Syllable Quotes

75 quotes by 69 authors

If man were relieved of all superstition, and all prejudice, and had replaced these with a keen sensitivity to his real environment, and moreover had… — Robert Breault
Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to give no claim,… — Frederick Douglass
The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented . . . no insincerity… — John Quincy Adams
I never heard of anyone who was really literate or who ever really loved books who wanted to suppress any of them. Censors only read… — Robertson Davies
For how shall we fill people with blind faith in the correctness of a doctrine, if we ourselves spread uncertainty and doubt by constant changes… — Adolf Hitler
There is a certain age at which a child looks at you in all earnestness and delivers a long, pleased speech in all the true… — Annie Dillard
[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of… — Alexander Hamilton
The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses… — Louis Aragon
My favorite song he ever wrote was 'Cold Cold Heart.' If you think about it, the lyric to 'Cold Cold Heart,' see how many two… — Don Helms
Poetry was syllable and rhythm. Poetry was the measurement of breath. Poetry was time make audible. Poetry evoked the present moment; poetry was the antidote… — Damon Galgut
MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of… — Ambrose Bierce
If we were given one word of information in our entire history, how we'd treasure it! how we'd pore over ever syllable, divining it's meaning,… — Karen Traviss
I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word against… — William Tyndale
As Chloe, I can honestly say I've never uttered a syllable of a curse word, not even behind closed doors. — Chloe Grace Moretz
You and I are standing this very second at the meeting place of two eternities: the vast past that has endured forever, and the future… — Dale Carnegie
We've got the emPHAsis on the wrong sylLAble when it comes to crime in this country. The FBI says burglary and robbery cost U.S. taxpayers… — Molly Ivins
Children who hear acquire language without any particular effort; the words that fall from others' lips they catch on the wing, as it were, delightedly,… — Helen Keller
A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands… — John Milton
FINANCE, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of the manager. The pronunciation of this word with the… — Ambrose Bierce
From the body of the unborn essence arises the sphere of light, and from that sphere of light arises wisdom. From the wisdom arises the… — Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche

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