Rare Quotes

1409 Rare quotes by 1067 unique authors

We have advantages. We have a cushion to fall back on. This is abundance. A luxury of place and time. Something rare and wonderful. It's… — Dave Eggers
But he had hardly felt the absurdity of those things, on the one hand, and the necessity of those others, on the other, (for it… — Samuel Beckett
I believe there is something of the divine mystery in everything that exists. We can see it sparkle in a sunflower or a poppy. We… — Jostein Gaarder
…Then another porpoise broke the water and rolled toward us. A third and fourth porpoise neared. The visitation was something so rare and perfect that… — Pat Conroy
Life is, in fact, a battle. Evil is insolent and strong; beauty enchanting, but rare; goodness very apt to be weak; folly very apt to… — Henry James
In some situations I was difficult, in odd moments impossible, in rare moments loathsome, but at my best unapproachably great. — Oscar Levant
Too weird to live, too rare to die! — Hunter S. Thompson
And yet by heaven I think my love as rare / as any that she belie with false compare Sonnett CXXX, ll, 13-14 — William Shakespeare
He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
My most persistent memory of stand - up is of my mouth being in the present and my mind being in the future: the mouth… — Steve Martin
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. — Charles Caleb Colton
He was one of those quite rare adults who communicate with small children fairly well and who love them all impartially--not in a sugary way… — Stephen King
A born king is a very rare being. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A rare objectivity and insight can be imparted regarding this world's struggle for spiritual integrity. In the land of Faerie, the reader may see his… — Michael O'Brien
Your turn has come to sift through the dreck of humanity for rare specks of originality — David Mitchell
Not that she didn't love almost every boy she'd ever met, and not that every boy in the world didn't totally love her. It was… — Cecily von Ziegesar
There are these rare moments when musicians together touch something sweeter than they've ever found before in rehearsals or performance, beyond the merely collaborative or… — Ian Mcewan
[In the Universe it may be that] Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to… — Stephen Hawking
The idea that making an activity legal would reduce its incidence is preposterous. This is exactly like the Clintonian statement about wanting to make abortion… — Ann Coulter
True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good--and we all know how rare that is... — Jasper Fforde
I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I found their games and their talk far… — Alberto Manguel
One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then I saw a third and… — Charles Darwin
The truth is WE ALL ACHE. WE ALL HAVE GROWING PAINS and wonder if WE ARE OKAY adn enough + loved. THE THING IS -… — Sabrina Ward Harrison
We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has only happened… — Nicholas Sparks
It is quite rare for God to provide a great man at the necessary moment to carry out some great deep, which is why when… — Alexandre Dumas

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