Returned Quotes

517 quotes by 451 authors

Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control. — Cyril Connolly
Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is… — Epictetus
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. — Oliver Herford
I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world! — Douglas MacArthur
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned. — W. Somerset Maugham
I'm really clear about what my life mission is now. There's no more depression or lethargy, and I feel like I've returned to the athlete… — Alanis Morissette
I seem to be thinking rationally again in the style that is characteristic of scientists. However, this is not entirely a matter of joy as… — John Forbes Nash
Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit… — Ernie Pyle
I have just returned from the dubbing studio where I spoke into a microphone as Severus Snape for absolutely the last time. — Alan Rickman
On the screen were some flashback shots of Daniel, Emma and Rupert from ten years ago. They were 12. I have also recently returned from… — Alan Rickman
Spring has returned. The Earth is like a child that knows poems. — Rainer Maria Rilke
Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has been hollowed out,… — Arundhati Roy
I do think of Bombay as my hometown. Those are the streets I walked when I was learning to walk. And it's the place that… — Salman Rushdie
I think over the course of 14 films, I'm returning to a place that I know to tell a story... the same way Spielberg returned… — Gus Van Sant
I'd been told that when you first put your feet on African ground, you'll be hit by a feeling of overwhelming understanding, like you've returned… — Jill Scott
I've returned to being an amateur without any ties or strings attached, which gives me a freedom I never had before. — Cat Stevens
May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies… — Marianne Williamson
The familiarity of superiors embitters one, because it may not be returned. — Friedrich Nietzsche
That proves you are unusual,' returned the Scarecrow; 'and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual… — L. Frank Baum

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