Purest Quotes

285 quotes by 242 authors

God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. — Francis Bacon
I was raised on the purest comedy there is: 'I Love Lucy.' I was raised watching 'Three's Company' and sitcoms of the '70s and '80s. — Mayim Bialik
Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover. — Giotto di Bondone
As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In its purest form, dating is auditioning for mating (and auditioning means we may or may not get the part). — Joy Browne
I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects of… — Douglas MacArthur
God Almighty first planted a Garden. And indeed it is the purest of human pleasures. It is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man,… — Francis Bacon
All must admit that the reception of the teachings of Christ results in the purest patriotism, in the most scrupulous fidelity to public trust, and… — Grover Cleveland
Man's feelings are always purest and most glowing in the hour of meeting and of farewell. — Jean Paul
See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps-often but old bottles and vials, though. ... He burns, too, the purest of… — Herman Melville
Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of honest… — Thomas Jefferson
The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding. — John of the Cross
In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in… — Thomas Jefferson
The fact which interests us most is the life of the naturalist. The purest science is still biographical. Nothing will dignify and elevate science while… — Henry David Thoreau
My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had never been a priest. The artificial structures they have built on… — Thomas Jefferson
Love is power, the purest power and the greatest power: Love is God. Nothing can be higher than that. But this power is not a… — Rajneesh
Color is sensitivity in material form, substance in its purest form. — Yves Klein
Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the purest examples of… — Tom L. Johnson
Life and death: they are one, at core entwined. Who understands himself from his own strain presses himself into a drop of wine and throws… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Statistics are like women; mirrors of purest virtue and truth, or like whores to use as one pleases. — Theodor Billroth

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