Sustained Quotes

385 quotes by 337 authors

It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this… — Haruki Murakami
We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and… — Brian Mulroney
While eschewing emotion - and its companion, vulnerability - Obama should be careful not to sacrifice empathy, the 'I feel your pain' connection that sustained… — Dee Dee Myers
Family life is too intimate to be preserved by the spirit of justice. It can be sustained by a spirit of love which goes beyond… — Reinhold Niebuhr
Probably nothing serious or worthwhile can be accomplished without one's willingness to be alone for sustained periods of time, which is not to say that… — Joyce Carol Oates
As a matter of policy, increasing taxes on the most economically productive group, which already generates 60 percent of the nation's federal revenues, during a… — John Podhoretz
If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a… — Susan Rice
In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy,… — Alan Rickman
With a theatre audience there's always the additional sense of a sustained challenge of which I'm acutely aware and for which you need to have… — Greta Scacchi
When anyone starts out to do something creative - especially if it seems a little unusual - they seek approval, often from those least inclined… — Will Self
That tertiary education is under a sustained assault by a political and - it often seems - social consensus that equates all education with training… — Will Self
I think we're going to start to see a new model of civic advocacy where people get together once in a while to protest, but… — Alex Steffen
Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. — Robert Louis Stevenson
I am sustained by the tranquility of an upright and loyal heart. — Peter Stuyvesant
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. — Voltaire
I think I'm much less self confident today. I actually went through a quite painful period because of that thinking that I was completely hopeless.… — Hugo Weaving
What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind. — Woodrow Wilson
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. — William Butler Yeats
The best diet is the one that can be sustained over the long term, combined with other healthful lifestyle behaviors. — Francis Collins
Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence of an enigmatic… — Philip Roth

Who Wrote These Sustained Quotes

337 authors contributed a total of 385 Sustained Quotes, led by these top contributors: