Ours Quotes

1283 Ours quotes by 948 unique authors

What's in a name? That is what we ask ourselves in childhood when we write the name that we are told is ours. — James Joyce
Maybe the first time that you know you really care about something is when you think about it not being there,and when you know-you really… — Gary D. Schmidt
Weâ€™re all a little weird. And life is a little weird. And when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up… — Robert Fulghum
For it falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, Why, then… — William Shakespeare
This is a passion story: my passion, his, ours â€” yours. — Elizabeth Cunningham
We patronize the animals for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly… — Henry Beston
The real political task in a society such as ours is to criticize the workings of institutions that appear to be both neutral and independent,… — Michel Foucault
All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. And even then, on the rare occasions when something opens within,… — James A. Baldwin
Once I heard my mother say that each of us lives in a separate universe, one we have dreamed into being. We love pople when… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles,… — William S. Burroughs
We all wanted what we wanted, and when the Lord fulfilled HIS purpose rather than ours, we struck out against him. In anger. In disappointment.… — Francine Rivers
We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of which we have cleared for our habitation; while of the… — Edith Wharton
Savages we call them, because their manners differ from ours, which we think the perfection of civility; they think the same of theirs. — Benjamin Franklin
What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices… — Elie Wiesel
My dear young fellow,' the Old-Green-Grasshopper said gently, 'there are a whole lot of things in this world of ours you haven't started wondering about… — Roald Dahl
Trust me, little one. Everyone makes mistakes. Even the gods, and ours are much worse than those of humans. Unlike humans, we donâ€™t suffer alone.… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the… — Blaise Pascal
I never go to weddings. Waste of time. Person can get married a dozen times. Lots of folks do. Family like ours, know everybody in… — Edna Ferber
We are given our place in time as we are given our eyes: weak, strong, clear, squinting, the thing is not ours to choose. Well,… — Gore Vidal
Grief is a curious thing, when it happens unexpectedly. It is a Band-aid being ripped away, taking the top layer off a family. And the… — Jodi Picoult

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