Passings Quotes

1080 Passings quotes by 857 unique authors

You better...buckle uh down and then tighten up to stop this passing game — Phil Simms
Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really counts. — Barbara Gittings
A man descending is propelled by inertia; the only initiative left him is whether or not he decides to enjoy the passing scene. — Guy Vanderhaeghe
When I’m taking a picture of Aya Sofia, what counts is the person passing by who stands for life — Unknown Author
Our Lord's descent from the holy heights of the Mount of Transfiguration was more than a physical return from greater to lesser altitudes; it was… — James E. Talmage
Raven-haired writer Emer Martin is giving a lunchtime reading from her fabulous new novel, Baby Zero. Emer Martin is a brilliant writer, very much the… — Unknown Author
Lecturing is that mysterious process by means of which the contents of the note-book of the professor are transferred through the instrument of the fountain… — Harry Lloyd
If I dreamt this, while walking, walking in the London streets, the subconscious of each and every other life, past and present, brushing me in… — Nadine Gordimer
The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate. — Marcus Terentius Varro
The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of imbecile rapacity blew… — Joseph Conrad
Animals generally return the love you lavish on them by a swift bite in passing-not unlike friends and wives. — Gerald Durrell
It is always good to know, if only in passing, charming human beings. It refreshes one like flowers and woods and clear brooks. — George Eliot
Said one oyster to a neighboring oyster, "I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress."… — Khalil Gibran
Of all the sacred places on the coast, none is more comforting than where rivers join the sea. By the river's disappearance we are reminded… — Robert Adams
A 'passing' test doesn't mean 'no problem.' It means no problem *observed*. This time. With these inputs. So far. On my machine. — Michael Bolton
In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question? The grosser, the… — Margaret Sanger
Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being… — Jonathan Swift
Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. — Thomas Gray
When someone really hears you without passing judgment on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without trying to mold you, it feels damn… — Carl Rogers
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time... — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Hoping to live days of greater happiness, I forget that days of less happiness are passing by. — Elizabeth Bishop
I will frankly confess that after passing a few weeks in the valley of the Marquesas, I formed a higher estimate of human nature than… — Herman Melville
Doomed Lord's Passing. For the mind of man alone is free to explore the lofty vastness of the cosmic infinite, to transcend ordinary consciousness, to… — Michael Moorcock
Well used are those cruelties (if it is permitted to speak well of evil) that are carried out in a single stroke, done out of… — Niccolo Machiavelli
I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad. — Larry Niven

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