Spared Quotes

125 quotes by 119 authors

This generation, raised on "Eyewitness News," conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends to be even… — Harry S. Truman
The heart changes...but we learn of it only from reading or by imagination; for in reality its alteration, like that of certain natural phenomena, is… — Marcel Proust
The Lord spared the fitten and the rest he seen fitten to die. — Abraham Lincoln
Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles. — Cardinal Richelieu
Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call — Bill Walsh
I am William Wallace... And the rest of you will be spared. Go back to England and tell them there that Scotland's daughters and her… — William Wallace
No, there's going to be no even tenor with me. The more uneven it is the happier I shall be. And when my time comes… — Richard Halliburton
All who surrender will be spared ; whoever does not surrender but opposes with struggle and dissension, shall be annihilated . — Genghis Khan
The man who comes to writing late, but is in essence a writer, may sometimes gain as much as he has lost: his experience of… — Wright Morris
If we had the consciousness of a cat or a dog, we would have it in us to become perfect Zen masters. We could gnaw… — Eric Maisel
In New York - whose subway trains in particular have been "tattooed" with an energy to put our own rude practitioners to shame - not… — Lyman Abbott
I am a Catholic. As far as possible I go to Mass every day. This is a rosary. As far as possible, I kneel down… — Hilaire Belloc
May this continent, the last explored by humankind, be the first one to be spared by humankind. — Jacques Yves Cousteau
But if by some miracle and all our struggle, the earth is spared, only justice to every living being will save humankind. — Alice Walker
Government price-fixing once started, has alike no justice and no end. It is an economic folly from which this country has every right to be… — Calvin Coolidge
Our leaders have asked for 'shared sacrifice.' But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what… — Warren Buffett
The night sky in North Korea might be the most brilliant in northeast Asia, the only airspace spared the coal dust, Gobi Desert sand, and… — Barbara Demick
Every human life is precious in God's sight and no effort should be spared in the attempt to promote throughout the world a genuine respect… — Pope Benedict XVI
If I live to be old enough, I may sit down under some bush, the last left in the utilitarian world, and feel thankful that… — Thomas Cole
It is a sad weakness in us, after all, that the thought of a person's death consecrates him or her anew to us. It is… — George Eliot

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