Suspended Quotes
183 Suspended quotes by 162 unique authors
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Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is…
— Pier Paolo Pasolini
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An attitude of philosophic doubt, of suspended judgment, is repugnant to the natural man. Belief is an independent joy to him.
— Unknown Author
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"Is it how she moves, or how she looks?" I say it's loneliness suspended to our own like grappling hooks, And as long as she's…
— Dar Williams
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We know one another. This is the present. There is no past and no future. Here I am washing my hands, and the cracked mirror…
— Daphne du Maurier
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Which is more likely: that the whole natural order is suspended, or that a jewish minx should tell a lie?
— David Hume
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But when it has been shown by the researches of Pasteur that the septic property of the atmosphere depended not on the oxygen, or any…
— Joseph Lister
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The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with…
— Richard Hofstadter
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If you make the wrong decision, you make the wrong decision. That's all there is to it. There are few guarantees in life. One of…
— Nicholas Lore
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Phil Robertson and his family are great citizens of the State of Louisiana. The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints, except those they…
— Bobby Jindal
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Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization. The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until African historians dare…
— Cheikh Anta Diop
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The essence of liberalism is negotiation, a cautious half measure, in the hope that the definitive dispute, the decisive bloody battle, can be transformed into…
— Carl Schmitt
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The history of our times calls to mind those Walt Disney characters who rush madly over the edge of a cliff without seeing it, so…
— Raoul Vaneigem
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I think that sometimes the great changes in our lives, the ones that divide time, happen so deep down and silently that we don't even…
— Anne Rivers Siddons
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Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its 'right to exist.' Israel's right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152…
— Abba Eban
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For some people, their idea of getting tough is longer suspended sentences.
— Jeremy Larner
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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
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I don’t care if half the league strikes. Those who do will encounter quick retribution. All will be suspended, and I don’t care if it…
— Ford Frick
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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
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I’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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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