Empty Quotes

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When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one… — Ernest Hemingway
I have seen my kid struggle into the kitchen in the morning with outfits that need only one accessory: an empty gin bottle. — Erma Bombeck
I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd — Johnny Giles
Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up. — Jay Maisel
Man's home is nature; his purposes and aims are dependent for execution upon natural conditions. Separated from such conditions they become empty dreams and idle… — John Dewey
All work is empty save when there is love. — Khalil Gibran
When not deeply engaged in creative activities, or numbed out by the TV, I felt empty. My heart hurt. I often felt hollow or as… — Judith Wright
When in Gregg v. Georgia the Supreme Court gave its seal of approval to capital punishment, this endorsement was premised on the promise that capital… — Thurgood Marshall
Can there be a more lamentable picture than that of a Chancellor of the Exchequer seated on an empty chest by a pool of bottomless… — Robert Peel
America is said to have the highest per capita boredom of any spot on earth! We know that because we have the greatest number of… — Billy Graham
According to the International Institute for Environment and Development, the annual amount spent globally on advertising aimed at increasing consumption topped $430 billion in 1998.Consumer… — Jacques Ellul
Why did you make it so hard for me? I'd rather empty the ocean with a sieve. I do it for you. Or count the… — Grant Morrison
God must be allowed the right to speak unpredictably.... We must find him in our enemy, or we may lose him even in our friend.… — Thomas Merton
Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being to receive, to carry, and give back. It must be held out empty -… — Dag Hammarskjold
To some extent, this urge to break out of the ordinary is present in every generation. Part of being young is desiring something beyond everyday… — Pope Benedict XVI
Friendship is but a name; fidelity but an empty name. — Ovid
Shiva... is the only hunter that will ever catch the wild swan; The prey she will take last is the wild white swan of the… — Robinson Jeffers
Of all the people expressing their mental vacuity, none has a better excuse for an empty head than the newspaperman: If he pauses to restock… — Russell Baker
We are here to abet creation and to witness to it, to notice each other's beautiful face and complex nature so that creation need not… — Annie Dillard
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. — Benjamin Franklin

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