir
The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week...But the urgent task calls for instant action...The momentary appeal of these tasks seems… — Charles Hummel
Trying is fine. Failing is inevitable. Donâ€™t let it devour you. — Michelle Sagara
Let my enemies devour each other. — Salvador Dali
Among the weeds choking out growth and good government are the hundreds of boards, commissions, and advisory committees that have sprouted over the years. They… — Mitch Daniels
I was part of that group of kids growing up in the '80s under the Reagan regime, what I used to call 'living in the… — Junot Diaz
What's going on in this country? Unions stand against those trends. We've got to somehow insulate the robust American economy from this global economy that… — James P. Hoffa
The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour… — David Mamet
Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both. — Salman Rushdie
The slave is doomed to worship time and fate and death, because they are greater than anything he finds in himself, and because all his… — Bertrand Russell
Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation,… — George Santayana

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