Guise Quotes

102 quotes by 98 authors

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new… — Hannah Arendt
A mother's happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories. — Honore de Balzac
Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this identical guise. — Gwendolyn Brooks
Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. — Edmund Burke
When "news stories" are broken, do we not expect a certain amount of fact-checking or source-checking? One has to ask if this falls under the… — Sheryl Crow
We may say that on the first Good Friday afternoon was completed that great act by which light conquered darkness and goodness conquered sin. That… — Phillips Brooks
It never was our guise to slight the poor, or aught humane despise. — Homer
What seems fair enough against a squalid huckster of bad liquor may take on a different face, if used by a government determined to suppress… — Learned Hand
St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under… — Charles Madigan
A man can go from being a lover to being a stranger in three moves flat but a woman under the guise of friendship will… — Anita Brookner
I believe in a civil society we should do as much as possible not to have firearms in any guise, but obviously they are a… — David Collenette
I doubt that religion can survive deep understanding. The shallows are its natural habitat. Cranks and fundamentalists are too often victimised as scapegoats for religion… — Richard Dawkins
The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction. — Oscar Wilde
I always have a high regard for the individual and have an insuperable distaste for violence and clubmanship. All these motives made me into a… — Albert Einstein
If you can imagine photography in the guise of a woman and youâ€™d ask her what she thought of Stieglitz, sheâ€™d say: He always treated… — Alfred Stieglitz
Days come and ages pass, and it is ever he who moves my heart in many a name, in many a guise, in many a… — Rabindranath Tagore
Marvelous Truth, confront us at every turn, in every guise. — Denise Levertov
In the name of religion, one tortures, persecutes, builds pyres. In the guise of ideologies, one massacres, tortures and kills. In the name of justice… — Eugene Ionesco
In four ways ... should one who flatters be understood as a foe in the guise of a friend: He approves of his friend's evil… — Gautama Buddha
I think . . . that philosophy has the duty of pointing out the falsity of outworn religious ideas, however estimable they may be as… — Corliss Lamont

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