Rests Quotes

452 Rests quotes by 365 unique authors

Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. ~from the poem "Digging — Seamus Heaney
Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance. — Daniel Kahneman
Faith never makes herself her own plea, she rests all her argument upon the blood of Christ. — Charles Spurgeon
Do you still love me, Janie?' Janie stares at him, incredulous. 'Yes, of course! I don't say it lightly.' 'Say it lightly in my ear,'… — Lisa McMann
Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much. — Abraham Lincoln
Tradition usually rests upon something which men did know; history is often the manufacture of the mere liar. — Jefferson Davis
Leadership rests not only upon ability, not only upon capacity; having the capacity to lead is not enough. The leader must be willing to use… — Vince Lombardi
Everything in life is miraculous. For the sigil taught me that it rests within the power of each of us to awaken atwill from a… — James Branch Cabell
Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the time, and not be discouraged at the rests.… — John Ruskin
Strange as it may sound, the power of mathematics rests on its evasion of all unnecessary thought and on its wonderful saving of mental operations. — Ernst Mach
I am technically "boss" of the family which I am carrying along-but I am grateful to know that it is only technically - that the… — Mark Twain
Basically, the only thing we need is a hand that rests on our own, that wishes it well, that sometimes guides us. — Hector Bianciotti
Most teachers have little control over school policy or curriculum or choice of texts or special placement of students, but most have a great deal… — Tracy Kidder
Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid. — Tracy Kidder
The invention of the scientific method and science is, I'm sure we'll all agree, the most powerful intellectual idea, the most powerful framework for thinking… — Douglas Adams
The idea that the Internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor is marred by what I call cyber-utopianism: a naive belief in the emancipatory… — Evgeny Morozov
The entire existence of the NFL - and of football at any level, for all of that - rests on whether or not the game… — Charlie Pierce
The responsibility to seek learning by faith rests upon each of us individually, and this obligation will become increasingly important as the world in which… — David A. Bednar
There are not many poets whose fame rests on a single work. — Helen Vendler
It remains to be seen whether the more optimistic scenario for Sino-American relations can be realised. Much rests on the shoulders of the two leaders:… — Martin Jacques
The responsibility to do missionary work rests with every member of the Church. — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Tensions exist in any free society. But the freedom we enjoy rests on a foundation of individual liberty and shared moral values. — Tipper Gore
We can never intimidate and discourage the people who voice their words with courage. The essence of freedom rests precisely here - in the freedom… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president. — Ted Cruz
We have to get behind the scientists and push for a dementia breakthrough. It could be that we fear dementia out of a sense of… — James Nesbitt

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