Passage Quotes

469 Passage quotes by 408 unique authors

That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
With each passage of human growth we must shed a protective structure . We are left exposed and vulnerable - but also yeasty and embryonic… — Gail Sheehy
A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every page I have turned in life. — Charlotte Bronte
The mental imagery involved with pianistic tactilia is not related to the striking of individual keys but rather to the rites of passage between notes. — Glenn Gould
Through each passage and each season, may you trust the goodness f life. — Charlene Costanzo
Of course, when one is faced with a canvas, one is no longer alone, and the sense of solitude diminishes. This can be an agreeable… — Pierre Alechinsky
Life is a passage through a museum of beauty. — Robert Genn
If you worry, you are a worrier because your mind is saturated with worry thoughts. To counteract these, mark every passage in your Bible that… — Norman Vincent Peale
Now more than ever I am aware that a person's significant birthdays can either mark the passage of time, or they can mark changes they've… — John C. Maxwell
My mother was born in the city, my dad was an immigrant. Probably from Germany. Could have been Austria, could have been Poland. The borders… — William Shatner
Strange priests are they who never straightly walk But all aslant through sideways passage stalk Who never seek their goals in forward lines But move… — Willard Fiske
Like birds of passage, the instincts drift the soul adventurously beyond the horizon of sensible things, as if intent on convoying it to the mother… — Amos Bronson Alcott
If souls survive death for all eternity, how can the heavens hold them all? Or for that matter, how can the earth hold all the… — Marcus Aurelius
Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes… — Marcus Aurelius
The most accomplished literary work would be reduced to nothing by carping criticism, if the author would listen to all critics and allow every one… — Jean de la Bruyere
The book [ A Passage to India ] shows signs of fatigue and disillusionment; but it has chapters of clear and triumphant beauty, and above… — E. M. Forster
The private reader of listener can become an executant of felt meaning when he learns the poem or the musical passage by heart. To learn… — George Steiner
You can say I had a severe case of 'Roots' envy. I wanted to be like Alex Haley, and I wanted to be able to...… — Henry Louis Gates
I've found that music allows years to fold like an accordion over each other, so I guess you don't feel the passage of time as… — Amy Grant
I'm still an English professor at Rice University here in Houston. They've been very generous in letting me on a very long leash to just… — Justin Cronin
Religion is about turning untested belief into unshakable truth through the power of institutions and the passage of time. — Richard Dawkins
I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of time is almost… — John Irving
Fertile soil, level plains, easy passage across the mountains, coal, iron, and other metals imbedded in the rocks, and a stimulating climate, all shower their… — Ellsworth Huntington
We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the passage of life. They are what we have been through… — Lauren Hutton
Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. — Samuel Johnson

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