Leaving Quotes

1928 quotes by 1411 authors

Bertrand Russell had given a talk on the then new quantum mechanics, of whose wonders he was most appreciative. He spoke hard and earnestly in… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
It's really hard to find things that are worth leaving them for. [Balancing work and motherhood is] really hard. One night in Nashville, my son… — Gwyneth Paltrow
All our moments are last moments. We abide in the forever leaving of our own coming? We can put our hands together, palm to palm,… — Jens Jensen
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and… — James F. Cooper
If we with earnest effort could succeed To make our life one long, connected prayer, As lives of some, perhaps, have been and are; If,… — Richard Chenevix Trench
The prevailing idea seems to be, that I come to God and ask Him for something that I want, and that I expect Him to… — Arthur W. Pink
The miracle is that some have stepped out of the rags of the Republic's definition to assume the great burden and glory of their humanity… — James A. Baldwin
Real development is not leaving things behind, as on a road, but drawing life from them, as from a root. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper time, with a… — Friedrich Nietzsche
My act is very educational. I heard a man leaving the other night saying, 'Well that taught me a lesson.' — Ken Dodd
I had just taken to reading. I had just discovered the art of leaving my body to sit impassive in a crumpled up attitude in… — H.G. Wells
What one Predator drone pilot described of his experience fighting in the Iraq war while never leaving Nevada: 'You're going to war for 12 hours,… — P. W. Singer
An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space in the world song that… — Charles de Lint
We have got to have more providers to replace those who are leaving ... — Eleanor Smeal
It's been a wild ride. I hope people can appreciate how special it is to see the people that ran well today; how special and… — Alan Webb
You be at the games looking right all season, but you always with me on the night yall leaving. — Drake
Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who… — Charles Dickens
Just as ecstasy purifies you of the particular and the contingent, leaving nothing except light and darkness, so insomnia kills off the multiplicity and diversity… — Emile M. Cioran
Saint George killed the last dragon, and he was called a hero for it. I've never seen a dragon, and I wish he would have… — A. Whitney Brown
Leaving America is like losing twenty pounds and finding a new girlfriend. — Phil Ochs

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