Sheer Quotes

488 Sheer quotes by 420 unique authors

It is the growing custom to narrow control, concentrate power, disregard and disenfranchise the public; and assuming that certain powers by divine right of money-raising… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Because I'm moved in writing to be irrepressible. Writing to you seems like some holy cause, cause there's not enough female irrepressibility written down. I've… — Chris Kraus
Can-do Americans courageously go about their duty in Iraq - mostly unafraid that a culture of 2,000 years, the reality of geography, the sheer forces… — Victor Davis Hanson
The very best thing that could happen to a voice, if it shows any promise at all, is when it is very young to leave… — Jessye Norman
There is a way in which the collective knowledge of mankind expresses itself, for the finite individual, through mere daily living . . . a… — Laurens van der Post
Personally, I have been very impressed by the slow food movement. It is about celebrating the culture of food, of sharing the extraordinary knowledge, developed… — Prince Charles
I’ve learned what ‘classical’ means. It means something that sings and dances through sheer joy of existence. — Gustav Holst
Women get consumed. Not surprising, considering the sheer amount of traffic a woman's body experiences. Tampons and speculums. Cocks, fingers, vibrators and more, between the… — Gillian Flynn
As far as I was concerned, the Panthers were 'baaaaaad.' The Party was more than bad; it was bodacious. The sheer audacity of walking onto… — Assata Shakur
The world is incomprehensible. We won't ever understand it; we won't ever unravel its secrets. Thus we must treat the world as it is: a… — Carlos Castaneda
We have to create a world in which there are no unknown, hostile aliens at the other end of any missiles, and that is going… — Betty Williams
Our levels of desire, patience, persistence, and confidence end up playing a much larger role in success than sheer reasoning powers. Feel motivated and energized,… — Robert Greene
In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging, and… — George Orwell
You have to have a sense of humor if you follow politics. Otherwise, the sheer fraudulence of it all will get you down. — Thomas Sowell
The dissolution of the pictorial into sheer texture, into apparently sheer sensation, into an accumulation of repetitions, seems to speak for and answer something profound… — Clement Greenberg
Human nerves quickly get accustomed to the most unusual conditions and circumstances and I noticed that quite a number of men actually fell asleep from… — Fritz Kreisler
The major force in world history is sheer dumbness. — Eric Wolf
Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on Earth! I care not if I never raise my voice again for Him, if only I… — Jim Elliot
Even the disappointing diffusion of a sheer curtain can suggest the most colorful bouquet of unspeakable secrets. — Chris Ware
The movie, by sheer speeding up of the mechanical, carried us from the world of sequence and connections into the world of creative configurations and… — Marshall McLuhan
If a man dreams that he has committed a sin before which the sun hid his face, it is often safe to conjecture that, in… — Arthur Machen
I couldn't remember ever having seen a young man with such power, so many facets of expression, so much sheer invention as an actor. — Hedda Hopper
Society asks of most men more than sheer intellect ability-it demands also moral hardiness, self-discipline, a competitive spirit and other qualities that in more old-fashioned… — Unknown Author
The writing is a joy, so seamless you nearly miss the sheer artistry of the style and the terrific, wry humour. — Ken Bruen
You can't breathe for sheer revulsion when you keep finding the bodies of women with bamboo poles thrust up their vaginas. Even old women over… — John Rabe

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