Toll Quotes
144 quotes by 137 authors
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The essence of procrastination lies in not doing what you think you should be doing, a mental contortion that surely accounts for the great psychic…
— James Surowiecki
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Grandmasters decline with age. That's a given. There is nothing special about the age of 40, but age eventually takes its toll. That much is…
— Viswanathan Anand
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New technologies are wreaking havoc on employment figures - from EZpasses ousting toll collectors to Google-controlled self-driving automobiles rendering taxicab drivers obsolete.
— Douglas Rushkoff
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If thou hadst thy will what wouldst thou reserve?" said Manwe. "Of all thy realm what dost thou hold dearest?" All have their worth," said…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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The refusal to feel takes a heavy toll. Not only is there an impoverishment of our emotional and sensory life, flowers are dimmer and less…
— Joanna Macy
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Sala-manda-stron, look out here we come, A thief a warrior and a mole. Though the quest may take its toll, We'll march until we reach…
— Brian Jacques
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The man who was once starved may revenge himself upon the world not by stealing just once, or by stealing only what he needs, but…
— Anais Nin
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He felt as though he were failing in practically every area of his life. Lately, happiness seemed as distant and unattainable to him as space…
— Nicholas Sparks
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For my omniscience paid I toll In infinite remorse of soul. All sin was of my sinning, all Atoning mine, and mine the gall Of…
— Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Life has now taught me that love for things, like all unrequited love, takes its toll in the long run.
— Adolfo Bioy Casares
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Confession can be good for the soul, but it can exact a heavy toll on friendships.
— C.D. Payne
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Let me ask you one question Is your money that good Will it buy you forgiveness Do you think that it could I think you…
— Bob Dylan
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Oh Lion in a peculiar guise, Sharp Roman road to Paradise, Come eat me up, I'll pay thy toll With all my flesh, and keep…
— Stevie Smith
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Ah, broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever! Let the bell toll!-a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river; And, Guy de Vere,…
— Edgar Allan Poe
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From one bell all the bells toll.
— Dejan Stojanovic
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By the toll of a billion deaths man has bought his birthright of the earth, and it is his against all comers; it would still…
— H.G. Wells
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Life has a way of taking its toll on the person you thought you were.
— A.S.A. Harrison
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Sacredness of human life! The world has never believed it! It has been with life that we settled our quarrels, won wives, gold and land,…
— Ida Tarbell
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Do you really expect me to say gravity hasn't taken its toll? No. But as I'm earning these lines [in my face], I'm making an…
— Susan Sarandon
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Obviously, matches and all that stuff takes its toll on your body and so forth. But as you get sort of a bit older, a…
— Roger Federer
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137 authors contributed a total of 144 Toll Quotes, led by these top contributors: