Solemn Quotes

294 Solemn quotes by 223 unique authors

Selfishness so often is the basis of money problems, which are a very serious and real factor affecting the stability of family life. Selfishness is… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Banks and churches and courtrooms all depend on the appurtenances of theatre. On illusion. Banks, the illusion of stability and honourable dealings to the rot… — E L Doctorow
Thanksgiving-day, I fear, If one the solemn truth must touch, Is celebrated, not so much To thank the Lord for blessing o'er, As for the… — Will Carleton
There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person. Nothing is more keenly… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
How we hate this solemn Ego that accompanies the learned, like a double, wherever he goes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favourite phantom;… — William C. Bryant
Baseball is meant to be fun, and not all the solemn money-men in fur-collared greatcoats, not all the scruffy media cameramen and sour-faced reporters that… — John Updike
Many of the rites of passage, those rituals of growing up found in our society, are in the form of such comic, practical joking affairs--which… — Ralph Ellison
Nothing ever happens but once in all this world. What I do now I do once for all. It is over and gone, with all… — Thomas Carlyle
The voice of the Constitution is the inescapably solemn self-consciousness of the people giving the law unto themselves. — E L Doctorow
We scientists, whose tragic destination has been to help in making the methods of annihilation more gruesome and more effective, must consider it our solemn… — Albert Einstein
Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the… — Chief Seattle
There is a good deal of solemn cant about the common interests of capital and labor. As matters stand, their only common interest is that… — Brooks Atkinson
One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business;… — Charlotte Bronte
The oath of renunciation and allegiance is a solemn vow taken by thousands of immigrants each year to become a United States citizen. The oath… — Jim Ryun
There are people who believe everything is sane and sensible that is done with a solemn face. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
Your touch has still its ancient power, No word from You can fruitless fall; Hear, in this solemn evening hour, And in Your mercy heal… — Henry Twells
I have just finished my sketch of my species theory. If as I believe that my theory is true & if it be accepted even… — Charles Darwin
The Nobel Prize, so long regarded in our science as the highest reward a man's work can earn, must bring to its recipient a most… — Edward Mills Purcell
Perhaps the mistake I made at the start of my mandate is not understanding the symbolic dimension of the president's role and not being solemn… — Nicolas Sarkozy
Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago. — Jane Byrne
Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of… — Pope Francis
Today solemn exposition of the Blessed Sacrament is the grace and need of our time. Society will be restored and renewed when all its members… — Peter Julian Eymard
The United States stands at the pinnacle of world power. This is a solemn moment for the American democracy. For with primacy in power is… — Winston Churchill
The universe was not made in jest but in solemn incomprehensible earnest. — Annie Dillard

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