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- Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized upon by a madness which forced them to commit… — Rebecca West
- Characteristically skeptical of the idea that living things would faithfully follow mathematical formulas, [Robert Harper] seized upon factors in corn which seemed… — Unknown Author
- Well, every man has a religion; has something in heaven or earth which he will give up everything else for - something… — Walt Whitman
- Behind the black portent of the new atomic age lies a hope which, seized upon with faith, can work out salvation. .… — Bernard Baruch
- The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their… — Pliny the Elder
- I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn’t be rushed or seized upon but allowed… — Daniel Tammet
- Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its… — Isabella Bird
- A great emotion is too selfish ; it takes into itself all the blood of the spirit, and the congestion leaves the… — Fernando Pessoa
- When the most abstract and "useless" disciplines have been cultivated for a time, they are often seized upon as practical tools by… — James R Newman
- There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is… — John F. Kennedy
- ...as the slow sea sucked at the shore and then withdrew, leaving the strip of seaweed bare and the shingle churned, the… — Daphne du Maurier
- Events such as the 1991 Tailhook debacle have been seized upon and used by feminists to attack the military culture and bring… — Jim Webb