Resigned Quotes

123 quotes by 112 authors

The worst days are when you feel foggy in the head - chemo-brain they call it. It's awful because you feel boring. As well as… — Christopher Hitchens
Are we still a country that takes risks, that innovates, that believes anything is possible? Or are we a country that is resigned to whatever… — Mitch McConnell
I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be… — Voltaire
The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to… — David Wilkerson
After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history… — Bob Woodward
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do. I feel as if this tree… — Willa Cather
I know, but I do not approve. And I am not resigned. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Why were you lurking under our window?" "Yes - yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?" "Listening to the news,"… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Some dangers are so spectacular and so much beyond normal experience that the mind refuses to accept them as real, and watches the approach of… — Arthur C. Clarke
With you a part of me hath passed away; For in the peopled forest of my mind A tree made leafless by this wintry wind… — George Santayana
I do try to say, Godâ€™s will be done, sir,â€ said the Squire, looking up at Mr. Gibson for the first time, and speaking with… — Elizabeth Gaskell
But Laila has decided that she will not be crippled by resentment. Mariam wouldnâ€™t want it that way. â€˜Whatâ€™s the sense?â€™ she would say with… — Khaled Hosseini
Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve.… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Francie looked at her legs. They were long, slender, and exquisitely molded. She wore the sheerest of flawless silk stockings, and expensively made high-heeled pumps… — Betty Smith
It was a hurting tune, resigned, a cry of heartache for all in the world that fell apart. As ash rose black against the brilliant… — Kristin Cashore
Clary stopped dead in her tracks. "Simon?" "Oh, God," said Jace, sounding resigned. "And here I'd actually hoped I'd got hold of something interesting." -Clary… — Cassandra Clare
Why do you tolerate it? (Kat) The same reason Sin hasnâ€™t resigned himself to death. There are six billion people on earth who need someone… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I'll take the cemetery," Kane said. He didn't sound excited. Rather, he sounded resigned. "The club might collapse if I go. — Gena Showalter
Children have a lesson adults should learn, to not be ashamed of failing, but to get up and try again. Most of us adults are… — Malcolm X
...and the lamp having at last resigned itself to death. There was nothing now but firelight in the room, And every time a flame uttered… — Charles Baudelaire

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