Rests Quotes

452 Rests quotes by 365 unique authors

May the merciful god, if indeed there be such, guard those hours when no power of the will, or drug that the cunning of man… — H P Lovecraft
If her security rests upon her alliance with a man, another woman may take that man away; therefore women have no unity between themselves. — Frederick Lenz
Brussels is a gay little city that lies as bright within its girdle of woodland as any butterfly that rests upon moss. — Ouida
White and shining virgin of all human virtues, ark of the covenant between earth and heaven, tender and strong companion partaking of the lion and… — Honore de Balzac
Morality rests upon a sense of obligation; and obligation has no meaning except as implying a Divine command, without which it would cease to be. — James Anthony Froude
It doesn't take a genius to see what happens when the entitlement state outgrows the economy upon which it rests. The time of Greece, Cyprus,… — Charles Krauthammer
If I were to give a summary of the tendency of our times, I would say, Quantity. The multitude, the mass spirit, dominates everywhere, destroying… — Emma Goldman
The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. — Alexander Pope
The men and women of the North are slaveholders, those of the South slaveowners. The guilt rests on the North equally with the South. — Susan B. Anthony
In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm... in the real world all rests on perseverance. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of… — Martha Graham
The Ten Commandments have never been replaced as the moral basis upon which society rests. — Edwin Louis Cole
Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal… — Christopher Dawson
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith,… — Tryon Edwards
Not only the entire ability to think rests on language... but language is also the crux of the misunderstanding of reason with itself. — Johann Georg Hamann
What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on - is the broad foundation on which nearly all the guilt… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is… — Arthur Helps
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also. — Carl Jung
Certain it is that a great responsibility rests upon the statesmen of all nations, not only to fulfill the promises for reduction in armaments, but… — Frank B. Kellogg
Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time. — Dean Koontz
My first car, I got it in an auction at my temple. It was an '86 Volvo that I got for 500 bucks, and then… — Shia LaBeouf
Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice. — Christopher Lasch
Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us,… — T.E. Lawrence
All good Literature rests primarily on insight. — George Henry Lewes
The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people… — Russell Lynes

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