Passage Quotes

469 Passage quotes by 408 unique authors

The overcoming of adversity and, ultimately, denying it the rite of passage, has been a constant and perpetual motive throughout my life. — Heather Mills
There should be a period of time during each practice session when you perform. Invite some friends in to your practice room and play a… — Arnold Jacobs
Becoming internally empowered shifts a person's center of gravity from external to internal- a mark of spiritual passage. — Caroline Myss
Adjusting to the passage of time is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches. — Dolly Parton
Perhaps there will be prattlers who, although completely ignorant of mathematics, nevertheless take it upon themselves to pass judgment on mathematical questions, and on account… — Nicolaus Copernicus
I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I… — Joseph Addison
For I often please myself with the fancy, now that I may have saved from oblivion the only striking passage in a whole volume, and… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
If the book is second-hand, I leave all its markings intact, the spoor of previous readers, fellow-travellers who have recorded their passage by means of… — Alberto Manguel
There is no more dramatic proof of the death of the Left than the passage of its central vision Â global democratic revolution Â into… — Michael A. Ledeen
I recall this passage as the hour of its first fully coming over me that she was a beautiful liberal creature. I had seen her… — Henry James
The mystery lies in the here and now. The mystery is: What is one to do with oneself? As you get older you begin to… — Walker Percy
What harm cause not those huge draughts or pictures which wanton youth with chalk or coals draw in each passage, wall or stairs of our… — Michel de Montaigne
Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs--which… — Ralph Ellison
Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine that the… — Gary Saul Morson
We speak of memorizing as getting something 'by heart,' which really means 'by head.' But getting a poem or prose passage truly 'by heart' implies… — John Hollander
My agency in promoting the passage of the National Banking Act was the greatest mistake of my life. It has built up a monopoly which… — Salmon P. Chase
I always say that as a Christian I cannot find any passage in the Gospels in which Jesus condemned homosexuality. — Troy Perry
I think the prom is very serious also. It's an American ritual, it's a rite of passage, and it's very much a part of this… — Mary Ellen Mark
Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation… — Andre Maurois
Lots of models have played mermaids throughout history and it is, kind of, a funny rite of passage. — Gemma Ward
My rite of passage into my brave new world, life on the road. — Kenny Loggins
I wanted to play a TV detective because it's a rite of passage; I wanted to experience every area of acting. I haven't done comedy… — Olivia Williams
An accurate charting of American women's progress through history might look more like a corkscrew tilted slightly to one side, its loops inching closer to… — Susan Faludi
Thus, if there is anyone who is confident that he can advise me as to the best advantage of the state in this campaign which… — Unknown Author
At a turbulent public meeting once I lost my temper and said some harsh and sarcastic things. The proposal I was supporting was promptly defeated.… — Arthur Gordon Webster

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