Halt Quotes
230 Halt quotes by 141 unique authors
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Let me be clear: I support the Civil Rights Act because I overwhelmingly agree with the intent of the legislation, which was to stop discrimination…
— Rand Paul
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Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the grand-daughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me. Slaver y is…
— Zora Neale Hurston
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A good idea turns every cog in your mind, making you scared of bed in case the whole machine grinds to a halt.
— Trevor Baylis
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Here halt, I pray you, make a little stay. O wayfarer, to read what I have writ, And know by my fate what thy fate…
— Alcuin
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Children always assume the sexual lives of their parents come to a grinding halt at their conception.
— Alan Bennett
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He kissed me fiercely, with an utter abandon that I could no more put a halt to than I could stop an avalanche.
— Colleen Houck
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Debasement was limited at first to one’s own territory. It was then found that one could do better by taking bad coins across the border…
— Charles P. Kindleberger
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There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: 'Halt! We have enough'? There is none.
— E F Schumacher
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...convince all nuclear powers, including those which have been more reluctant up to now, of the necessity to respect the "vital interests" of all peoples…
— Alfonso Garcia Robles
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Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your…
— Og Mandino
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An hour and thirty-one minutes after launch, my pressure altimeter halts at 103,300 feet. At ground control the radar altimeters also have stopped-on readings of…
— Joseph Kittinger
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It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less. On, on, on for ever, without…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Non-violence confronts systematic injustice with active love, but refuses to retaliate with further violence under any circumstances. In order to halt the vicious cycles of…
— John Dear
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My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt…
— Madeleine Albright
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Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized – the right to be…
— Edward Kennedy
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See, see how the sun has moved onward while we talked. Nothing can stop it in its course. Prayers cannot halt the revolving of nature.…
— Eiji Yoshikawa
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It's impracticable to halt the exponential advancement of technology.
— Unknown Author
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Only nuclear power can now halt global warming.
— James Lovelock
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You cannot persist in wanting what you already have. If you assume you are what you desire to be to the point of ecstasy, you…
— Neville Goddard
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If you see the humanity in the world, grains of sand that bring everything to a halt — it's corruption, clashes of egos, human factors…
— Matthieu Ricard
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Every infantryman in the Soviet Army carries with him a small spade. When he is given the order to halt he immediately lies flat and…
— Viktor Suvorov
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We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.
— Henry W. Kendall
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We all have to rise in the end, not just one or two who were smart enough, had will enough for their own salvation, but…
— Maureen Duffy
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Let Justice, blind and halt and maimed, chastise the rebel spirit surging in my veins, let the Law deal me penalties and pains And make…
— Ada Cambridge
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Those who know when to halt are unharmed.
— Laozi
Who Wrote These Halt Quotes
141 authors contributed a total of 230 Halt Quotes, led by these top contributors: