Severe Quotes

434 quotes by 378 authors

Technology tends toward avoidance of risks by investors. Uncertainty is ruled out if possible. People generally prefer the predictable. Few recognize how destructive this can… — Frank Herbert
A friend of mine who passed through a most severe trial, when I discussed it with him, he said simply, if itâ€™s fair, it isnâ€™t… — Neal A. Maxwell
And what renders him so unmarriageable?â€ Eloise asked. Francesca leveled a serious stare at her older sister. Eloise was mad if she thought she should… — Julia Quinn
One of the things is that in times of severe disorder, you can't worry about the dead, only the living. — Darren Shan
Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If you work with love and intelligence, you develop a kind of armour against people's opinions, just because of the sincerity of your love for… — Vincent Van Gogh
I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail,… — Abraham Lincoln
We infrequently contemplate the harms that await any new-born childâ€”pain, disappointment, anxiety, grief, and death. For any given child we cannot predict what form these… — David Benatar
He had had a severe shock some weeks earlier, when, having narrowly failed to capture a large grey-brown hare for his dinner, it had stopped… — Neil Gaiman
A marriage is a private thing. It has its own wild laws, and secret histories, and savage acts, and what passes between married people is… — Catherynne M. Valente
I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the… — Calvin Coolidge
It doesn't take courage to kill someone,' Klaus said. 'It takes a severe lack of moral stamina. — Daniel Handler
At the edge of chaos, unexpected outcomes occur. The risk to survival is severe. — Michael Crichton
The secret and the sacred are sisters. When the secret is not respected, the sacred vanishes. Consequently, reflection should not shine too severe or aggressive… — John O'Donohue
I believe that in judging our actions we are more severe than professional judges. We judge not only our actions, but our thoughts, our intentions,… — Anais Nin
The wisest among my race understand that agitations of social equality is the extremist folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all privileges that… — Booker T. Washington
A new study shows that having a severe phobia can hasten aging. But what if my greatest fear IS aging?!? — Stephen Colbert
He gave me a severe look over his spectacles and said, as if he thought the words were deadly venom and might kill me, "You… — Jim Butcher
According to Festus, our flying table, Buford, made it back safely while we were in Charleston, so those eagles didn't get him. Unfortunately, he lost… — Rick Riordan
Coffee makes us severe, and grave and philosophical. — Jonathan Swift

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