Pause Quotes

503 quotes by 393 authors

It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you… — Tony Benn
It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause. — Jack Benny
When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love… — Jim Bishop
Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us - a time when we can look back on the… — David Cameron
I like the freedom of podcasting. With podcasting you can really mess around with the form and the format. You can do as much time… — Adam Carolla
There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration. — Lewis Carroll
I did my 40 years in Washington, 40-plus, and it's time to pause and reflect and think about what I've seen and done. — Dick Cheney
For TV you also get those pre-interviews when researchers ask you what you're going to say. The pre-interview drives me insane. If they've already decided… — Jarvis Cocker
Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. — Guillaume Apollinaire
He should sweep streets so well that all the host of heaven and earth will pause to say, 'Here lives a great street-sweeper who did… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause and attend: the… — Al Alvarez
Never forget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes on and on and may last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack… — Lance Morrow
New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created… — Hamilton Wright Mabie
What a devil art thou, Poverty! How many desires - how many aspirations after goodness and truth - how many noble thoughts, loving wishes toward… — Walt Whitman
Mounting toward the upland again, I pause reverently, as the hush and stillness of twilight come upon the woods. It is the sweetest, ripest hour… — John Burroughs
Whenever we moderns pause for a moment, and enter the silence, and listen very carefully, the glimmer of our deepest nature begins to shine forth,… — Ken Wilber
To those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics aid terrorists for they erode our national… — John Ashcroft
On one occasion when [William] Smart found him engrossed with his fundamental theory, he asked Eddington how many people he thought would understand what he… — Arthur Eddington
There's a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side. Half the dogs in America will receive… — Michael Pollan
I am annoyed by individuals who are embarrassed by pauses in a conversation. To me, every conversational pause refreshes. — George Sanders

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