Sand Quotes

891 Sand quotes by 672 unique authors

Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine. — Desiderius Erasmus
Our religion keeps reminding us that we aren't just will and thoughts. We're also sand and wind and thunder. Rain. The seasons. All those things.… — William Least Heat-Moon
The South is the land of the sustained sibilant. Everywhere, for the appreciative visitor, the letter "s" insinuates itself in the scene: in the sound… — Elwyn Brooks White
The wilderness is near as well as dear to every man. Even the oldest villages are indebted to the border of wild wood which surrounds… — Henry David Thoreau
And how should a beautiful, ignorant stream of water know it heads for an early release â€” out across the desert, running toward the Gulf,… — Carl Sandburg
For the recuperation of body and mind, there is nothing better than natural therapy - sand, sunshine and surf. — Max Dupain
I generalized rashly: That is what kills political writing, this absurd pretence that you are delivering a great utterance. You never do. You are just… — Walter Lippmann
Talent, and genius as well, is like a grain of pearl sand shifting about in the creative mind. A valued tormentor. — Truman Capote
Evening had fallen. A rim of the young moon cleft the pale waste of sky line, the rim of a silver hoop embedded in grey… — James Joyce
Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind. — Hafez
Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the… — Ramakrishna
Like so many other kids with special needs, I have been bullied. Kids in elementary school made me eat sand, and those same boys would… — Lauren Potter
There's always a place for the angry young man with his fist in the air and his head in the sand. He's never been able… — Billy Joel
The Okavango Delta is an astonishing sight: the great Okavango River, rather than flow towards the sea, flows inland, into the sands of the Kalahari. — Alexander McCall Smith
There's a real difference between venture capitalism and vulture capitalism. Venture capitalism we like. Vulture capitalism, no. And the fact of the matter is that… — Rick Perry
The world is a grain of sand on the beach of Eternity. Eternity is a grain of sand on the beach of Infinity. The ocean… — Frederick Lenz
What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into… — Nancy Sinatra
If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl. — Peter Sarsgaard
Well, actually, I do the voiceover for Quentin Sands. — Lawrence Taylor
Your existence is passing before you. Grains of sand in the hourglass. The Wicked Witch of the West has you in her castle and she's… — Frederick Lenz

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