Passing Quotes
1379 quotes by 1048 authors
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What we see in history is not a transformation, a passing of one race into another, but entirely new and perfect creations, which the ever-youthful…
— Adolf Bastian
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Language is the amber in which a thousand precious and subtle thoughts have been safely embedded and preserved. It has arrested ten thousand lightning flashes…
— Richard Chenevix Trench
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I would welcome the passing of the idea of philosophy as defined by a method of conceptual analysis. But that is not the passing of…
— Robert Adams
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Judge yourself and beware of passing judgement on others. In judging others we expend our energy to no purpose; we are often mistaken and easily…
— Thomas a Kempis
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The Medicine Man, taking his music with him, is passing quietly into the Great Silence, where the old songs were "Received in Dreams" by "inner-plane…
— Frances Densmore
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Peoples of the entire world need to hear these words. Their conscience needs to grow in the certainty that Someone exists who holds in His…
— Pope John Paul II
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You worthy critics, or whatever you may call yourselves, are ashamed or afraid of the momentary and passing madness which is found in all real…
— Friedrich Schiller
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Right now a moment of time is passing by!... We must become that moment.
— Paul Cezanne
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When in the world are we going to begin to live as if we understood that this is life? This is our time, our day...and…
— Richard L. Evans
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Live each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are…
— Fulton J. Sheen
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I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die.
— Robert Menzies
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With each passing year, experimental observations further undermine the claim of a large positive feedback from water. In fact, observations suggest that the feedback is…
— William Happer
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George Harrison's passing was really sad, but it does make the afterlife seem much more attractive.
— Michael Palin
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Is she not passing fair?
— William Shakespeare
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Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe that youth must…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Indeed I do not think we should be justified in using any but the more sombre tones and colours while our people, our Empire, and…
— Winston Churchill
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A modern gentleman [rich person] is necessarily the enemy of his country. Even in war he does not fight to defend it, but to prevent…
— George Bernard Shaw
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It sometimes seems that we live as if we wonder when life is going to begin. It isn't always clear just what we are waiting…
— Richard L. Evans
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Our president has made historic progress toward equality. He repealed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' so that no American ever again has to lie about who…
— Tammy Baldwin
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I support ensuring that committed gay couples have the same rights and responsibilities afforded to any married couple in this country. I believe strongly in…
— Barack Obama
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