Driven Quotes

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The mania started with insomnia and not eating and being driven, driven to find an apartment, driven to see everybody, driven to do New York,… — Patty Duke
The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests. — Charley Reese
My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country,… — Omar Bongo
Wouldn't it be terrible if I quoted some reliable statistics which prove that more people are driven insane through religious hysteria than by drinking alcohol. — W.C. Fields
All of the great geniuses of the world were inspired and driven by their desire to enrich the lives of others. — Robin Sharma
When the world is storm-driven and bad things happen, then we need to know all the strong fortresses of the spirit which men have built… — Edith Hamilton
Variant: I was driven to drink by a woman. I am forever grateful, yet I never had the good manners to thank her. — W.C. Fields
Man can be stimulated by hope or driven by fear, but the hope and the fear must be vivid and immediate if they are to… — Bertrand Russell
Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to… — Samuel Adams
Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses itself… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Devils can be driven out of the heart by the touch of a hand on a hand, or a mouth on a mouth. — Tennessee Williams
Conceit is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration. — William Hazlitt
Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They… — Susan Sontag
It really comes down to parsimony, economy of explanation. It is possible that your car engine is driven by psychokinetic energy, but if it looks… — Richard Dawkins
There's no question at times of my life, partially driven by how passionately I felt about this country, that I worked far too hard and… — Newt Gingrich
Her virtues, graced with external gifts, Do breed love's settled passions in my heart; And like as rigour of tempestuous gusts Provokes the mightiest hulk… — William Shakespeare
Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power… — Dalai Lama
The real person you are is revealed in the moments when you're certain no other person is watching. When no one is watching, you are… — Ralph Marston
Did you never run for shelter in a storm, and find fruit which you expected not? Did you never go to God for safeguard, driven… — John Owen
As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name. — Sarada Devi

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