Portents Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

When something out of the ordinary happens, it is ridiculous to say that it is a mystery or a portent of something to come... the… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation. . . . Let… — Bernard Baruch
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. The dancers don't even look at one another. They are just a lot of isolated individuals… — Agnes de Mille
The V sign is the symbol of the unconquerable will of the occupied territories, and a portent of the fate awaiting the Nazi tyranny. — Winston Churchill
As the skies appear to a man, so is his mind. Some see only clouds there; some, prodigies and portents; some rarely look up at… — Henry David Thoreau
There is a portent of stormy weather ahead to which we had better give heed...No one knows when emergencies will strike...Set your houses in order.… — Gordon B. Hinckley
.... Anon from the castle walls The crescent banner falls, And the crowd beholds instead, Like a portent in the sky, Iskander's banner fly, The… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
How many may a man of diffusive conversation count among his acquaintances, whose lives have been signalized by numberless escapes; who never cross the river… — Samuel Johnson
Self-parody is the first portent of age. — Larry McMurtry
[Alternate translation:] The Divine Spirit found a sublime outlet in that wonder of analysis, that portent of the ideal world, that amphibian between being and… — Gottfried Leibniz
They say that in the hour before an earthquake the clouds hang leaden in the sky, the winds slows to a hot breath, and the… — Chris Cleave
Mene mene tekel upsharin,' Jace said with a faint smile. 'You don't recognize it? It's from the Bible, vampire. The old one. That's your book,… — Cassandra Clare
But it seems to me that a man cannot and ought not to say that he loves, he said. Why not? I asked. Because it… — Leo Tolstoy
It began as most thing begin. Not on a dark and stormy night. Not foreshadowed by ominous here comes the villain music, dire warning at… — Karen Marie Moning
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times. — Agnes de Mille
There is, to be sure, sometimes only a small difference between being alert to possible danger and allowing oneself to become terrified to the point… — Sherwin B. Nuland
In the zone of perdition where my youth went as if to complete its education, one would have said that the portents of an imminent… — Guy Debord
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful!alif. lam. mim. ra. these are verses of the scripture. that which is revealed unto thee from… — Quran

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