Suspended Quotes

183 quotes by 162 authors

We tend to forget that words are, themselves, ideas. They might be called ideas in a state of suspended animation. When the words are mastered… — James Webb Young
I donâ€™t care if half the league strikes. Those who do will encounter quick retribution. All will be suspended, and I donâ€™t care if it… — Ford Frick
Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and the… — John Buchanan Robinson
Iâ€™ve got to push everything out of mind save the name of Jesus. I say His name over and over again, for as long as… — Tony Campolo
The capacity to tolerate complexity and welcome contradiction, not the need for simplicity and certainty, is the attribute of an explorer. Centuries ago, when some… — Heinz Pagels
Opportunities for fraud are open and they are taken advantage of. The most elementary precautions are neither taken nor even contemplated. The reverse is the… — Marta Andreasen
The most important factor in the training of good mental habits consists in acquiring the attitude of suspended conclusion, and in mastering the various methods… — John Dewey
Sometimes I think we're all tightrope walkers suspended on a wire two thousand feet in the air, and so long as we never look down… — Dorothy Gilman
I think the Civil Rights Movement changed that trajectory for me. The first thing I did was leave school. I was suspended for my participation… — Bernice Johnson Reagon
Whales in mid-ocean, suspended in the waves of the sea great heaven of whales in the waters, old hierarchies. And enormous mother whales lie dreaming… — D. H. Lawrence
Job is perhaps the oldest piece of literature known to man. How did Job know the Earth is suspended in space? Job could only know… — Adrian Rogers
Something amazing happens when the rest of the world is sleeping. I am glued to my chair. I forget that I ever wanted to do… — Anne Fadiman
We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching… — Tahar Ben Jelloun
And hate the bright stillness of the noon without wind, without motion. the only other living thing a hawk, hungry for prey, suspended in the… — Dana Gioia
The great miraculous bell of translucent ice is suspended in mid-air. It rings to announce endings and beginnings. And it rings because there is fresh… — Vera Nazarian
It's clear Israel has suspended the peace process, despite the so-called moderation of the Arab world, because it has no interest in peace. — Hanan Ashrawi
The creative act is a letting down of the net of human imagination into the ocean of chaos on which we are suspended, and the… — Terence McKenna
There are often lists of the great living male movie stars. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be… — Roger Ebert
Five or six hundred [aristocratic] heads lopped off would have assured you repose and happiness; a false humanity has restrained your arm and suspended your… — Jean-Paul Marat
I have seen ministers of justice, clothed in magisterial robes and criminals arraigned before them, while life was suspended on a breath in the courts… — Parley P. Pratt

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