Swept Quotes

316 Swept quotes by 269 unique authors

I was born on a storm-swept rock and hate the soft growth of sun-baked lands where there is no frost in men's bones. — Liam O'Flaherty
I can now see that our needs meshed perfectly: my need to be swept away by a man, to be held securely and adored by… — Unknown Author
A gentleman can withstand hardships; it is only the small man who, when submitted to them, is swept off his feet. — Confucius
The easy way is efficacious and speedy, the hard way arduous and long. But, as the clock ticks, the easy way becomes harder and the… — Colonel Sanders
The sand-castle virtues are all swept away in the tidal destruction, the moral melee. — Jethro Tull
I absolutely fell in love with David Cristofanos writing. THE GIRL SHE USED TO BE is that rare novel--its the one youve been looking for… — Unknown Author
Too many times we pray for ease, but that's a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is pray for roots that reach deep… — Philip Gulley
It was a debacle which swept the Columbia Plateau. — J Harlen Bretz
How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on and stop getting swept away by rhetoric? — Thomas Sowell
I saw the lovely arch Of rainbow span the sky, The gold sun burning As the rain swept by. — Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
Intelligence may indeed be a benign influence creating isolated groups of philosopher-kings far apart in the heavens... On the other hand, intelligence may be a… — Freeman Dyson
If I could have made the change sooner I daresay I should never have given a thought to the literary delights of Paris or London;… — Edith Wharton
MARG: You are so close.STEN: To whom? Margravine, not even to himself. This place, this island: all his life he's done nothing but hop from… — Thomas Pynchon
Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you… — Epictetus
Each of us is a moving center, a space of divine mystery. And though we spend most of our time on the surface in the… — Gabrielle Roth
Warmest climes but nurse the cruellest fangs: the tiger of Bengal crouches in spiced groves of ceaseless verdure. Skies the most effulgent but basket the… — Herman Melville
My mum's an opera singer: I grew up watching her get swept up in music and transform herself into characters. She taught me that music… — Katie Noonan
Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of… — Pema Chodron
Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time. I must continue to bear testimony to truth even… — Mahatma Gandhi
The greatest crisis of our lives is neither economic, intellectual, nor even what we usually call religious. It is a crisis of imagination. We get… — Marc Gafni
The coral zoophyte may be leveled by transported masses swept over by the waters; yet like the trodden sod, it sprouts again, and continues to… — James Dwight Dana
This war proceeds along its terrible path by the slaughter of infantry...I say to myself every day. What is going on while we sit here,… — Winston Churchill
Well, all these stars have their houses swept quite regularly by people who work in the surveillance security business. They come in and they look… — Peter Weir
Of course, the wind sort of swept up and the music was flying around in mid air and they were trying to play off it.… — Roy Wood
His desperation and misery swept her up like a storm capturing the sea. She turned her mind to even these feelings, because they were his,… — Sarah Rees Brennan

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269 authors contributed a total of 316 Swept Quotes, led by these top contributors: