Sweep Quotes

251 Sweep quotes by 224 unique authors

Leaders of men are later remembered less for the usefulness of what they have achieved than for the sweep of their endeavors. — Charles de Gaulle
Justin Halpern tosses lightning bolts of laughter out of his pocket like he is shooting dice in a back alley. In one sweep of a… — Laurie Notaro
Much of American wealth is an illusion which is being secretly gnawed away and much of it will be completely wiped out in the near… — Howard Ruff
However small your garden, you must provide for two of the serious gardener's necessities, a tool shed and a compost heap. A wire bin takes… — Ann Scott
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger,… — Patrick MacGill
A person has three choices in life. You can swim against the tide and get exhausted, or you can tread water and let the tide… — Andrew Schneider
In both the presence of evil and the eventual triumph over evil the sweep is cosmic. It embraces the entire universe, what to man is… — Kenneth Scott Latourette
Amaryllis in Blueberry is a rich, evocative story about an unusual family that will sweep readers away to another place and time. Amaryllis's voice is… — Susan Wiggs
Before getting to my mother's house, I would always think of her on the porch or even on the street, sweeping. She had a light… — Reinaldo Arenas
If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets as Raphael painted pictures, sweep streets as Michelangelo carved marble, sweep streets as… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are here for what amounts to a few/hours,/a day at most./We feel around making sense of the terrain,/our own new limbs,/Bumping up against a… — Tracy K. Smith
Selfishness is the most constant of human motives. Patriotism, humanity, or the love of God may lead to sporadic outbursts sweep away the heaped-up wrongs… — Charles W. Chesnutt
I am against nationalism, and I am against patriotism. They are both the dark side. It is time not simply to redefine a kinder-and-gentler patriotism,… — Robert Jensen
Sweep the garden, any size, said the roshi. Sweeping, sweeping alone as the garden grows large or small. Any song sung working the garden brings… — Olga Broumas
Children who hear acquire language without any particular effort; the words that fall from others' lips they catch on the wing, as it were, delightedly,… — Helen Keller
Many mothers make the mistake of forever looking for the bad in the child, trying to . . . uproot and drive it out. This… — Orison Swett Marden
I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient… — Shirley Conran
If one should give me a dish of sand, and tell me there were particles of iron in it, I might look for them with… — Henry Ward Beecher
I was in one of the most grand attitudes I ever struck, with my arm stretched up pointing to the sun. It was a noble… — Mark Twain
Generalizations, like brooms, ought not to stand in a corner forever; they ought to sweep as a matter of course. — John Lukacs

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