Escaped Quotes

256 Escaped quotes by 214 unique authors

Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved. — Richard Whately
All the joys - animal and human - of a free life are mine. I have escaped everything that is artificial, conventional, customary. — Paul Gauguin
Oh! joy for he who has escaped from this world of perfumes and color! For beyond these colors and these perfumes, these are other colors… — Unknown Author
Another observation, in a former letter of yours, has not escaped my remembrance – the three lessons which a minister has to learn: 1. Humility.… — Charles Simeon
Oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze, A visitant that while it fans my cheek Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings From… — William Wordsworth
One of the most difficult times in my life was when I escaped from Romania in November of 1989. — Nadia Comaneci
I was in the Pritikin Center in Santa Monica once, trying to lose 30 or 40 pounds in a month. I'd work... on a treadmill… — Chris Farley
A lot of the fun lies in trying to penetrate the mystery; and this is best done by saying over the lines to yourself again… — Anthony Hecht
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the… — Steve Jobs
When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. — Samuel Johnson
Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon;… — Samuel Johnson
I've been in a treatment center for drinkin'. I stayed for two days, then escaped. — Evel Knievel
The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. — Niccolo Machiavelli
Though I had come into the world on 16 November 1922, my official documents show that I was born two days later, on the 18th.… — Jose Saramago
Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he… — Bob Woodward
Class certainly loomed large in Katrina's aftermath. Blacks of means escaped the tragedy; blacks without them suffered and died. In reality, it is how race… — Michael Eric Dyson
I started making houses for ants because I thought they needed somewhere to live. Then I made them shoes and hats. It was a fantasy… — Willard Wigan
Imagination can't create anything new, can it? It only recycles bits and pieces from the world and reassembles them into visions... So when we thing… — Tony Kushner
Forgive me for startling you with the impetuosity of my sentiments, my dear Scarlett—I mean, my dear Mrs. Kennedy. It cannot have escaped your notice… — Margaret Mitchell
And as he, who with laboring breath has escaped from the deep to the shore, turns to the perilous waters and gazes. — Dante Alighieri
Being with him made her feel as though her soul had escaped from the narrow confines of her island country into the vast, extravagant spaces… — Arundhati Roy
Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?" "Yes," said Harry stiffly. "Yes, sir." "There's no need to call me "sir"… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Does it hurt?" The childish question had escaped Harry's lips before he could stop it. "Dying? Not at all," said Sirius. "Quicker and easier than… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Miss, n. A title with which we brand unmarried women to indicate they are in the market. Miss, Misses (Mrs.) and Mister (Mr.) are the… — Ambrose Bierce
Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was that they escaped teething. — Mark Twain

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