Retreated Quotes

32 quotes by 30 authors

I totally alienated some reporters as I retreated. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Like an army defeated the snow hath retreated. — William Wordsworth
Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and… — John F. Kerry
I was very uncomfortable with all the attention when it first started happening to me. I retreated quite a bit from the world, both physically… — Dennis Quaid
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the 'disenchantment of the world.' Precisely the ultimate and most… — Max Weber
The great ideals of the past failed not by being outlived (which must mean over-lived), but by not being lived enough. Mankind has not passed… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Remember, the Arctic didn't have any ice. And the Northwest Passage was wide open. They were raising grapes in Scotland for God sakes, had a… — Don Young
What would be the difference if we retreated and let the French and Germans make decisions for the world? We tried that twice in the… — Tammy Bruce
The problem is that during the 1980s, a decade of heavy poaching, the elephants retreated to safer areas. And now people have moved into the… — Richard Leakey
You, of all people, deserve a happy ending Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter You aren't cold You've just retreated a little… — Jane Austen
Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance. — Richard Leakey
The sound of the freezing of snow over the land seemed to roar deep into the earth. There was no moon. The stars, almost too… — Yasunari Kawabata
You know, I was a kid who had difficulty speaking English when I first immigrated. But in my head, when I read a book, I… — Junot Diaz
Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm. — Terry Eagleton
I couldnâ€™t forgive him or like him, but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Let go," he advised me, and I loosened my grip on his hands. "No, not of me," he said, smiling. "You can hold on to… — Charlaine Harris
In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it… — Barbara Mertz
As a society, you were unwilling to reflect upon the shared pain that united you with those who attacked you. You retreated into myths of… — Mohsin Hamid
Me and my needs were driving my mother away. Me and my needs retreated to my closet, disappeared into fairy tales. I started making up… — Marya Hornbacher
[W]hen Ben was kissing me, the whole world retreated. I felt things I'd never felt before, in places I never knew were connected. But I… — Rosemary Clement-Moore

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30 authors contributed a total of 32 Retreated Quotes, led by these top contributors: