Surely Quotes

1760 Surely quotes by 1196 unique authors

When the worms are scarce, what does a hen do? Does she stop scratching? She does not. She scratches all the harder. A lot of… — B. C. Forbes
Surely it's time for climate-change deniers to have their opinions forcibly tattooed on their bodies. — Richard Glover
Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his heart with the… — Woodrow Wilson
In a free world, if it is to remain free, we must maintain, with our lives if need be, but surely by our lives, the… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
I didn't want to do anything my mother wanted me to do so surely I wasn't going to sing for her. — Linda Lavin
Fear, true fear, is a savage frenzy. Of all the insanities of which we are capable, it is surely the cruelest. There is naught to… — Georges Bernanos
The progress of the world through all its evils making it fit for the ideals, slowly but surely. — Swami Vivekananda
Now as to magic. It is surely absurd to hold me "weak" or otherwise because I choose to persist in a study which I decided… — William Butler Yeats
I have long considered it one of God's greatest mercies that the future is hidden from us. If it were not, life would surely be… — Unknown Author
Surely we ought to show them (animals) great kindness and gentleness for many reasons, but, above all, because they are of the same origin as… — Saint John Chrysostom
That feeds anger, and I mean when we went and at last thank heavens got towards peace in Northern Ireland we went for justice within… — Clare Short
It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in… — Charles Horton Cooley
Surely the mitochondrion that first entered another cell was not thinking about the future benefits of cooperation and integration; it was merely trying to make… — Stephen Jay Gould
Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive… — George Oppen
My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can… — Alfred Nobel
Memory is all we are. Moments and feelings, captured in amber, strung on filaments of reason. Take a man’s memories and you take all of… — Mark Lawrence
Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage with Homo Sapiens in all… — Cees Nooteboom
One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly… — Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Slowly but surely, the U.S. military is being converted into a global oil-protection service. — Michael Klare
To pursue joy is to lose it. The only way to get it is to follow steadily the path of duty, without thinking of joy,… — Alexander MacLaren
When you are studying any matter or considering any philosophy, ask yourself only: what are the facts, and what is the truth that the facts… — Bertrand Russell
It is no novelty, then, that I am preaching; no new doctrine. I love to proclaim these strong old doctrines, that are called by nickname… — Charles Spurgeon
Surely if men's hearts were right, short sermons would be enough. — Charles Spurgeon
God has surely promised His grace to the humbled: that is, to those who mourn over and despair of themselves. But a man cannot be… — Martin Luther
I'm not saying we don't have our set of problems - climate crisis, species extinction, water and energy shortage - we surely do. [But] ultimately… — Peter Diamandis

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