Served Quotes
768 quotes by 665 authors
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Men would eat horse droppings, if ye served them wi' butter.
— Diana Gabaldon
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Esca tossed the slender papyrus roll onto the cot, and set his own hands over Marcus's. "I have not served the Centurion because I was…
— Rosemary Sutcliff
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We are much too much inclined in these days to divide people into permanent categories, forgetting that a category only exists for its special purpose…
— Dorothy L. Sayers
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Once, I asked my mom why stars shine. She said they were night-lights, so the angels could find their way around in Heaven. But when…
— Jodi Picoult
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The truth sticks in our throats with all the sauces it is served with: it will never go down until we take it without any…
— George Bernard Shaw
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He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that at least.…
— Kazuo Ishiguro
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My stomach lurched, an appetizer before the full portion of heartache I had a feeling was going to be served at some point soon.
— Gayle Forman
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How long does it have to go on? This punishment? Haven't I done time enough, haven't I served my term? can't I apply for a-pardon?
— Tennessee Williams
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A surgeon would never hesitate to amputate a rotting hand, no matter how faithfully it had served its owner in the past.
— Rick Riordan
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Stale godliness is ungodliness. Let our religion be as warm, and constant, and natural as the flow of the blood in our veins. A living…
— Charles Spurgeon
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Revenge is a dish best served unexpectedly and from a distance - like a thrown trifle.
— Frances Hardinge
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It wis like auld times, but in a sense that only served tae remind us ay how much things hud changed.
— Irvine Welsh
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Individuals are not stable things, they are fleeting. Chromosomes too are shuffled into oblivion, like hands of cards soon after they are dealt. But the…
— Richard Dawkins
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People often claim to hunger for truth, but seldom like the taste when it's served up.
— George R. R. Martin
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Remember that mentor leadership is all about serving. Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others…
— Tony Dungy
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No matter how clear things might become in the forest of story, there was never a clear-cut solution, as there was in math. The role…
— Haruki Murakami
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Despicable creatures, vultures: without a doubt the most disgusting birds ever. I suppose they served their purpose, but did they have to be so greasy…
— Rick Riordan
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Elena wondered if Michaela was waiting to be served. Snorting inwardly at the idea, she poured her own coffee—and, because she was feeling generous, and…
— Nalini Singh
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It is curious that people tend to regard government as a quasi-divine, selfless, Santa Claus organization. Government was constructed neither for ability nor for the…
— Murray Rothbard
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I do not understand why, when I ask for grilled lobster in a restaurant, I'm never served a cooked telephone.
— Salvador Dali
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