State Quotes

7915 State quotes by 4102 unique authors

Man, the most complicated of the animals, has a relatively short gestation period. Beyond that, he will be born, unlike most mammals, in a ridiculously… — Willard Gaylin
The emphasis has been on rights, not responsibilities. When it comes to piecing together the fragments of broken lives, we have tended to place the… — Jonathan Sacks
Sacrifice is a state of mind in which our thoughts turn with longing [toward Heaven, the Ancestors], It is the supreme expression of loyalty, love,… — Xunzi
... true civil disobedience ... compels the state to resort to power. — Archibald Cox
This substance, which is manifold in its forms and protean in its transformations, has, in its state of living matter, one physiological name which has… — Asa Gray
By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State — Ian Mcewan
You enter a state of controlled passivity, you relax your grip and accept that even if your declared intention is to justify the ways of… — Ian Mcewan
Whatever the theologians might say about heaven being in a state of union with God, I knew it consisted of an infinite library; and eternity… — Dervla Murphy
When we try to observe things that are very small, the act of observation itself will significantly disturb the state we are seeking to measure. — John D. Barrow
That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents. — Barbara Mertz
Rather, it is through conciliation and compromise that we are building a fair Iraq, a just state for all its peoples. — Jalal Talabani
The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of its own. — Charles Hodge
I've built my homeland, I've even founded my state - in my language. — Mahmoud Darwish
A father's interest in having a child--perhaps his only child--may be unmatched by any other interest in his life. It is truly surprising that the… — William Rehnquist
In a society of little economic development, universal inactivity accompanies universal poverty. You survive not by struggling against nature, or by increasing production, or by… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization. — Terry Eagleton
In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state… — Augusto Roa Bastos
Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination. — Stephen Vizinczey
Where there are two Phd's in a developing country, one is head of state and the other is in exile. — Samuel Hall Lord
I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve. — Carl Lewis
For no continuity of social act is possible without a corresponding social status and the many different kinds of act required in an industrial state,… — Kenneth Burke
It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one… — Nathalie Sarraute
How glorious, then, is the prospect, the reverse of all the past, which is now opening upon us, and upon the world. Government, we may… — Joseph Priestley
The children are taught more of the meanest state in Europe than of the country they are born and bred in, despite the singularity of… — Henry Lawson

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