Swept Quotes

316 Swept quotes by 269 unique authors

A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization presented with the alternative of love or a garbage disposal unit, young people of all countries have… — Ivan Chtcheglov
A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization the state of affairs, arising out of a struggle against poverty, has overshot its ultimate goal-the liberation… — Ivan Chtcheglov
Juliet is one of those rare novels that has it all: lush prose, tightly intertwined parallel narratives, intrigue, and historical detail all set against a… — Sara Gruen
There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril… — Winston Churchill
Never act upon wishful thinking. Act without checking the facts, and chances are that you will be swept away along with the mob. — Jim Rogers
Zionism is an abominable, racist and colonial movement. Like all colonial and apartheid systems, it's in the interest of all that it be swept away.… — Vittorio Arrigoni
When AIDS was at its most brutal, frightening, my-God-what-are-we-going-to-do era, that was when vampire stories and stories about blood and trust swept the literary world. — Susie Bright
In a broadcast society, there were these gatekeepers, the editors, and they controlled the flows of information. Along came the Internet and it swept them… — Eli Pariser
We all get swept up in the hype machine. Nobody is immune to that. — Steven Cojocaru
It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me. — Joseph Epstein
It was here we turned the coffee cups upside down. And your eyes and the moon swept the valley. — Carl Sandburg
. . . It wasn't until the jet engine came into being and that engine was coupled with special airplane designs - such as the… — Joe Sutter
Winter Song The browns, the olives, and the yellows died, And were swept up to heaven; where they glowed Each dawn and set of sun… — Wilfred Owen
Ordinarily we are swept away by habitual momentum and don't interrupt our patterns slightly. When we feel betrayed or disappointed, does it occur to us… — Pema Chodron
If you are swept off your feet, it's time to get on your knees. — Fred Beck
For a mile up and down the open fields before us the splendid lines of the veterans of the Army of Northern Virginia swept down… — Unknown Author
Sometimes you have to be careful when selecting a new nickname for yourself. For instance, let's say you have chosen the nickname "Fly Head". Normally,… — Jack Handey
Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superior to names hourly swept away by time… — Samuel Johnson
If you spend a whole afternoon just eating popcorn and watching football, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. But if that's all you do, you… — Roland Joffe
The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for. — Steve Squyres
Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May New blooming blossoms neath the sun are born,… — John Clare
I was completely swept along with my own compulsion. I don't know how else to put it. It didn't satisfy me completely, so maybe I… — Jeffrey Dahmer
I damaged all the complicated bits of the brain to do with processing and emotional control. I was prey to every single emotion that swept… — Richard Hammond
Participation in the dance was entirely voluntary, a mental vow to worship the Mystery in this manner being expressed by a man ardently desiring the… — Edward S. Curtis

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