Inhabitant Quotes

36 quotes by 31 authors

It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as where I live. — Henry David Thoreau
If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for, but the methods… — Hans Bethe
Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those… — Hannah More
No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal environment in which… — Tadao Ando
Those who have past much of their lives in this great city, look upon its opulence and its multitudes, its extent and variety, with cold… — Samuel Johnson
What I have to say to an inhabitant of the Earth in one hundred years is similar to what I have to say to the… — John Frusciante
The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But thoughtless follies laid… — Robert Burns
We are...capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth, to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of… — Carl Sagan
I figured even the most jaded and cynical inhabitant might report a bloody girl in a party dress carrying a severed head by its hair. — Faith Hunter
God's aim in human history is the creation of an inclusive community of loving persons, with himself included as its primary sustainer and most glorious… — Dallas Willard
Every economic...acti on must set about providing each inhabitant of the planet with the minimum wherewithal to live in dignity and freedom, with the possibility… — Pope Francis
A city always contains more than any inhabitant can know, and a great city always makes the unknown and the possible spurs to the imagination. — Rebecca Solnit
Why not include a provision that everybody shall, in good weather, hunt on his own land and catch fish in rivers that are public property… — Noah Webster
RESPIRATOR, n. An apparatus fitted over the nose and mouth of an inhabitant of London, whereby to filter the visible universe in its passage to… — Ambrose Bierce
A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed. — Henry David Thoreau
I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute Freedom and Wildness, as contrasted with a Freedom and Culture merely civil, - to regard… — Henry David Thoreau
If every inhabitant of a liberal democracy believes in liberal democracy, then it doesn't matter what creed or colour they are. — Martin Amis
Pay attention only to the form; emotion will come spontaneously to inhabit it. A perfect dwelling place always finds an inhabitant. — Andre Gide
Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, "Of the world"; for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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