Elect Quotes

228 quotes by 196 authors

Ordinary people waited till life disclosed to them its secrets, but to the few, to the elect, the mysteries of life were revealed before the… — Oscar Wilde
A man seeks his own destiny and no other, said the judge. Wil or nill. Any man who could discover his own fate and elect… — Cormac McCarthy
General Motors, General Mills, General Foods, general ignorance, general apathy, and general cussedness elect presidents and Congressmen and maintain them in power. — Herbert M. Shelton
If people knew the story of their lives, how many would then elect to live them? — Cormac McCarthy
But as we are looking toward our future, I'm not sure it matters what we want to be but rather who we want to be.… — Ellen Schreiber
All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it.… — Mark Twain
My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect; and whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Immortal amarant, a flower which once In paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom; but soon for man's offence To heaven removed,… — John Milton
He regarded love as a sort of cruel malady through which the elect are required to pass in their late youth and from which they… — Thornton Wilder
A person does not lightly elect to oppose his society. One would much rather be at home among one's compatriots than be mocked and detested… — James A. Baldwin
[He] understood the people in a new way...The people is not everyone who speaks our language, nor yet the elect marked by the fiery stamp… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The priest therefore saw what the anchorite could not. That God needs no witness. Neither to himself nor against. The truth is rather that if… — Cormac McCarthy
Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate. One doesn't need… — Alaa Al Aswany
We all have a suspicion and hope that we've just been part of something special, something that may eventually change our lives. That no one… — Rob Lowe
Kat picked up a folder labeled Senior. "What are these? Bank records?" She did a double take, looking at Hale. "Did your dad really pay… — Ally Carter
I do not believe that the solution to our problem is simply to elect the right people. The important thing is to establish a political… — Milton Friedman
I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as unqualified as some of the men who are already… — Maureen Reagan
The artist must elect to fight for Freedom or for Slavery. — Paul Robeson
I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he… — John F. Kennedy
The true democracy, living and growing and inspiring, puts its faith in the people - faith that the people will not simply elect men who… — John F. Kennedy

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