Summed Quotes

115 Summed quotes by 100 unique authors

So if animals aren't our friends, then what are they? The answer can be summed up between two buns. — Stephen Colbert
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they… — Winston Churchill
My mother, Southern to the bone, once told me, “All Southern literature can be summed up in these words: ‘On the night the hogs ate… — Pat Conroy
The girl in the tight black dress was passing by us now, eyeing Wes and walking entirely too slowly. "Hi," she said, and he nodded… — Sarah Dessen
They pointed out that the friendship between the two artistes had always been a by-word or whatever you called it. A well-read Egg summed it… — P.G. Wodehouse
He went through the cupboards, found the olive oil, and started upstairs again. He glanced down at the green and gold label and had to… — Josh Lanyon
Your duty is to be and not to be this or that. 'I am that I am' sums up the whole truth. The method is… — Ramana Maharshi
I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men, and the colour of things: I awoke the imagination of… — Oscar Wilde
All is summed up in the prayer which a young female human is said to have uttered recently: "O God, make me a normal twentieth-century… — C.S. Lewis
Then I began to play. Variations on a G major chord, the most wonderful chord known to mankind, infinitely happy. I could live inside a… — Maggie Stiefvater
His whole life was now summed up in two words: absolute uncertainty within an impenetrable fog. — Victor Hugo
Lively, intelligent, and quite immature, [Emily] usually burst out with exactly the comment that summed up the situation beautifully and therefore could never in politeness… — Clare B. Dunkle
I whispered to Dad during Rosh Hashanah services, "Do you believe in God?" "Not really," he said. "No." "Then why do we come here?" He… — Jonathan Tropper
I think I summed up my attitude to philosophy when I said: philosophy ought really to be written only as a poetic composition. — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Kid, not everything in life can be summed up neatly in a paragraph. No book has all of the answers. Not even the really good… — Heather Brewer
The whole gospel of Karl Marx can be summed up in a single sentence: Hate the man who is better off than you are. Never… — Henry Hazlitt
There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word-- Man — George Orwell
So much does the moral health depend upon the moral atmosphere that is breathed, and so great is the influence daily exercised by parents over… — Samuel Smiles
All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope. — Alexandre Dumas
The history of all the great characters of the Bible is summed up in this one sentence: They acquainted themselves with God, and acquiesced His… — Richard Cecil
It can be summed up in one sentence. Does this person have something to teach my students? No one has ever let us down. — James Lipton
Writing this record let me recapture who I am. It is summed up in the title Be Not Nobody. You need to feel comfortable in… — Vanessa Carlton
Rock and roll might be summed up as monotony tinged with hysteria. — Vance Packard
All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed… — Jesus Christ
Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating it, everyone can create a story at the will of… — Paul Gauguin

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