Solemn Quotes

294 Solemn quotes by 223 unique authors

Social Security is a solemn promise to kupuna like my 88-year-old mother that they can rely on the retirement they've earned. While I'm glad to… — Mazie Hirono
That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since… — Charles Alexander Eastman
You can't dance cheerfully. Dancing is too important. It can be wild or solemn or gay or lewd or art for art's sake, but it… — Rex Stout
Without sin, the universe is a Solemn Game: and there is no good game without rules. — C.S. Lewis
Measure her rights and duties by the unerring standard of moral being… and then the truth will be self-evident, that whatever it is morally right… — Angelina Grimke
There are those who ask what authority, what theological qualification, the Council intended to give to its teachings, knowing that it avoided issuing solemn dogmatic… — Pope Paul VI
I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery. — Michael Stipe
It would be beautiful to photograph the winners of everything from Nobel to booby prize, clutching trophy, or money or certificate, solemn or smiling or… — Diane Arbus
He who takes the oath today to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States only assumes the solemn obligation which every patriotic… — Grover Cleveland
Child of woe is wane and delicate... sensitive and on the quiet side, she loves the picnics and outings to the underground caverns... a solemn… — Charles Addams
I stood checked for a moment - awe, not fear, fell upon me - and whist I stood, a solemn wind began to blow, the… — Thomas de Quincey
Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion. — Thomas de Quincey
If I were to disclose all their rituals, I think that it would be easy to prove that witches are not diabolists; but the oaths… — Gerald Gardner
The Human body is sacred - the veritable tabernacle of the Divine Spirit which inhabits it. It is a solemn duty of mankind to develop,… — Stephen L. Richards
Good girls like myself need subversion. Being solemn, I aspire to comedy. Being a novelist, I aspire to the musical. Being organized, I aspire to… — Janet Burroway
One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before. — Phoebe Cary
There may come a time in the career of every sociologist when it is his solemn duty to raise hell. — Edward Alsworth Ross
I know a 'crime against nature' when I see one. It is usually a sign of crimes against nature that we cannot bear to see… — Matthew Scully
It is supposed by some that religion makes people solemn, takes the sunshine out of their life, the joy out of their heart, the song… — J.R. Miller
It is a solemn thing to find oneself drawn out in prayer which knows no relief till the soul it is burdened with is born.… — Amy Carmichael
My situation is a solemn one: life is offered to me on the condition of eating beefsteaks. But death is better than cannibalism. My will… — George Bernard Shaw
A dinner! How horrible! I am to be made the pretext for killing all those wretched animals and birds, and fish! Thank you for nothing.… — George Bernard Shaw
In truth, one of our company, the solemn warrior Ecthgow, was so demented from liquor that he was drunk while still upon his horse, and… — Michael Crichton
To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations, as well as the security and wellbeing of our subjects, is the solemn obligation… — Hirohito
We have been told . . . that this life is a necessary part in the course of progression designed by our Father. We have… — James E. Talmage

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