Swept Quotes

316 Swept quotes by 269 unique authors

Now, after these things were done, the Pharaoh and his Queen drove through the hosts of Egypt in their golden chariot, and received the homage… — H. Rider Haggard
We do not know what we can bear until we are put to the test. Many a delicate mother, who thought that she could not… — Orison Swett Marden
Whereas the man of action binds his life to reason and its concepts so that he will not be swept away and lost, the scientific… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Rage swept over her at being young, young and little, as if some evil fairy had put that spell on her. Why must you be… — Dawn Powell
I have such a desire to sleep and am so much behind my sleep. A good night, one good night and all this nonsense will… — Jean-Paul Sartre
For what will it profit men that a more prudent distribution and use of riches make it possible for them to gain even the whole… — Pope Pius XI
Women's words are as light as the doomed leaves whirling in autumn, Easily swept by the wind, easily drowned by the wave. — Unknown Author
I think people would actually be surprised by what we put out. Unfortunately the shadow that the original founders cast was that they were just… — Todd McFarlane
When I watch a film I get swept away. I don't really watch the camera. — William H. Macy
There's such an energy bounding around New York, I can't help but get swept along in it. — Hayley Mills
I got sick and tired of a joyless existence, and so have thought a lot in the past few years about how to bring more… — M. J. Ryan
A story must be told in such a way that it constitutes help in itself. My grandfather was lame. Once they asked him to tell… — Martin Buber
The first time I passed through the country (Switzerland) I had the impression it was swept down with a broom from one end to the… — Ernesto Sabato
There are many ways to seek wisdom. There is travel, there are masters, there is service. There is staring into the eyes of children and… — Kent Nerburn
Not in innocence, and not in Asia, was mankind born. The home of our fathers was that African highland reaching north from the Cape to… — Robert Ardrey
I don't want to make the same mistakes of being swept along with things, taking on jobs that I'm not passionate about, that I don't… — Kelly Brook
He's swept with the broom of contempt and the rooms have an empty ring. — Joni Mitchell
You [Scots] come of a race of men the very wind of whose name has swept to the ultimate seas. — James M. Barrie
People love to be swept off their feet, to go into an environment where they've never been, to experience things they only dream about. And… — Peter Guber
I went to Afghanistan in '96 to write about terrorist training camps south of Jalalabad and Tora Bora, in the mountains. I was there right… — Sebastian Junger
The moon upon the ocean is swept around in motion, but without ever knowing. — Unknown Author
What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept? What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget? — Alanis Morissette
There is nothing in either savage or civilized history that is more utterly complete, more remorselessly sweeping than the Father of Mercy´s campaign among the… — Mark Twain
Ugly accidents happen . . . always have and always will. But the failures are swept back into the pile and forgotten. They don`t leave… — Willa Cather
The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain. The meanest Italian in the… — Gilbert Parker

Who Wrote These Swept Quotes

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