Nay Quotes

235 Nay quotes by 168 unique authors

Such pretensions to nicety in experiments of this nature, are truly laughable! They will be telling us some day of the WEIGHT of the MOON,… — Unknown Author
Any punishment that does not correct, that can merely rouse rebellion in whoever has to endure it, is a piece of gratuitous infamy which makes… — Marquis de Sade
But, as sculpture and painting are gifts of God, what I insist on is, that both shall be used purely and lawfully, that gifts which… — John Calvin
I must say...that more unmanly, brutal treatment of a little pony it was never my painful lot to witness; and by giving way to such… — Anna Sewell
Nay, fly to altars; there they'll talk you dead; For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. — Alexander Pope
It serves no purpose to man if there is no room for repentance, and he who is tormented can never grow better...let this punishment be… — Thomas Burnet
How anyone can believe in eternal punishment, or in any soul which God has made being "lost" and also believes in the love, nay, even… — Unknown Author
We judge a horse not only by its pace on a racecourse, but also by its walk, nay, when resting in its stable. — Michel de Montaigne
You can t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. And least of all… — Joseph Conrad
Nay, but Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! Not a glance but speaks and kindles some thought of love! Then,… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Those who had alleged that a million civilians were dying from sanctions were willing, nay eager, to keep those same murderous sanctions if it meant… — Christopher Hitchens
Liminality may perhaps be regarded as the Nay to all positive structural assertions, but as in some sense the source of them all, and, more… — Unknown Author
You sign an agreement; you make a contract, you live up to it. You never get what you deserve. You get what you negotiate. You… — Don King
Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their… — Alcaeus
It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so. — Henry Fielding
As Americans, preserving the best of our traditions, we have the right- nay the duty-to fight for participation in the forward march of humanity — Paul Robeson
Philosophy dwells aloft in the Temple of Science, the divinity of its inmost shrine; her dictates descend among men, but she herself descends not :… — Thomas Carlyle
I do a great wrong in His sight, when I beseech Him that He will hear my prayer, which as I give utterance to it,… — Bernard of Clairvaux
When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the 'nay' in your own mind, nor do you withhold the 'ay. And when he is… — Khalil Gibran
Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.... — Hippocrates
Men perish with whispering sins-nay, with silent sins, sins that never tell the conscience that they are sins, as often with crying sins; and in… — John Donne
All laws which can be violated without doing any one any injury are laughed at. Nay, so far are they from doing anything to control… — Baruch Spinoza
You have to not listen to the nay sayers because there will be many and often they`ll be much more qualified than you and cause… — James Cameron
So many things--nay every real thing--is good if only it will be humble and ordinate. — C.S. Lewis
To me the Universe was all void of Life, of Purpose, of Volition, even of Hostility; it was one huge, dead, immeasurable Steam-engine, rolling on,… — Thomas Carlyle

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