Refuge Quotes

464 Refuge quotes by 355 unique authors

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre. — Orson Welles
Religion is the last refuge of human savagery. — Alfred North Whitehead
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure. — Oscar Wilde
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative. — Oscar Wilde
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. — Oscar Wilde
Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does. — Tony Wilson
What refuge is there for the victim who is oppressed with the feeling that there are a thousand new books he ought to read, while… — Oliver Wendell Holmes
Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do. — Oscar Wilde
To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life. — W. Somerset Maugham
Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Owen Meany believed that “coincidence” was a stupid, shallow refuge sought by stupid, shallow people who were unable to accept the fact that their lives… — John Irving
There are only two worlds - your world, which is the real world, and other worlds, the fantasy. Worlds like this are worlds of the… — Neil Gaiman
I have always felt that violence was the last refuge of the incompetent, and empty threats the last sanctuary of the terminally inept. — Neil Gaiman
Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never… — Rabindranath Tagore
Idiot. Above her head was the only stable point in the cosmos, the only refuge from the damnation of the panta rei, and she guessed… — Umberto Eco
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex. — Oscar Wilde
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces.… — Edward Abbey
Each book was a world unto itself, and in it I took refuge. — Alberto Manguel
If you follow the will of God, you know that in spite of all the terrible things that happen to you, you will never lose… — Pope Benedict XVI
As our listeners will know, unless they've taken refuge at the bottom of a garden pond or somewhere similar, You-Know-Who's strategy of remaining in the… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive — Oscar Wilde
Extrapolations are the last refuge of a groundless argument. — Thomas Sowell
Maybe there are moments between any two adults in love when the age of one of them dissolves before the other's eyes, when the first… — Marianne Wiggins
Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx. Only individuals seek the truth, and they shun those… — Boris Pasternak
You have traveled too fast over false ground; Now your soul has come to take you back. Take refuge in your senses, open up To… — John O'Donohue

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