Thrown Quotes
886 quotes by 715 authors
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With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose, for good books are as scarce…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was…
— Patrick McHenry
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Men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the 'culture of waste.' If a computer breaks it is a…
— Pope Francis
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In an age that has thrown off all tradition, the only rebellion possible is orthodoxy.
— Peter Kreeft
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The Gospel is not merely a communication of things that can be known - it is one that makes things happen and is life-changing. The…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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Love is a constant challenge, thrown to us by God.
— Pope John Paul II
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We subsidize the disposal of waste in all its myriad forms from landfills to Superfund cleanups, from deep-well injection to storage of nuclear waste. In…
— Paul Hawken
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Upon the whole I doubt whether the Benefits of opposition to the Constitution opposition to the Constitution will not ultimately be productive of more good…
— George Washington
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I am now . . . on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern . . . . But as it has been a…
— George Washington
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There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did, in plundering their…
— Benjamin Franklin
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Houses were knocked down... enormous heaps of earth and clay thrown up; buildings that were undermined and shaking, propped up by great beams of wood...…
— Charles Dickens
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For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares…
— Casey Affleck
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Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very…
— Anne Frank
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I will venture to affirm, that the three seasons wherein our corn has miscarried did no more contribute to our present misery, than one spoonful…
— Jonathan Swift
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I am so mean I've handcuffed lightnin' and thrown thunder in jail.
— Muhammad Ali
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I'm in this position where I can afford to wait, I'm lucky enough to be financially secure to not have to do anything that's thrown…
— Dominic Monaghan
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Honestly, my character doesn't have much in common with Harry Potter besides the fact that he's an unlikely hero who's thrown into a huge situation.
— Logan Lerman
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Anthony Weiner deserves to be supported and hopefully he will be mayor of New York one day. I'm serious. He is a Democrat [who] actually…
— Janeane Garofalo
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How can anyone expect to be understood unless he presents his thoughts with complete honesty? This situation is unfair because it asks too much of…
— Duke Ellington
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If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on a blueprint, and…
— Ruth Gordon
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