Sweep Away Quotes
23 quotes by 22 authors
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And this is the time. It is the time for this land to become again a witness to the world for what is noble and…
— George McGovern
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Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives.
— Henry David Thoreau
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No one has yet been found so firm of mind and purpose as resolutely to compel himself to sweep away all theories and common notions,…
— Francis Bacon
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So sweep away the sand an' dry the ocean, an' just pack the moon an' stars up in a cardboard box. And stop the clouds…
— Kenny Rogers
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The notion of political correctness has ignited controversy across the land. And although the movement arises from the laudable desire to sweep away the debris…
— George H. W. Bush
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International exchanges are not a great tide to sweep away all differences, but they will slowly wear away at the obstacles to peace as surely…
— George H. W. Bush
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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
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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
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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
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There is humor in the specter of the worst disaster in our nation's history. All I have to do is sweep away the debris of…
— Will Durst
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The premonition of death may for many be a stimulus to novelty of experience: the imminence of death serves to sweep away the inessential preoccupations…
— David Riesman
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There is a power in the soul, quite separate from the intellect, which sweeps away or recognizes the marvelous, by which God is felt. Faith…
— Frederick William Robertson
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This circulating medium has a natural tendency to lessen by degrees the value and the use of money, and finally to render it powerless; and…
— Josiah Warren
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It's remarkable how quickly a good and favorable wind can sweep away the maddening frustrations of shore living.
— Ernest K. Gann
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Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away / You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.
— Robert Frost
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Bulldogs are adorable, with faces like toads that have been sat on. My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind; So flew'd, so sanded;…
— William Shakespeare
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The truest art I would strive for in any work would be to give the page the same qualities as earth: weather would land on…
— Gretel Ehrlich
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Obstinate are the trammels, but my heart aches when I try to break them. Freedom is all I want, but to hope for it I…
— Rabindranath Tagore
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That’s life for you. All the happiness you gather to yourself, it will sweep away like it’s nothing. If you ask me I don’t think…
— Junot Diaz
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...I is another. If the brass wakes the trumpet, it’s not its fault. That’s obvious to me: I witness the unfolding of my own thought:…
— Arthur Rimbaud
Who Wrote These Sweep Away Quotes
22 authors contributed a total of 23 Sweep Away Quotes as follows: