Lofty Quotes

214 quotes by 190 authors

Have it compose a poem -- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet heroism in the… — Stanislaw Lem
What can be considered human emotions? Surely not only lyricism, sadness, tragedy? Doesn't laughter also have a claim to that lofty title? I want to… — Dmitri Shostakovich
Lofty talk about 'social justice' or 'fairness' boils down to greatly expanded powers for politicians, since those pretty words have no concrete definition. They are… — Thomas Sowell
Lofty posts make great men greater still, and small men much smaller. — Jean de la Bruyere
What is it to be a gentleman? Is it to be honest, to be gentle, to be generous, to be brave, to be wise, and,… — William Makepeace Thackeray
For the Deist ... prayer is calling across a void to a distant deity. This lofty figure may or may not be listening. He, or… — N. T. Wright
I want to burn with the spirit of the times. I want all servants of the stage to recognize their lofty destiny. I am disturbed… — Vsevolod Meyerhold
Morality was not relative, they claimed, nor even existing solely in the realm of human condition. No, they proclaimed morality was an imperative of all… — Steven Erikson
Being the beloved is our identity, the core of our existence. Â It is not merely a lofty thought, an inspiring idea, or one name… — Brennan Manning
Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the… — Yusef Komunyakaa
To a naturalist nothing is indifferent; the humble moss that creeps upon the stone is equally interesting as the lofty pine which so beautifully adorns… — James Hutton
What you admire in others will develop in yourself. Therefore, to love the ordinary in any one is to become ordinary, while to love the… — Christian D. Larson
Nearly all the Gauls are of a lofty stature, white, and of ruddy complexion; terrible from the sternness of their eyes, very quarrelsome, and of… — Ammianus Marcellinus
Far away in Montana, hidden from view by clustering mountain-peaks, lies an unmapped northwestern corner- the Crown of the Continent. The water from the crusted… — George Bird Grinnell
The constant exercise of our faith by lofty thinking, prayer, devotion, and acts of righteousness is just as essential to spiritual health as physical exercise… — O. Leslie Stone
I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my… — Thomas Francis Meagher
Your novels show only the tiniest fraction of detective work, the brilliant crime, the tantalizing clues, the dramatic chase, the final battle atop a lofty… — Stefan Petrucha
Why do we so mindlessly abuse our planet, our only home? The answer to that lies in each of us. Therefore, we will strive to… — Lawrence Anthony
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. — Edmund Waller
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and… — James Russell Lowell

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