Passes Quotes

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Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. — Saint Augustine
Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into… — Ingmar Bergman
Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted. — Anita Brookner
As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care. — Joyce Brothers
Sadly, a lot of what passes for feminism these days is just moaning about men, congratulating ourselves on nothing in particular, and mocking them for… — Julie Burchill
The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science. — Samuel Butler
The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever. — Thomas Carlyle
Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A laborer no longer makes whole articles. He receives raw materials, puts his touch on them, and passes them to another worker in the series.… — John Bates Clark
I hope everyone that is reading this is having a really good day. And if you are not, just know that in every new minute… — Gillian Anderson
Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. — Yoko Ono
Life and death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed,… — Dogen
The years go by. The time, it does fly. Every single second is a moment in time that passes. And it seems like nothing -… — Ray Bradbury
Fourthly, the way of the artisan. The way of the carpenter is to become proficient in the use of his tools, first to lay his… — Miyamoto Musashi
One should have insight into this world of dreams that passes in the twinkling of an eye. — Hojo Shigetoki
The prayer that begins with trustfulness, and passes on into waiting, will always end in thankfulness, triumph, and praise. — Alexander MacLaren
Do not conquer the world with force, for force only causes resistance. Thorns spring up when an army passes. Years of misery follow a great… — Laozi
What passes for identity in America is a series of myths about one's heroic ancestors. It's astounding to me, for example, that so many people… — James A. Baldwin

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