Surely Quotes

1760 Surely quotes by 1196 unique authors

There is nothing frightening about an eternal dreamless sleep. Surely it is better than eternal torment in Hell and eternal boredom in Heaven. — Isaac Asimov
But the Night Mother is mother to all! It is her voice we follow! Her will! Would you dare risk disobedience? And surely... punishment? — Marcus Tullius Cicero
History teaches, perhaps, very few clear lessons. But surely one such lesson learned by the world at great cost is that aggression, unopposed, becomes a… — Jimmy Carter
There is no reason for amazement: surely one always knew that cultures decay, and life's end is death. — Robinson Jeffers
Don't listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed… — Neil Simon
Note, to-day, an instructive, curious spectacle and conflict. Science, (twin, in its fields, of Democracy in its)—Science, testing absolutely all thoughts, all works, has already… — Walt Whitman
If you could say of any one individual that the court as an institution is the length and shadow of that individual, surely it would… — William Rehnquist
We like to put sacred texts in flowing waters, so I rolled it up, tied it to a piece of wood, placed a dandelion on… — Malala Yousafzai
Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the… — Abdul Kalam
At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be,… — William Tecumseh Sherman
It seemed to me that all things were possible on the island, all tyrannies and cruelties, though in small; and if, in despite of what… — J M Coetzee
Surely the world we live in is but the world that lives in us. — Daisy Bates
Nothing-was more degrading than for a woman to have to marry for a home. Love should be the sole reason. Surely those with a brain-to… — Vida Goldstein
It is surely easier to confess a murder over a cup of coffee than in front of a jury. — Friedrich Durrenmatt
Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing. — Holbrook Jackson
Here on earth, God's work must surely be our own. — John F. Kennedy
Surely no child, and few adults, have ever watched a bird in flight without envy. — Isaac Asimov
If we don't invest now in building character into children we will surely invest more tomorrow in trying to repair adults. — Michael Josephson
We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly… — Coretta Scott King
What a curious picture it is to find man, homo sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences… — J. William Fulbright
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. — Gautama Buddha
We are born into a world in which sexual possibilities are narrowly circumscribed. . . . We are programmed by the culture as surely as… — Andrea Dworkin
Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating… — Barbara Ehrenreich
Whatever you are waiting for-peace of mind, contentment, grace, the inner awareness of Simple Abundance-it will surely come, but only when you are ready to… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
... Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me...Surely goodness and love… — Moses

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