Sits Quotes

486 Sits quotes by 381 unique authors

When you send off a short story, it sits on the editor's desk in the same pile with stories by the most famous and honored… — Daniel Quinn
Within my heart is lurking suspicion, and base fear, and shame and hate; but above all, tyrannous love sits throned, crowned with her graces, silent… — William Hazlitt
There is a sense in which the Christian's life on earth is a dress rehearsal for heaven. Not in terms of costumes and theatrics, but… — David Jeremiah
And God 'sits in the heavens and laughs' at the proud who pretend to be more than they are. — Gabriel Fackre
If a man sits down to think, he is immediately asked if he has a headache. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those… — Hannah More
What then is the purpose of national education? Rather than devise complex theoretical interpretations, it is better to start by looking to the lovely child… — Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
One sits more comfortably on a colour that one likes. — Verner Panton
It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year,… — Barack Obama
My therapist shared a theory she had come across, and I liked it. It held that before making your next journey in this life, your… — Melissa Gilbert
Gretta sits herself down at the table. Robert has arranged everything she needs: a plate, a knife, a bowl with a spoon, a pat of… — Maggie O'Farrell
Life sends us messages all the time - then sits around laughing over how we're not gonna be able to figure them out. — James Sallis
Sometimes he sits at your feet looking into your face with an expression so gentle and caressing that the depth of his gaze startles you. — Theophile Gautier
After all, the world is not a stage-not to me: nor a theatre: nor a show-house of any sort. And art, especially novels, are not… — D. H. Lawrence
It took a long time to understand why people were so interested in me, but I assumed it was because my wonderful husband had done… — Princess Diana
Often when works at a hard question, nothing good is accomplished at the first attack. Then one takes a rest, long or short, and sits… — Henri Poincare
It's not till sex has died out between a man and a woman that they can really love. And now I mean affection. Now I… — Enid Bagnold
In a small Swiss city sits an international organization so obscure and secretive....Control of the institution, the Bank for International Settlements, lies with some of… — Unknown Author
When the heart becomes empty, the mimbar of the Divine Oneness is placed therein and the sultan of gnosis sits upon it. — Ibn Ata Allah
The old doctrine that God wanted man to do something for him, and that he kept a watchful eye upon all the children of men;… — Robert Green Ingersoll
If anyone should want to know my name, I am called Leah. And I spend all my time weaving garlands of flowers with my fair… — Dante Alighieri
Is not the history of real civilization the slow and gradual emancipation of the intellect, of the judgment, from the mastery of passion? Is not… — Robert Green Ingersoll
When compiling his great dictionary, the young Noah Webster travels to the Himalayas, where he climbs to the cave of the world's wises man. 'O,… — Robert Breault
To my three sons, Peter, Scott, and Alexander who pulled me from the 18th Century and back into the present on a regular basis and… — Joseph J. Ellis
I wanted to marry Lucifer... I don't consider Lucifer an evil force...I feel his presence with his music. I feel like he comes and sits… — Tori Amos

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