Empty Quotes

2485 Empty quotes by 1617 unique authors

When faced with the inevitable, you always have a choice.... As I learned during my liberal arts education, any symbol can have, in the imaginative… — Margaret Atwood
Mold clay into a bowl. The empty space makes it useful. — Laozi
The Way is empty, yet inexhaustible, like an abyss! — Laozi
Is not the space between Heaven and Earth like a bellows? It is empty, but lacks nothing. The more it moves, the more comes out… — Laozi
When the palace is magnificent, the fields are filled with weeds, and the granaries are empty. — Laozi
I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the… — Fritz Zwicky
In short, Mr. Ryan’s plan is devoid of credible math or hard policy choices. And it couldn’t pass even if Republicans were to take the… — David Stockman
Have an open mind! Have an empty cup! — Tae Yun Kim
In mature years I have always been gregarious, a lover of my kind, dependent upon the company of friends for the very pulse of moral… — Edmund Gosse
I play in a lot of empty rooms. — Colin Hay
Fire doesn't fall on empty alters. There has to be a sacrifice on the alter for the fire to fall. If you want the fire… — Tommy Tenney
All my favorite establishments were either overly crowded or pathetically empty. People either sipped fine vintages in celebration or gulped intoxicants of who cares what… — Monique Truong
When I come upon a man who has a gleaming, empty, clear desktop, I am dealing with a fellow who is so far removed from… — Harold Geneen
Until you divest yourself of the notion that you are a collection of needs, an empty vessel that someone else must fill up, there will… — Merle Shain
There is a breeze blowing. I see it in the deep discontent that is being voiced with the threadbare state of the evangelical world, with… — David F. Wells
Genius of a kind has always been with me; an empty heart that has taken on a certain wooden quality; an excellent, strong woman's body… — Mary MacLane
According to String Theory, what appears to be empty space is actually a tumultuous ocean of strings vibrating at the precise frequencies that create the… — Roy H. Williams
As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can I say that… — Lukas Foss
A pessimist looks at his glass and says it is half empty; an optimist looks at it and says it is half full. — Josiah Stamp
The gift moves towards the empty place. As it turns in its circle it turns towards him who has been empty-handed the longest, and if… — Lewis Hyde
An empty book is like an Infant's soul, in which anything may be written, — Thomas Traherne
There is a fountain inside you. Don't walk around with an empty bucket. — Rumi
Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not attached. If you suffer see it, know it, and… — Ajahn Chah
Read yourself, not books. Truth isn't outside, that's only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle - if you don't… — Ajahn Chah
Now I begin to feel that that all that is important comes in quietness and waiting; activity should be only the working out, the digesting… — Rodney Collin

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