Grant Quotes
634 quotes by 528 authors
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Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.
— Francis of Assisi
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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own…
— Francis of Assisi
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Television of course actually started in Britain in 1936, and it was a monopoly, and there was only one broadcaster and it operated on a…
— David Attenborough
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Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
— Saint Augustine
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The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or not, but simply…
— Teresa of Avila
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I never took a grant or borrowed a penny from anybody. It was partially because I didn't really know how to do that, but secondly,…
— Bryan Adams
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The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin.
— Henry Adams
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I want to do exactly what I want to do. I'd rather gamble on the box office than beg for a grant.
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.
— Samuel Beckett
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou…
— Venerable Bede
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Fear not; and the God of mercies grant a full gale and a fair entry into His kingdom, which may carry sweetly and swiftly over…
— Donald Cargill
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Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.
— Lord Chesterfield
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I am star-struck but also I've known a lot of people for a long time. Like I'm super star-struck by Grant Lee Phillips and Jon…
— Margaret Cho
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
— Walter Annenberg
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Lord of the springtime, Father of flower, field and fruit, smile on us in these earnest days when the work is heavy and the toil…
— W. E. B. Du Bois
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No. 1, it [amnesty for illegal aliens] demoralizes the people that are going through the legal process. It's a very clear signal that why go…
— Marco Rubio
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...you're never going to have a legal immigration system that works if you grant amnesty.
— Marco Rubio
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The other General Welfare Clause is in the first of the authorities given to the Congress and it's not a grant, it's a restriction. By…
— Andrew Napolitano
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we grant evil freewill (or freewill to evil) is remaining in all natural men: we believe that freewill to good, is from grace and regeneration.
— Henry Ainsworth
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