Distinctly Quotes

117 Distinctly quotes by 98 unique authors

Some places speak distinctly. Certain dark gardens cry aloud for a murder; certain old houses demand to be haunted; certain coasts are set apart for… — Robert Louis Stevenson
All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better. At night I hear more distinctly the steady roar of the North Mountain. In summer… — John Burroughs
Vaguely at first, then more distinctly, I realized that man is an eternal stranger on this planet. — Eric Hoffer
In a symbol there is concealment and yet revelation: here therefore, by silence and by speech acting together, comes a double significance. In the symbol… — Thomas Carlyle
[I] put the question directly to myself: "Suppose that all your objects in life were realized; that all the changes in institutions and opinions which… — John Stuart Mill
I want to write such things as compel the admiring acclamation of the world at large, such things as are written but once in years,… — Mary MacLane
And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during… — Robert Dale Owen
The novel is a formidable mass, and it is so amorphous - no mountain in it to climb, no Parnassus or Helicon, not even a… — E. M. Forster
In this point of the case the question is distinctly presented whether the people of the United States are to govern through representatives chosen by… — Andrew Jackson
Some minds are made of blotting-paper: you can write nothing on them distinctly. They swallow the ink, and you find a large spot. — Augustus William Hare
Art is man's distinctly human way of fighting death, — Leonard Baskin
When I look at the human brain I'm still in awe of it. Every single time you lift off the bone and open the durra… — Benjamin Carson
That is the way to lay the city flat, To bring the roof to the foundation, And bury all, which yet distinctly ranges, In heaps… — William Shakespeare
Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, and verb, and participle grows. — John Dryden
The general ideas which are expressed in sketches, correspond very well to the art often used in poetry... every reader making out the detail according… — Joshua Reynolds
I was blessed enough to meet Pope John Paul when I was about 19 or 20 years old in the Vatican; I had that privilege,… — Cary Elwes
Of course, it is well to go abroad and see the works of the old masters, but Americans... must strike out for themselves, and only… — Thomas Eakins
The words are very distinctly formed; but by the bodily ear they are not heard. They are, however, much more clearly understood than they would… — Teresa of Avila
Walk more closely with God. Get nearer to Christ. Seek to exchange hope for assurance. Seek to feel the witness of the Spirit more closely… — J C Ryle
It is then, we say, in the successive stages of his experience, that the believer sees more distinctly, and adores more profoundly, and grasps more… — Octavius Winslow
The gambling supply house catalog is distinctly not the safest place to learn about cheating devices, beware of catalog men. — John Scarne
When you think about it, the end of the world is a little bit like death: We all know it's going to come eventually, and… — John Hodgman
The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression. — Samuel Johnson
It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress. — Mark Twain
You have filled my tea with lumps of sugar, and though I asked most distinctly for bread and butter, you have given me cake. I… — Oscar Wilde

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