Possessed Quotes

530 Possessed quotes by 418 unique authors

Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you.… — John Lennon
We have long possessed the art of war and the science of war, which have been evolved in the minutest detail. — Fredrik Bajer
The Church has been and now is unalterably opposed to gambling in any form whatever. It is opposed to any game of chance, occupation, or… — Heber J. Grant
I have prayed for new men, fiery, reckless men, possessed of uncontrollably youthful passion-these lit by the Spirit of God. I have prayed for new… — Jim Elliot
Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background. — Van Wyck Brooks
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. — Baron de Montesquieu
The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea — Robert Henri
For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it. — Rene Descartes
Mothers sometimes are overly possessive, but not all children allow themselves to be possessed. — Robert Bloch
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an… — Ruth Benedict
There is no peace like the peace of those whose minds are possessed with full assurance that they have known God, and God has known… — J I Packer
Or you can broil the meat, fry the onions, stew the garlic in the red wine...and ask me to supper. I'll not care, really, even… — M.F.K. Fisher
Further, not only the United States, but the French, British, Germans and the United Nations all thought Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction before the… — Jim Gerlach
The [Israelis] believed - they were possessed of an absolute certainty and conviction - that 'terrorists' were in Chatila. How could I explain to them… — Robert Fisk
The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal. — Herbert Croly
Caution and conservatism are expected of old age; but when the young men of a nation are possessed of such a spirit, when they are… — Henry Ward Beecher
My proposal is not that we understand what the word â€˜godâ€™ means and manage somehow to fit Jesus into that. Instead, I suggest that we… — N. T. Wright
My anti-Americanism has become almost uncontrollable. It has possessed me, like a disease. It rises up in my throat like acid reflux, that fashionable American… — Margaret Drabble
Faith is that quality or power by which the things desired become the things possessed. — Kathryn Kuhlman
The fact that your voice is amplified to the degree where it reaches from one end of the country to the other does not confer… — Edward R. Murrow

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