Surely Quotes

1760 Surely quotes by 1196 unique authors

Surely, a single bunch of carrots painted naively, just as we personally see it, is worth all the endless banalities of the Schools, all those… — Paul Cezanne
I think there is no work of art which represents the spirit of a nation more surely than "Die Meister Singer" of Richard Wagner. Here… — Ralph Vaughan Williams
Cut away all that is excessive, straighten all that is crooked, bring light to all that is overcast, labour to make all one glow of… — Plotinus
Modern Art is being used to index me. Surely it was a source but photographers have influenced Modern Art quite as deeply as they have… — Edward Weston
For people who cannot get to church for various reasons, this is a great option. But it will always be a poor substitute for joining… — Craig Detweiler
We normally think of history as one catastrophe after another, war followed by war, outrage by outrage - almost as if history were nothing more… — Thomas Cahill
I am a human being and an artist: I really, simply, surely am. — Eric Maisel
The game has such a hold on golfers because they compete not only against an opponent, but also against the course, against par, and most… — Arnold Palmer
Surely all God's people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. Whales and elephants, dancing, humming gnats, and invisibly small mischievous microbes-… — John Muir
The battle we have fought, and are still fighting for the forests is a part of the eternal conflict between right and wrong, and we… — John Muir
At the present moment two things about the Christian religion must surely be clear to anybody with eyes in his head. One is, that men… — Matthew Arnold
I participated in the transformation of my era. I did it with clothes, which is surely less important than music, architecture, painting but whatever it's… — Yves Saint Laurent
Any glimpse into the life of an animal quickens our own and makes it so much the larger and better in every way." ... "Surely… — John Muir
[W]e declare it is a grievous sin before God to adopt restrictive measures in disobedience to God's divine command from the beginning of time to… — Harold B. Lee
Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer… — Saint Francis de Sales
Mother went off for three days to New York and Mame and Quentin took instant advantage of her absence to fall sick. Quentin's sickness was… — Theodore Roosevelt
There exists a powerful energizing force in the spiritual life principle. All energy began with the Creator, who infused it not only in all natural… — Norman Vincent Peale
The plea of good intentions is not one that can be allowed to have much weight in passing historical judgment upon a man whose wrong-headedness… — Theodore Roosevelt
The men of wealth who today are trying to prevent the regulation and control of their business in the interest of the public by the… — Theodore Roosevelt
None may wholly escape the good of Nature, however imperfectly exposed to her blessings. The minister will not preach a perfectly flat and sedimentary sermon… — John Muir
Surely all God's people, however serious or savage, great or small, like to play. — John Muir
Surely going to bed with a man before marriage was the most courageous act of my life. — Diana Trilling
If I were to start taking care of my grooming, I would no longer be my own self... so the hell with it... I will… — Albert Einstein
...the physicist cannot simply surrender to the philosopher the critical contemplation of the theoretical foundations; for, he himself knows best, and feels more surely where… — Albert Einstein
If love lives through all life; and survives through all sorrow; and remains steadfast with us through all changes; and in all darkness of spirit… — William Makepeace Thackeray

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