Leaves Quotes

2444 Leaves quotes by 1664 unique authors

Capitalism demands the best of every man - his rationality - and rewards him accordingly. It leaves every man free to choose the work he… — Ayn Rand
As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,- Though round its breast the rolling clouds… — Oliver Goldsmith
Benedict XVI leaves no room for uncertainty or minimization. At this present time in which she feels humiliation, the Church learns from the Pope to… — Unknown Author
The field of earth and of our human nature is now no longer barren but full of the seed of divine life. But it takes… — Peter Kreeft
Plants with leaves no more efficient than today's solar cells could out-compete real plants, crowding the biosphere with an inedible foliage. Tough omnivorous bacteria could… — K. Eric Drexler
Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophy should always know that indifference is a militant thing. It batters down the walls of cities and murders the women and children amid the… — Stephen Crane
A church is in a bad way when it banishes laughter from the sanctuary and leaves it to the cabaret, the nightclub and the toastmasters. — Helmut Thielicke
In order for once to get a glimpse of our European morality from a distance, in order to compare it with other earlier or future… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Being hurt by someone you truly care about leaves a hole in you heart that only love can fill. — George Bernard Shaw
Each is like a river that leaves behind its name and shape, the whole course of its path , to vanish into the vast sea… — Richard Selzer
Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he? — Henry Travers
Not to know what things in life require remedying is a crime... It leaves you at the mercy of events - it lets life manipulate… — Inez Milholland
The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them a… — Alexander Hamilton
In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to… — James Madison
[I]t seems that the Cannibals of Europe are going to eat one another again. A war between Russia and Turkey is like the battle of… — Thomas Jefferson
A good rule of thumb is that any environment that consistently leaves you feeling bad about who you are is the wrong environment. — Laurie Helgoe
I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. — John Updike
They are wrong who think that politics is like an ocean voyage or a military campaign, something to be done with some particular end in… — Plutarch
When great leaves fall, the winter is at hand. — William Shakespeare
The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in… — John Berger
Life at its noblest leaves mere happiness far behind; and indeed cannot endure it. Happiness is not the object of life: life has no object:… — George Bernard Shaw
The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within. — William C. Bryant
Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place,… — Peggy Noonan
Gentleman. A man who buys two of the same morning paper from the doorman of his favorite nightclub when he leaves with his girl. — Marlene Dietrich

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