Oracles Quotes

85 quotes by 64 authors

Socrates... Whom well inspir'd the oracle pronounc'd Wisest of men. — John Milton
While Microsoft does not share all of Oracle's ambitions for Java, we agree that it is a very valuable tool for software developers. — Bill Gates
Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Scratching people where they itch and addressing their 'felt needs' is a stratagem of the poor steward of the oracles of God. This was the… — R C Sproul
God always was, and always is, and always will be. Or rather, God always Is. For Was and Will be are fragments of our time,… — Gregory of Nazianzus
Solitude is not an absence of energy or action, as some believe, but is rather a boon of wild provisions transmitted to us from the… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
If the DHS insists, as bureaucracies are apt to do, that open-source must be certified via a sanctioned, formal process, it will interfere with the… — Mark Hall
Truth is always present; it only needs to lift the iron lids of the mind's eye to read its oracles. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases… — Benjamin Disraeli
I am sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips, let no dog bark. — William Shakespeare
For what are the classics but the noblest thoughts of man? They are the only oracles which are not decayed, and there are such answers… — Henry David Thoreau
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth - the true poet is very near the oracle. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring… — Aaron Levie
Since 'the kingdom of heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force' (Mt. 11:12), and it is impossible for the faithful to enter… — Symeon the New Theologian
The Delphic Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone of all the Greeks know that I… — Socrates
Not by wisdom do they [poets] make what they compose, but by a gift of nature and an inspiration similar to that of the diviners… — Socrates
This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of… — Richard Cobden
The folly of mistaking oneself for an oracle is built right into us. — Paul Valery
Mary lived in the divine Eucharist, the center of her love. All her thoughts, words, and actions sprang from It like the rays from the… — Peter Julian Eymard
Nothing is more common than to find men, whose works are now totally neglected, mentioned with praises by their contemporaries as the oracles of their… — Samuel Johnson

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