Sway Quotes
161 quotes by 139 authors
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How many McDonald's gift certificates would it take to sway a lot of Americans to pledge to never publicly criticize the U.S, President?
— James Bovard
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Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.
— Carol P. Christ
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Courage gives a leader the ability to stand straight and not sway, no matter which way the wind blows.
— Mike Krzyzewski
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Kiss me with rain on your eyelashes, come on, let us sway together, under the trees, and to hell with thunder.
— Edwin Morgan
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Muhammad professed to derive from Heaven, and he has inserted in the Koran, not only a body of religious doctrines, but political maxims, civil and…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is…
— Washington Irving
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It is a new road to happiness, if you have strength enough to castigate a little the various impulses that sway you in turn.
— George Santayana
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Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man.
— Aristotle
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Rebellion in this land shall lose his sway, meeting the check of such another day.
— William Shakespeare
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Freedom of expression is the well-spring of our civilization... The history of civilization is in considerable measure the displacement of error which once held sway…
— Felix Frankfurter
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The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till custom and use…
— George Washington
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The minority, the ruling class at present, has the schools and press, usually the Church as well, under its thumb. This enables it to organize…
— Albert Einstein
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Don't let the opinions of the average man sway you. Dream, and he thinks you're crazy. Succeed, and he thinks you're lucky. Acquire wealth, and…
— Robert G. Allen
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Playing baseball was my dream, and no amount of money could sway my opinion.
— Willie Stargell
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It's as if we think the laws of physics are subject to debate and amendment and political contributions can sway the laws of physics.
— Al Gore
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Art thou in misery, brother? Then I pray Be comforted. Thy grief shall pass away. Art thou elated? Ah, be not too gay; Temper thy…
— Paul Hamilton Hayne
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Well could he ride, and often men would say, "That horse his mettle from his rider takes: Proud of subjection, noble by the sway, What…
— William Shakespeare
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What will people say-in these words lies the tyranny of the world, the whole destruction of our natural disposition, the oblique vision of our minds.…
— Berthold Auerbach
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...it would be a mistake...to ascribe to Roman legal conceptions an undivided sway over the development of law and institutions during the Middle Ages... The…
— Woodrow Wilson
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The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful…
— Joseph Conrad
Who Wrote These Sway Quotes
139 authors contributed a total of 161 Sway Quotes, led by these top contributors: