Sudden Quotes
1085 Sudden quotes by 866 unique authors
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The sober people of America are weary of the fluctuating policy which has directed the public councils. They have seen with regret and indignation that…
— James Madison
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The rise of Islam offers perhaps the most impressive example in world history of the power of words to alter human behavior in sudden, surprising…
— Unknown Author
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You start out happy that you have no hips or boobs.All of a sudden you get them, and it feels sloppy. Then just when you…
— Cindy Crawford
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Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.
— Neil Simon
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Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death.
— Gerald Brenan
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Terrorism is the best political weapon for nothing drives people harder than a fear of sudden death.
— Adolf Hitler
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By an epiphany he meant a sudden spiritual manifestation, whether in the vulgarity of speech or of gesture or memorable phrase of the mind itself.…
— James Joyce
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I don't think anyone can understand what's happening. Something like this is so rare. It's a mix of chance and coincidence. You wake up one…
— Robert Pattinson
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Remember that the sudden decision to stop fighting, and just go with the flow, can be incredibly releasing. Resistance is just so draining. There is…
— Nikki Gemmell
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No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them humble.
— Annie Proulx
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I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than…
— James Madison
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Tamed as it may be, sexuality remains one of the demonic forces in human consciousness - pushing us at intervals close to taboo and dangerous…
— Susan Sontag
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The beginnings of moral enterprises in this world are never to be measured by any apparent growth. ... At length comes the sudden ripeness and…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Finally, two days ago, I succeeded - not on account of my hard efforts, but by the grace of the Lord. Like a sudden flash…
— Carl Friedrich Gauss
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When you are strong and healthy, You never think of sickness coming, But it descends with sudden force, Like a stroke of lightning. When involved…
— Milarepa
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A sudden thought strikes me,-let us swear an eternal friendship.
— John Hookham Frere
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We would like otherworldly visitations to come as distinct voices with clear instructions, but they may only give small signs in dreams, or as sudden…
— James Hillman
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It is done. Once again the Fire has penetrated the earth, not with the sudden crash of thunderbolt, riving the mountain tops: does the Master…
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Global warming is one of those things, not like an earthquake where there's a big bang and you say, 'Oh, my God, this is really,…
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the want of a…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The long summer was over. For ages a tropical climate had prevailed over a great part of the earth, and animals whose home is now…
— Louis Agassiz
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I don't really know why an idea comes to me. But all of a sudden, an idea comes and from experience I can intuit what…
— Paul Simon
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The thing I'm writing now, I have various characters, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, this couple dies. And they have a daughter.…
— Sandra Dallas
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When you're home or you're working, your mind just isn't allowed to just roll on like it does when you're watching the scenery go by.…
— Unknown Author
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All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and two or three…
— Townes Van Zandt
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