Founded Quotes

637 Founded quotes by 498 unique authors

We say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
It struck me that the chief obstacle to marital contentment was this perpetual gulf between the well-founded, commendable pessimism of women and the sheer dumb… — Michael Chabon
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his… — Napoleon Bonaparte
If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make… — George Eliot
Most reckless things are beautiful in some way, and recklessness is what makes experimental art beautiful, just as religions are beautiful because of the strong… — John Ashbery
Resolved ... that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety… — Thomas Jefferson
Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time. — Mary Wollstonecraft
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything....The novelist teaches… — Milan Kundera
At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
My God, that scene in Monster Inc. where the monsters realise that their entire world is founded on hurting children -look at that for a… — Russell T Davies
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument. — Samuel Johnson
There is no peace and no rest in the development of material interests. They have their law, and their justice. But it is founded on… — Joseph Conrad
It was very different when the masters of science sought immortality and power; such views, although futile, were grand: but now the scene was changed.… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
There is no trickier subject for a writer from the South than that of affection between a black person and a white one in the… — Kathryn Stockett
I share a warning. Satan is extremely good at blocking spiritual communication by inducing individuals, through temptation, to violate the laws upon which spiritual communication… — Richard G. Scott
I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic… — J.R.R. Tolkien
For a while these reveries provided an outlet for his imagination; they were a satisfactory hint of the unreality of reality, a promise that the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
How dismal it is to see present day Americans yearning for the very orthodoxy that their country was founded to escape. — Christopher Hitchens
Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say.Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is… — J. Michael Straczynski
Liking is more important than loving. It lasts. I want what is between us to last, Luke. I don't want us just to love each… — Agatha Christie
Anyone unable to understand how useful religion can be founded on lies will not understand this book either. — Kurt Vonnegut
Good organization,” said Magnus. “I knew the man who founded it, back in the 1800s. Woolsey Scot. Respectable old werewolf family.” Alec made an ugly… — Cassandra Clare
I have examined all of the known superstitions of the world and i do not find our superstitions of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are… — Thomas Jefferson
Everyone comes here for pleasure. Even if they think they don't. Embracing it is harder for some and they go mad before they truly accept… — Marianne de Pierres
My lovely shining fragile broken house is filled with flowers and founded on a rock. — Madeleine L'Engle

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