Thick Quotes
693 quotes by 586 authors
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Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and…
— Charles Dickens
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We have all seen these circus elephants complete with tusks, ivory in their head and thick skins, who move around the circus ring and grab…
— John F. Kennedy
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The more two people open to each other, the more this wide-openness also brings to the surface all the obstacles to it: their deepest, darkest…
— John Welwood
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It is unlikely that we will ever see a star being born. Stars are like animals in the wild. We may see the very young,…
— Heinz Pagels
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Cloud-flying requires practice, even if you have every modern instrument, and unless you keep calm and collected you will get into trouble after you have…
— Charles Rumney Samson
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Late, by myself, in the boat of myself, no light and no land anywhere, cloudcover thick. I try to stay just above the surface, yet…
— Rumi
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Experience, already reduced to a group of impressions, is ringed round for each one of us by that thick wall of personality through which no…
— Walter Pater
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London life was very full and exciting [...] But in London there would be no greenhouse with a glossy tank, and no apple-room, and no…
— Sylvia Townsend Warner
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We become so caught up in the busyness of our lives. Were we to step back, however, and take a good look at what we’re…
— Thomas S. Monson
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On the hob was a little brass kettle, hissing and boiling; spread upon the floor was a warm, thick rug; before the fire was a…
— Frances Hodgson Burnett
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The best players are always in the thick of the action. (Michael) Jordan did it with the Bulls, (Kobe) Bryant does it with the Lakers…
— Ronaldinho
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Many demons are in woods, in waters, in wildernesses, and in dark poolly places ready to hurt and prejudice people; some are also in the…
— Martin Luther
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Hope has a thick skin and will endure many a blow; it will put on patience as a vestment and will endure all things (if…
— John Bunyan
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If you take pride in your attainment or become discouraged because of your idealistic effort, your practice will confine you by a thick wall.
— Shunryu Suzuki
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One should not as a rule reveal one's secrets, since one does not know if and when one may need them again. The essential English…
— Joseph Goebbels
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You'd think family would be the one sure thing in life, the gimme? Points you got just for being born? So much thick, meaty stuff…
— Ben Fountain
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And although I see few results, future missionaries will see conversions following every sermon. May they not forget the pioneers who worked in the thick…
— David Livingstone
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Sit, then, as if you were a mountain, with all the unshakeable, steadfast majesty of a mountain. A mountain is completely natural and at ease…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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There are many reasons for the decline in royal esteem. One is that so many of the royals are thick.
— Alastair Campbell
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I don't know (and I guess I never will while I'm alive) just how thick my old skull is, but I do know that it…
— George Devol
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