Relic Quotes
44 quotes by 40 authors
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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
— Emily Bronte
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One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that the present expansion is a…
— Fred Hoyle
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The belief that words have a meaning of their own account is a relic of primitive word magic, and it is still a part of…
— Charles Kay Ogden
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Gold is a relic from a time when government's were less trustworthy in these matters (currency debasement) than they are now.
— John Maynard Keynes
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Nature in America has always been suspect, on the defensive, cannibalized by progress. In America, every specimen becomes a relic.
— Susan Sontag
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The word revolution itself has become not only a dead relic of Leftism, but a key to the deadendedness of male politics: the revolution of…
— Adrienne Rich
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I no longer knew whether it was raindrops or my own tears that were flowing down my cheeks, and I hated to have to drag…
— Ingrid Betancourt
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There are a lot of very brilliant people who believe that the nation-state is fast becoming a relic of the past,
— William J. Clinton
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In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.
— John Maynard Keynes
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The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic. The Earth was absolutely round.…
— Alexey Leonov
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I have come to the conclusion that executions solve nothing, and are only an antiquated relic of a primitive desire for revenge which takes the…
— Albert Pierrepoint
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Over the years, Americans in particular have been all too willing to squander their hard-earned independence and freedom for the illusion of feeling safe under…
— Cody Lundin
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Future historians, I hope, will consider the American fast food industry a relic of the twentieth century--a set of attitudes, systems, and beliefs that emerged…
— Eric Schlosser
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Whoever declares another heretic is himself a devil. Whoever places a relic or artifact above justice, kindness, mercy, or truth is himself a devil and…
— Sheri S. Tepper
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The relic from before birth Enters one's heart one day. Be as careful as if you were holding a full vessel, Be as gentle as…
— Sun Bu'er
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The law of causality, I believe, like much that passes muster among philosophers, is a relic of a bygone age, surviving, like the monarchy, only…
— Bertrand Russell
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I hear the wind blowing across the desert and I see the moons of a winter night rising like great ships in the void. To…
— Frank Herbert
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The vast majority of the population seems to look down their noses upon self-reliance as some quaint dusty relic, entertained only by the hyperparanoid or…
— Cody Lundin
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If war can indeed be turned into a relic, then the virtue of greed will recede further. From a given society's standpoint, one big upside…
— Robert Wright
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Poison or elixir, narcotic or aphrodisiac, whatever it was, this flower, relic of a day in the life of an accidental writer, an inadvertent counterfeiter…
— Cesar Aira
Who Wrote These Relic Quotes
40 authors contributed a total of 44 Relic Quotes, led by these top contributors: