Sheer Quotes

488 Sheer quotes by 420 unique authors

Based on the law of probability Everything is possible because The sheer existence of possibility Confirms the existence Of impossibility. — Dejan Stojanovic
He turned and reached behind him for the chocolate bar, then he turned back again and handed it to Charlie. Charlie grabbed it and quickly… — Roald Dahl
Sheer scholarship alone cannot reveal to us the gospel of grace. We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the… — Brennan Manning
There aren’t many honest men or women in Washington anymore. Politicians get where they are by the sheer force of their egos, not their convictions.… — Brad Thor
...there is the sheer emotional, intellectual, physical, chemical pleasure of your children. The honest truth is that the world holds no greater gratification than lying… — Caitlin Moran
But I know too that if we ever make a world without shadow, if the chemists and scientists and psychologists succeed in abolishing fear, pain,… — MacDonald Harris
No words for the passion. No words for the need.No words for the sheer epiphany of the moment.And so, on an otherwise unremarkable Friday afternoon,… — Julia Quinn
Identify you as messenger...to other Riders." The words were gasped as if he were forcing air in and out of his lungs by sheer will… — Kristen Britain
He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in… — Jack London
You went out with a girl at first because the sheer sight of her made you weak in the knees. You fell in love and… — Jeffrey Eugenides
Every time he glances at me I feel it just as surely as if he has reached out and run his finger along my soul.… — R.L. LaFevers
Perhaps everything lies in knowing what words to speak, what actions to perform, and in what order and rhythm; or else someone's gaze, answer, gesture… — Italo Calvino
I kept a straight face while my inner Neanderthal spluttered and then went on a mental rampage through a hypothetical produce section, knocking over shelves… — Jim Butcher
I hate Gucci,' said Francis. 'Do you?' said Henry, glancing up from his reverie. 'Really? I think it's rather grand.' 'Come on, Henry.' 'Well, it's… — Donna Tartt
While my insides may be rotten, I still like a good reason to kill someone. It has to be either business, personal, or out of… — Derek Landy
For all that I have kissed before, I have never felt anything like this. It is as if I have swallowed a tiny piece of… — R.L. LaFevers
She is furious with herself for her own stupidity. Opening herself up like this, voluntarily, to a lifetime of worry and anguish. It was madness.… — Khaled Hosseini
Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference… — Timothy Keller
Give me your skin as sheer as a cobweb, let me open it up and listen in and scoop out the dark. — Anne Sexton
In the last resort, sheer insight is the greatest asset of all. — Herbert Butterfield
There are two ways of avoiding fear: one is by persuading ourselves that we are immune from disaster, and the other is by the practice… — Bertrand Russell
God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to us: we should not know what to do for sheer apathy… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality… — Vincent D'Onofrio
Undeveloped though the science [of chemistry] is, it already has great power to bring benefits. Those accruing to physical welfare are readily recognized, as in… — Henry Taube
Ours is a culture based on excess, on overproduction; the result is a steady loss of sharpness in our sensory experience. All the conditions of… — Susan Sontag

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