State Quotes

7915 State quotes by 4102 unique authors

Well, I certainly don't," said Percy sanctimoniously. "I shudder to think what the state of my in-tray would be if I was away from work… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
[Wise men] have tried to understand our state of being, by grasping at its stars, or its arts, or its economics. But, if there is… — Charles Fort
When I see the blind and wretched state of men, when I survey the whole universe in its deadness, and man left to himself with… — Blaise Pascal
Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness. — Eckhart Tolle
This dim coolness of my room was to the broad daylight of the street what the shadow is to the sunbeam, that is to say… — Marcel Proust
If you get down about the state of American culture, just remember there are still more public libraries in this country than there are McDonalds. — David McCullough
State ownership! It leads only to absurd and monstrous conclusions; state ownership means state monopoly, concentrated in the hands of one party and its adherents,… — Benito Mussolini
I was cured in my new infamy of all the tired wisdom of age. I would never weary into that tired state again---I swore to… — Clive Barker
I believe the poor fierce-eyed child had figured out that with a mere fifty dollars in her purse she might somehow reach Broadway or Hollywood… — Vladimir Nabokov
Prisons are universities of crime, maintained by the state. — Peter Kropotkin
The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law. — Harold Pinter
I don't need a baby growing inside me for nine months. If I'm going to feel nauseous and achy when I wake up, I want… — Ellen DeGeneres
Man stands alone in the universe, responsible for his condition, likely to remain in a lowly state, but free to reach above the stars. — Walter Kaufmann
It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a… — Murray Rothbard
The Enemy wants to bring the man to a state of mind in which he could design the best cathedral in the world, and know… — C.S. Lewis
I look upon an increase in the power of the State with the greatest fear because, although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it… — Mahatma Gandhi
For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best. — Viktor E. Frankl
I have never felt any rest in sleep. For a few seconds I am numbed, then a new life begins, freed from the conditions of… — Gerard De Nerval
Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete — Rod Serling
Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. — Kurt Vonnegut
California, the department store state. — Raymond Chandler
A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of… — Aldous Huxley
Ordinary life does not interest me. I seek only the high moments. I am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous. I want… — Anais Nin
The remainder of my schooldays were no more auspicious than the first. Indeed, they were an endless Project that slowly evolved into a Unit, in… — Harper Lee
The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than… — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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