Rests Quotes

452 Rests quotes by 365 unique authors

National security rests on the credible threat of a form of warfare universally condemned since the Dark Ages, the wholesale slaughter of noncombatants. — George Will
I (God) will leave man to make the fateful guess, Will leave him torn between the no and yes, Leave him unresting till he rests… — Edwin Markham
Civilization rests on two things: the discovery that fermentation produces alcohol, and the voluntary ability to inhibit defecation. And I put it to you, where… — Robertson Davies
The law is what it is-a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another. — John Galsworthy
The White House, in advancing the agenda for a [school] "choice" plan, rests its faith on market mechanisms. What reason have the black and very… — Jonathan Kozol
In our whole life melody the music is broken off here and there by rests, and we foolishly think we have come to the end… — John Ruskin
To my thinking, this: - that the Priestly Code rests upon the result which is only the aim of Deuteronomy. — Julius Wellhausen
The kundalini energy rests in potential at the base of the spine. It is possible to take that energy and allow it to move, to… — Frederick Lenz
I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that… — Criss Jami
All the analysis of infinite reality which the finite human mind can conduct rests on the tacit assumption that only a finite portion of this… — Max Weber
By philosophy the mind of man comes to itself, and from henceforth rests on itself without foreign aid, and is completely master of itself, as… — Johann Gottlieb Fichte
My children, as long as you live, the shadow of the Hiss Case will brush you. In every pair of eyes that rests on you,… — Whittaker Chambers
If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and… — Nancy Gibbs
At last I perceive that in revolutions the supreme power rests with the most abandoned. — Georges Danton
Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, conservatives have succeeded by adhering to a platform that rests firmly on three legs: smaller government, faith and family,… — Frank Gaffney
You members of this Conference are to be the architects of the better world. In your hands rests our future. — Harry S. Truman
The stone that Dr. Johnson once kicked to demonstrate the reality of matter has become dissipated in a diffuse distribution of mathematical probabilities. The ladder… — Morris Kline
Civilization - and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses, but the whole moral and… — Evelyn Waugh
Each person's only hope for improving his lot rests on recognizing the true nature of his or her basic personality, surrendering to it, and becoming… — Sheldon B. Kopp
Our whole strength rests on the validity of [Joseph Smith's] vision. It either occurred or it did not occur. If it did not, then this… — Gordon B. Hinckley

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