Over Quotes
25014 Over quotes by 11038 unique authors
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By faith ponder on this, that though thou art no way able in or by thyself to get the conquest over thy distemper, though thou…
— John Owen
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Let not that man think he makes any progress in holiness who walks not over the bellies of his lusts. He who doth not kill…
— John Owen
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Do I as a Christian understand myself? Do I know my own real identity? My own real destiny? I am a child of God, God…
— J I Packer
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Ah! sinner, remember this, there is no way on earth effectually to be rid of the guilt, filth, and power of sin, but by believing…
— Thomas Brooks
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Some Christians want enough of Christ to be identified with him but not enough to be seriously inconvenienced; they genuinely cling to basic Christian orthodoxy…
— D. A. Carson
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I have tried to show why I believe that the biologist is the most romantic figure on earth at the present day. At first sight…
— John B. S. Haldane
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The rigid electron is in my view a monster in relation to Maxwell's equations, whose innermost harmony is the principle of relativity... the rigid electron…
— Hermann Minkowski
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I am weary seeing our laboring classes so wretchedly housed, fed, and clothed, while thousands of dollars are wasted every year over unsightly statues. If…
— Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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If any human being earnestly desire to push on to new discoveries instead of just retaining and using the old; to win victories over Nature…
— Francis Bacon
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I also require much time to ponder over the matters themselves, and particularly the principles of mechanics (as the very words: force, time, space, motion…
— Heinrich Hertz
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It is a curious property of research activity that after the problem has been solved the solution seems obvious. This is true not only for…
— Edwin Land
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Tapestries are made by many artisans working together. The contributions of separate workers cannot be discerned in the completed work, and the loose and false…
— Sheldon Lee Glashow
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If my mother put on a helmet and shoulder pads and a uniform that wasn't the same as the one I was wearing, I'd run…
— Bo Jackson
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I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.
— Tom Clancy
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The American flag, Old Glory, standing tall and flying free over American soil for 228 years is the symbol of our beloved country. It is…
— Jeff Miller
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And so we turn the page over. To think of starting. This is all there is.
— John Ashbery
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To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you…
— Heraclitus
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After all the field of battle possesses many advantages over the drawing-room. There at least is no room for pretension or excessive ceremony, no shaking…
— Henry David Thoreau
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The question is not so much what the hand is doing (passing over some cash or a check) but what the heart is thinking while…
— John Stott
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And I am glad to know that there is a system of labor - where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I would…
— Abraham Lincoln
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We have seen the mere distinction of color made in the most enlightened period of time, a ground of the most oppressive dominion ever exercised…
— James Madison
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The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till custom and use…
— George Washington
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The liberal appropriations made by the legislature of Kentucky for a general system of education cannot be too much applauded . . . . Learned…
— James Madison
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I am less interested in your chain-smoking; I am more interested in your habit. Any habit that becomes a force, a dominating force over you,…
— Rajneesh
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I am very mistrustful of people who are constantly over intellectualising things. It kills passion. You have to allow yourself to lose control from time…
— Eric Cantona
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