Sought Quotes

648 Sought quotes by 518 unique authors

Social Note: I have sought escape in the Prytania on more than one occasion, pulled by the attractions of some technicolored horrors, filmed abortions that… — John Kennedy Toole
When the stories of our life no longer bind us, we discover within them something greater. We discover that within the very limitations of form,… — Jack Kornfield
I wasn't in love with her. And she didn't love me. For me the question of love was irrelevant. What I sought was the sense… — Haruki Murakami
In that most burdensome moment of all human history, with blood appearing at every pore and an anguished cry upon His lips, Christ sought Him… — Jeffrey R. Holland
However, as words become particularized, and as men begin - in however small a way - to use them in personal, arbitrary ways, so their… — Yukio Mishima
I have sought to offer humanists a detailed analysis of a technology sufficiently magnificent and spiritual to convince them that the machines by which they… — Bruno Latour
The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do… — Theodore Roosevelt
Problems may be solved in the study which have baffled all those who have sought a solution by the aid of their senses. To carry… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Within its gates I heard the sound Of winds in cypress caverns caught Of huddling tress that moaned, and sought To whisper what their roots… — George Sterling
It was very different when the masters of science sought immortality and power; such views, although futile, were grand: but now the scene was changed.… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Nobody can decide for himself whether he is going to be a human being. The only question open to him is whether he will be… — Robert M. Hutchins
Youth calls to age across the tired years: 'What have you found,' he cries, 'what have you sought?" 'What have you found,' age answers through… — Dylan Thomas
It would seem as if the rulers of our time sought only to use men in order to make things great; I wish that they… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Beginning to think is beginning to be undermined. Society has but little connection with such beginnings. The worm is in man's heart. That is where… — Albert Camus
If you were close enough to her ruby-red lips you would hear her say, 'I will rise now and go about the city in the… — Neil Gaiman
Reality is not simply there, it does not simply exist: it must be sought out and won. — Paul Celan
I, measuring his affections by my own, Which then most sought where most might not be found, Being one too many by my weary self,… — William Shakespeare
The certainty that she would find what it was she sought just slipped away, until one night she knew there was nothing, no one waiting… — Kate Morton
it is no small comfort to me to know that God has called me to my work, putting me where I am and as I… — Hudson Taylor
Annabelle gave him a chiding smile. “If you’re implying that I’m spoiled, I assure you that I am not.” “You should be.” His warm gaze… — Lisa Kleypas
Emeth speaking of Aslan, "Beloved, said the Glorious One, unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so… — C.S. Lewis
When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life's preservation,… — Steven Pressfield
So let the way wind up the hill or down, O’er rough or smooth, the journey will be joy; Still seeking what I sought when… — Henry Van Dyke
It made me love talk that sought answers to questions that could help nobody, that could only keep alive in me that enthralling sense of… — Richard Wright
Memories can bring comfort to the old and infirm, but memories can also be implacable foes, a malicious army of temporal ghosts forever pillaging the… — Rick Yancey

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