Prodigious Quotes

60 Prodigious quotes by 54 unique authors

Christ wishes to raise men up to heaven, and has given them all the means to attain this; whilst the Devil, who himself for his… — John of Kronstadt
My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. — Charlie Chaplin
We live in an era when established values are no longer valid, when prodigious discoveries are being made every year, when catastrophes of unbelievable proportions… — Werner Herzog
Those with prodigious skill in music are better suited for all things. — Martin Luther
We could raise prodigious cities and create nations, and explore the universe. — Jose Clemente Orozco
...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it. — Benjamin Franklin
The old incapacity. Interrupted my writing for barely ten days and already cast out. Once again prodigious efforts stand before me. You have to dive… — Franz Kafka
Paris is a sum total. Paris is the ceiling of the human race. All this prodigious city is an epitome of dead and living manners… — Victor Hugo
What a wonderful and amazing Scheme have we here of the magnificent Vastness of the Universe! So many Suns, so many Earths, and every one… — Christiaan Huygens
Captain Nemo pointed to this prodigious heap of shellfish, and I saw that these mines were genuinely inexhaustible, since nature's creative powers are greater than… — Jules Verne
For those who do not make the transition to a matured, more spiritual self-will reason will indeed be no more than rationalization. Here is a… — Kenny Smith
There is a poignancy in all things clear, In the stare of the deer, in the ring of a hammer in the morning. Seeing a… — Richard Wilbur
I am further of opinion that it would be better for us to have [no laws] at all than to have them in so prodigious… — Michel de Montaigne
There is a prodigious selfishness in dreams: they live perfectly deaf and invulnerable amid the cries of the real world. — George Santayana
The study of letters is the study of the operation of human force, of human freedom and activity; the study of nature is the study… — Matthew Arnold
In cities men cannot be prevented from concerting together, and from awakening a mutual excitement which prompts sudden and passionate resolutions. Cities may be looked… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I had a prodigious life, living in a grown-up world when I was a child. But I think my abilities were about perceptiveness, and they… — Jodie Foster
America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to… — E E Cummings
Truman Capote famously claimed to have nearly absolute recall of dialogue and used his prodigious memory as an excuse never to take notes or use… — Joshua Foer
A band's only unique thing is its chemistry, especially if none of you are prodigious players or particularly handsome. The one thing you have is… — Chris Martin
There are estimated to be fewer that 50 prodigious savants worldwide. If we were brought together, it would be disappointing in the sense of us… — Daniel Tammet
I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up. — Mark Twain
One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph. — Virginia Woolf
There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair. — Charles Dickens
My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That… — William Shakespeare

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