Shadowy Quotes
88 quotes by 81 authors
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In green old gardens, hidden away From sight of revel and sound of strife, Here I have leisure to breathe and move, And to do…
— Violet Fane
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I do not wish to die- There is such contingent beauty in life: The open window on summer mornings Looking out on gardens and green…
— Alfred Leslie Rowse
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Metaphysical ghosts cannot be killed, because they cannot be touched; but they may be dispelled by dispelling the twilight in which shadows and solidities are…
— George Henry Lewes
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There exists a shadowy Government with its own Air Force, its own Navy, its own fundraising mechanism, and the ability to pursue its own ideas…
— Daniel Inouye
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The sea is dangerous and its storms terrible, but these obstacles have never been sufficient reason to remain ashore...unlike the mediocre, intrepid spirits seek victory…
— Ferdinand Magellan
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It was a rich and gorgeous sunset - an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of…
— Francis Parkman
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Poets need be in no degree jealous of the geologists. The stony science, with buried creations for its domains, and half an eternity charged with…
— Hugh Miller
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Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in the same cage, and so we've grown used to each…
— Tennessee Williams
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An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.
— Tom Coburn
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No failure in America, whether of love or money, is ever simple; it is always a kind of betrayal, of a mass of shadowy, shared…
— Greil Marcus
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It is odd to watch with what feverish ardour Americans pursue prosperity, ever tormented by the shadowy suspicion that they might not have chosen the…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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We expect him to take up a lot of space in his gangly experiments with life, and we teach him, through task, work, game, activity,…
— Michael Gurian
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The best ideas aren't hidden in shadowy recesses. They're right in front of us, hidden in plain sight. Innovation seldom depends on discovering obscure or…
— Richard Farson
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I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty. Was thy dream then a shadowy lie? Toil on,…
— Ellen Sturgis Hooper
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A lover may be a shadowy creature, but husbands are made of flesh and blood
— Amy Levy
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But, you know, there's another group that really runs the show. It's very shadowy, just as you've described... Those of us in the Congress of…
— Virgil Goode
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Those who would assail the Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than the veracity of the Bible,…
— Jon Krakauer
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Maybe we’ll live to see sharks recover. Right now, that seems as improbable as seeing all these falcons. Hope is the ability to see how…
— Carl Safina
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Poetry connects us to what is deepest in ourselves. It gives us access to our own feelings, which are often shadowy, and engages us in…
— Edward Hirsch
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This is the place. Stand still, my steed,- Let me review the scene, And summon from the shadowy past The forms that once have been.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Who Wrote These Shadowy Quotes
81 authors contributed a total of 88 Shadowy Quotes, led by these top contributors: