Ours Quotes

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me… — Hannah Arendt
Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyment… — Honore de Balzac
There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking inlet; but we are shut… — Henry Ward Beecher
There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours.… — Arnold Bennett
'And for my part, Gentlemen,' said I, 'that I may put in for a share, and guess with the rest; not to amuse myself with… — Cyrano de Bergerac
The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its psychology would from ours; because… — John Desmond Bernal
Quick condemnation of all that is not ours, of views with which we disagree, of ideas that do not attract us, is the sign of… — Annie Besant
What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going to have enormous impact on… — Michael Bloomberg
The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa,… — Bono
U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. — Bono
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait… — Omar N. Bradley
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we… — Omar N. Bradley
In the globalized world that is ours, maybe we are moving towards a global village, but that global village brings in a lot of different… — Lakhdar Brahimi
I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner. We used to write essays like: What I'm going to be… — Lenny Bruce
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings… — Sitting Bull
From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to… — David Cameron
For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the… — Jimmy Carter
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most… — William Ellery Channing
Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their… — Steve Allen
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our… — Grover Cleveland

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