Orphan Quotes

178 quotes by 153 authors

Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form. — John Berger
You don't have to know anything about baseball to respond to Babe Ruth because he's just this magnificent human being. And a really good story… — Bill Bryson
Marry an orphan: you'll never have to spend boring holidays with the in-laws. — George Carlin
Debt, grinding debt, whose iron face the widow, the orphan, and the sons of genius fear and hate; debt, which consumes so much time, which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The question is not what anybody deserves. The question is who is to take on the God-like role of deciding what everybody else deserves. You… — Thomas Sowell
Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own right, shall receive… — George Washington
Give me ... a compassionate heart, quickly moved to grieve for the woes of others and to active pity for them, even as our Lord… — Johann Arndt
Remember that in ascending to the Father You could not leave us orphans; And in making yourself a prisoner on earth You knew to veil… — Therese of Lisieux
Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that… — Henry Ward Beecher
The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity - between the healthy and the sick,… — Kofi Annan
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try to talk about… — David Foster Wallace
Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. — Charles Simic
It would be more in keeping with the intention of the noblest man in this world if our two Christian churches, instead of annoying Negroes… — Adolf Hitler
If anybody understands God's order for his children, it's someone who has rescued an orphan from despair, for that is what God has done for… — Max Lucado
What kind of victory is it when someone is left defeated? What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether… — Mahatma Gandhi
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mrs. Pang was once a nanny for me, and she spoils me the way I imagined kindhearted women would spoil an orphan, loving me for… — Yiyun Li
Iâ€™ve discovered a new affliction; itâ€™s called Orphan Black Eyes. When people ask me what Iâ€™m working on and I tell them Orphan Blackâ€¦they usually… — Michelle Forbes
That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas. — Alan Rickman
Shepardâ€™s Field is a good place for orphans. My class had a fundraiser for them and when we had a field trip to their orphanage,… — Lynn Chen

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