Staked Quotes

33 quotes by 27 authors

We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of… — James Madison
"Godling? Demigod?" Lysis nearly howled. "You'd be beaten black and blue in Thebes, and staked out overnight for claims like that. In Sparta, the secret… — Janet Morris
Too many journalists and scientists have built their careers on the global-warming alarm. Certain newspapers have staked their reputation on it. The death of this… — Martin Durkin
I hear you reproach, "But delay was best, For their end was a crime." Oh, a crime will do As well, I reply, to serve… — Robert Browning
There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be… — Dag Hammarskjold
Cat will have you staked in five seconds flat. — Cheyenne McCray
This is why people cry at the movies: because everybodyâ€™s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way. Their fate has… — John Darnielle
At that point I ought to have gone away, but a strange sensation rose up in me, a sort of defiance of fate, a desire… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Yesterday I staked off the ground on the hill for an orchard. I want to get 1000 apple trees agrowing. — Ezra Cornell
Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party. — Terry Southern
The mountains and moors, the wild uplands, are to be staked out like vampires in the sun, their chests pierced with rows of five-hundred-foot wind… — Paul Kingsnorth
Truths open to everyone, and the claims aren't all staked yet. — Seneca the Younger
The vision of a nation formed from many different peoples bound together by a common love of freedom was staked out long before our lifetimes… — Trent Lott
I am amused to see from my window here how busily a man has divided and staked off his domain. God must smile at his… — Henry David Thoreau
I think 'Family Guy' and 'American Dad' have definitely staked out their own style and territory, and now the accusations are coming that 'The Simpsons'… — Matt Groening
I must say, though, that a man who has staked his whole life on the card of a woman's love and who, when that card… — Ivan Turgenev
It is solely by risking life that freedom is obtained; . . . the individual who has not staked his or her life may, no… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
I have been stabbed, shot, burned, bitten, beaten unconscious too many times to count, and even staked. None of those held a candle to the… — Jeaniene Frost
She had realized there are only fragments, that 'memories' always consist of fragments the mind puts together into a pattern, adapts a picture staked out… — Marianne Fredriksson
I loved you!â€ he yelled. He jumped up out of his chair so quickly I never saw it coming. â€œI loved you, and you destroyed… — Richelle Mead

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