Grounds Quotes

360 quotes by 316 authors

This is about all the bad days in the world. I used to have some little bad days, and I kept them in a little… — Tom Waits
For where is the man that has incontestable evidence of the truth of all that he holds, or of the falsehood of all he condemns;… — John Locke
It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing… — Jane Austen
GENTLE READER: You, sir, are an anarchist, and Miss Manners is frightened to have anything to do with you. It is true that questioning the… — Judith Martin
[W]hat is always overlooked is that although the poor want to be rich, it does not follow that they either like the rich or that… — Elaine Dundy
I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment. — William Golding
People who think with their epidermis or their genitalia or their clan are the problem to begin with. One does not banish this specter by… — Christopher Hitchens
I find the treatment of royalty distinctly peculiar. The royal family lives in palaces heavily screened from prying eyes by fences, grounds, gates, guards, all… — Helene Hanff
I am a libertarian with a small 'l' and a Republican with a capital 'R'. And I am a Republican with a capital 'R' on… — Milton Friedman
I thought religion would make me live with my head in the clouds, but as often as not, it grounds me in this world. — A. J. Jacobs
Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. — Abraham Lincoln
For the first time in her life Granny wondered whether there might be something important in all these books people were setting store by these… — Terry Pratchett
Even the weather seemed to be celebrating; as June approached, the days became cloudless and sultry, and all anybody felt like doing was strolling onto… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Karkaroff intends to flee if the Mark burns." "Does he?" said Dumbledore softly, as Fleur Delacour and Roger Davies came giggling in from the grounds.… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Tell the Queen that there's been a robin red-breast hanging about Kotir grounds. It flies down low and vanishes near the floor. Cludd thinks it… — Brian Jacques
And when love is over when the diner of love seems closed from the outside you want all those hours back along with anything you… — Daniel Handler
He missed Hogwarts so much it was like having a constant stomachache. He missed the castle, with its secret passageways and ghosts, his classes, â€¦… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
The first thing you notice about New Orleans are the burying grounds - the cemeteries - and they're a cold proposition, one of the best… — Bob Dylan
Such is the strength of the burden of habit. Here I have the power to be but do not wish it. There I wish to… — Saint Augustine
I had a moral opposition to eating before dawn on the grounds that I was not a nineteenth-century Russian peasant fortifying myself for a day… — John Green

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