Empty Quotes

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Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to which we must cling as to a treasure, and not… — George Sand
I get letters every year from women who think Valentine's Day is an empty exercise, but are ironically pretty exercised when their boyfriends neglect or… — Dan Savage
If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors. — Walter Scott
I have a couple freeloader friends, but it's okay. I know they're gonna come in with their arms flying in the air empty-handed. — Amy Sedaris
The empty vessel makes the loudest sound. — William Shakespeare
An asylum for the sane would be empty in America. — George Bernard Shaw
If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While… — Anna Deavere Smith
Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do… — Sachin Tendulkar
I have a nervous breakdown in the film and in one scene I get to stand at the top of the stairs waving an empty… — Emma Thompson
Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep… — Morihei Ueshiba
But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful. — Alan Watts
People are hungry because they're eating empty foods. Mine are full, and so am I. — Ricky Williams
Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily… — Woodrow Wilson
All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions. — William Butler Yeats
Swollen in head, weak in legs, sharp in tongue but empty in belly. — Mao Zedong
It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka
And talking about dark! You think dark is just one color, but it ain't. There're five or six kinds of black. Some silky, some woolly.… — Toni Morrison
Very soon he will vanish completely in the wings of his own wordless stanza. [ ] but his stanza is not completely empty [ *… — Mark Z. Danielewski
In the world I see you are stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rock feller Center. You'll wear leather clothes… — Chuck Palahniuk

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