Surely Quotes
1760 Surely quotes by 1196 unique authors
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The various systems of doctrine that have held dominion over man have been demonstrated to be true beyond all question by rationalists of such power-to…
— Wilfred Trotter
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Homemaking is surely in reality the most important work in the world.
— C.S. Lewis
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Take your troubles to the Chapel, get down on your knees and pray. Your burdens will be lighter, and you'll surely find the way.
— Elvis Presley
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All religions worthy of the name are now making great efforts to purify their doctrines and return to their original standpoint, all except Christianity! You…
— Virchand Gandhi
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Has Bill Clinton inspired idealism in the young, as he himself was inspired by John F. Kennedy? Or has he actually reduced their idealism? Surely…
— Arlie Russell Hochschild
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As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny…
— Marvin Hamlisch
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I will never forget the pleasure and instruction I derived from working with a true master of his art, such as Edward G. Robinson was…
— Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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...the nervous systems of other animals were not artificially constructed - as a robot might be artificially constructed - to mimic the pain behavior of…
— Peter Singer
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Extraordinarily excessive sensuality it may be .. but it all comes down to the same thing in the end, and one means is surely as…
— Remy de Gourmont
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Love had surely made us all and hate would surely make us fall.
— Elvis Presley
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You will surely smile with me when I say, 'Thank God one can still recognise self-pity as such and not give it any greater dignity…
— James Fox
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But the proles, if only they could somehow become conscious of their own strength, would have no need to conspire. They needed only to rise…
— George Orwell
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A controlling man, surely a mythical creature?
— E. L. James
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I am always shocked that there are still a handful of defenders of the dubious practice of abstinence, surely the worst idea since chocolate-covered ants.
— Dick Cavett
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A person is strong only when he stands upon his own truth, when he speaks and acts with his deepest convictions. Then, whatever the situation…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Whether we like it or not, a breakdown in home-life will eventually lead to a breakdown everywhere. This is, surely, the most menacing and dangerous…
— Martyn
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Without Your life I know there is no life. For I was dead in sin and You gave life to me! Without Your life I'd surely rather…
— Dennis Jernigan
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If you seek Jesus in all things you will surely find Jesus. And if you seek yourself, you will surely find yourself, but only to…
— Thomas a Kempis
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If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it has not gone…
— Al-Ghazali
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If animals had a Pope," Major Thompson said to me, "their Vatican would be in London. And if by some dire submarine cataclysm that noble…
— Pierre Daninos
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The efforts you make will surely be rewarded. If not, then you are simply not ready to call them efforts.
— Sadaharu Oh
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It is difficult to understand precisely what the state hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our…
— William J. Brennan
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Surely that which occupies the total time and energies of heaven must be a fitting pattern for earth.
— Paul Billheimer
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The same powerful Scripture text that brings a loving person to even greater love will be mangled and misused by a fearful or egocentric person.…
— Richard Rohr
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How strange! You seek guidance, yet you do not tread its path, surely a boat does not sail on land.
— Al-Shafi‘i
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