Refuge Quotes

464 Refuge quotes by 355 unique authors

"Music, for me, has always been a place where anything is possible--a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, where all kinds of people… — Bill Frisell
Breathing air is a liberating experience. It freed our ancestors from the constraints of staying wet or having to remain within easy reach of water… — Lyall Watson
Writing long hand is the last refuge. One needs the time it takes to put pencil to paper and let it run along the ruled… — Antonio Damasio
Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is… — Saint Ambrose
When I was about seven, one or two people encouraged me, and art became an enormous and important refuge. By adolescence, I was absolutely passionate… — John Berger
Canada should always open its doors to those who are oppressed or in cases of emergency. When Canada offered refuge to 50,000 boat people in… — David Suzuki
The last refuge of privacy cannot be placed solely in law or technology. It must repose in both, and a thoughtful combination of the two… — Jonathan Zittrain
For a spy novelist like me, the Edward J. Snowden story has everything. A man driven by ego and idealism - can anyone ever distinguish… — Alex Berenson
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative. — Oscar Wilde
Violence is the first refuge of the violent. — Aaron Allston
I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill. — Ben Nelson
Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it. — Antiphanes
I take refuge in my books. — Julia Ward Howe
Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it; it was my… — Harry Mathews
Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from… — Rudolf Arnheim
We have a moral responsibility to save wild places like the arctic refuge for future generations, and that is why our country has remained committed… — Lois Capps
Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity. — Henry S. Haskins
A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel. — Heywood Broun
The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a great refuge from home life. — George Bernard Shaw
Death, the refuge, the solace, the best and kindliest and most prized friend and benefactor of the erring, the forsaken, the old and weary and… — Mark Twain
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,… — Bible
Ambition is the last refuge of failure. — Oscar Wilde
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. -Psalms 46:1 — Bible
God is known in her palaces for a refuge. — Bible
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. — Aristotle

Who Wrote These Refuge Quotes

355 authors contributed a total of 464 Refuge Quotes, led by these top contributors: