Sand Quotes

891 Sand quotes by 672 unique authors

Why did you make it so hard for me? I'd rather empty the ocean with a sieve. I do it for you. Or count the… — Grant Morrison
The 31th of May, I perceived in the same water more of those Animals, as also some that were somewhat bigger. And I imagine, that… — Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
You who prattle that morality is social and that man would need no morality on a desert island - it is on a desert island… — Ayn Rand
Abstinence sows sand all over The ruddy limbs and flaming hair, But desire gratified Plants fruits of life and beauty there. — William Blake
There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of… — Dante Alighieri
The last of the lonely places is the sky, a trackless void where nothing lives or grows, and above it, space itself. Man may have… — Frederick Forsyth
There are flood and drought over the eyes and in the mouth, dead water and dead sand contending for the upper hand. The parched eviscerate… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I give myself the luxury of time in shaping a song. It's very common for me to work three months or more on a single… — David Massengill
Sometimes, that mountain you've been climbing, is just a grain of sand. — Carrie Underwood
Studios and networks who ignore either shift — whether the increasing sophistication of storytelling, or the constantly shifting sands of technological advancement — will be… — Kevin Spacey
It is such a cut throat industry where you get knocked down so much and get rejected so much. If you do not back yourself… — Alex O'Loughlin
Pier Angeli was in the movie called Sea of Sand that Guy Green directed where this idea came up. — Richard Attenborough
The total number of stars in the Universe is larger than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth. — Carl Sagan
If we sit by and become complacent and put our heads in the sand, we're complicit. — Shelley Morrison
I got a nice nine-month vacation living on the beach collecting sand dollars, and I really got to reflect and realize that in entertainment, you… — Spencer Pratt
I believe Andy was meant to die because he was too good I'm almost happy it ended the way it did because I've learned so… — Unknown Author
It’s so dangerous to idealize anything, or anyone, or any place, because it gives that thing or person or place a kind of permission to… — Unknown Author
Women have crucified the Mary Wollstonecrafts, the Fanny Wrights, and the George Sands of all ages. Men mock us with the fact and say we… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars.… — Salman Rushdie
Strolling on, it seems to me that the strangeness and wonder of existence are emphasized here, in the desert, by the comparative sparsity of the… — Edward Abbey
If those arrangements [the fundamental arrangements of knowledge] were to disappear as they appeared... then one can certainly wager that man would be erased, like… — Michel Foucault
Moving parts in rubbing contact require lubrication to avoid excessive wear. Honorifics and formal politeness provide lubrication where people rub together. Often the very young,… — Robert A. Heinlein
Ill paddle board, swim in the ocean, roll in the sand, soak up the sun, eat good food, be with friends and family and go… — Behati Prinsloo
Worry and anxiety are sand in the machinery of life; faith is the oil. — E. Stanley Jones

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