Doves Quotes

57 Doves quotes by 54 unique authors

The more bombers the less room for doves of peace. — Nikita Khrushchev
And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a… — John the Apostle
Great ideas come into the world as gently as doves. — Albert Camus
Listening to the doves in Alfred, Georgia, and having neither the right nor the permission to enjoy it because in that place mist, doves, sunlight,… — Toni Morrison
My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic. — Chiang Kai-shek
But for 30 years, Orthodox leaders have tipped the balance between hawks and doves, and have been in a position to determine who forms a… — Amos Oz
Sweet is every sound, Sweeter thy voice, but every sound is sweet; Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moans of doves in immemorial… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Man is the Reasoning Animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he… — Mark Twain
For virtue is a light and buoyant thing, and all who live in her way fly like clouds as Isaiah says, and as doves with… — Gregory of Nyssa
I'm not very keen for doves or hawks. I think we need more owls. — George Aiken
It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and wiles of the… — Syncletica of Alexandria
I wanna get rich enough in life that I can afford to release a dozen doves every time I walk into a room. You know… — Daniel Tosh
Wild, dark times are rumbling toward us, and the prophet who wishes to write a new apocalypse will have to invent entirely new beasts, and… — Heinrich Heine
The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14… — Lance Burton
The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin,… — Eric Hoffer
And there my little doves did sit With feathers softly brown And glittering eyes that showed their right To general Nature's deep delight. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves. — Unknown Author
Not half so swift the trembling doves can fly, When the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid sky; Not half so swiftly the fierce eagle moves,… — Alexander Pope
Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I like doves. They look so beautiful, like a woman. For me they represent peace and love and purity. And sometimes they're seen as the… — John Woo
'Love' is so short of perfect rhymes that convention allows half-rhymes like 'move.' The alternative is a plague of doves, or a kind of poem… — James Fenton
Doves oppose war on the grounds that the risks exceed the gains. War with Iraq could be very costly, possibly degenerating into urban warfare. — Charles Krauthammer
People want you to be happy. Don't keep serving them your pain! If you could untie your wings and free your soul of jealousy, you… — Unknown Author
The magician seemed to promise that something torn to bits might be mended without a seam, that what had vanished might reappear, that a scattered… — Michael Chabon
Two turtle doves will show thee Where my cold ashes lie And sadly murmuring tell thee How in tears I did die — Nikolai Gogol

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