Swept Quotes

316 quotes by 284 authors

Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is… — Marcus Aurelius
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks. — Lord Acton
The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in… — Emily Greene Balch
When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich. — Honore de Balzac
Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed… — Pope Benedict XVI
A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. — Anne Bronte
The ordinary scientific man is strictly a sentimentalist. He is a sentimentalist in this essential sense, that he is soaked and swept away by mere… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Deep inside, we're still the boys of autumn, that magic time of the year that once swept us onto America's fields. — Archie Manning
It is easy to be swept away by some overwhelming feeling, so it's helpful to remember that any stressful feeling is like a compassionate alarm… — Byron Katie
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace, Where never the lark, nor even eagle flew- And, while… — Dizzy Gillespie
No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty — James Anthony Froude
I have only two men out of my company and 20 out of some other company. We need support, but it is almost suicide to… — Clifton B. Cates
We have come too far, - struggled too long, - sacrificed too much and have too much left to do, - to allow that which… — Lane Kirkland
By its attempt to regulate and govern the private businesses, which are miscalled public accommodations in the bill, this proposal would inject the Government into… — Strom Thurmond
Those who can serve best, those who help most, those who sacrifice most, those are the people who will be loved in life and honoured… — Annie Besant
My men are being unmercifully shelled. They cannot hold out if an attack is launched. The firing line and my headquarters are being plastered with… — Gordon Bennett
Some girls get swept up in the lifestyle-clubbing and partying with celebrities. You can't live your life like that, though. It's fake. — Gemma Ward
Every time I hear anyone speak of the Sacred Heart of Jesus or of the Blessed Sacrament I feel an indescribable joy. It is as… — Pope John XXIII
Mindfulness gives you time. Time gives you choices. Choices, skillfully made, lead to freedom. You don't have to be swept away by your feeling. You… — Henepola Gunaratana
In life courtesy and self-possession, and in the arts style, are the sensible impressions of the free mind, for both arise out of a deliberate… — William Butler Yeats

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