Peculiar Quotes

555 Peculiar quotes by 448 unique authors

It is not merely the brevity by which the haiku isolates a particular group of phenomena from all the rest; nor its suggestiveness, through which… — Reginald Horace Blyth
If a close examination of the evidences of Christianity may be expected of one class of men more than another, it would seem incumbent upon… — Simon Greenleaf
It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and… — Jonathan Swift
Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work. — Lytton Strachey
I love to go out in late September among the fat, overripe, icy, black blackberries to eat blackberries for breakfast, the stalks very prickly, a… — Galway Kinnell
What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but… — Samuel Alexander
By a peculiar prerogative, not only each individual is making daily advances in the sciences, and may make advances in morality (which is the science,… — Blaise Pascal
Each nation has its own peculiar method of work. Some work through politics, some through social reforms, some through other lines. With us, religion is… — Swami Vivekananda
We are in a war of a peculiar nature. It is not with an ordinary community, which is hostile or friendly as passion or as… — Edmund Burke
The great theme of modern British history is the fate of freedom. The 18th century inherits, after the Civil War, this very peculiar political animal.… — Simon Schama
The brave man uses wrath for his own act, above all in attack, 'for it is peculiar to wrath to pounce upon evil. Thus fortitude… — Josef Pieper
Leisure requires the evidence of our own feelings, because it is not so much a quality of time as a peculiar state of mind. ...… — Vernon Lee
It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit… — Ray Stannard Baker
That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not… — David D. Burns
All sensitive people agree that there is a peculiar emotion provoked by works of art. — Clive Bell
Human reason has the peculiar fate ... that it is burdened with questions that it cannot dismiss ... but which it also cannot answer. — Immanuel Kant
Good investing is a peculiar balance between the conviction to follow your ideas and the flexibility to recognize when you have made a mistake. — Michael Steinhardt
As with men, it has always seemed to me that books have their own peculiar destinies. They go towards the people who are waiting for… — Miguel Serrano
I don't want to become an ivory tower filmmaker. That sounds peculiar, but I want to be a mainstream filmmaker. I want the largest possible… — Peter Greenaway
We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage. Jesus and the early Christians had a marvelous political imagination. They turned all… — Shane Claiborne
Taoism ... is the Religion of the Tao, a term meaning Path or Way, but denoting in this peculiar case the way, course or movement… — Unknown Author
It is our peculiar punishment that we know things change and we want this to be otherwise. — Sallie Tisdale
I am in a very peculiar business: I travel all over the world telling people what they should already know. — James Randi
Slave camps under the flag of freedom, massacres justified by philanthropy or the taste of the superhuman, cripple judgment. On the day when crime puts… — Albert Camus
There are very few theorems in advanced analysis which have been demonstrated in a logically tenable manner. Everywhere one finds this miserable way of concluding… — Niels Henrik Abel

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