Torches Quotes

177 Torches quotes by 141 unique authors

It was so cold in New York City today that the Statue of Liberty had her torch under her dress. — David Letterman
Whenever anyone wants others to do their work they call upon their Altruism. 'Never mind your own needs,' they say, 'Think of the needs of...… — Andrew Ryan
Thus with most careful devotion Thus with precise attention To detail, interfering preparation Of that which is already prepared Men lighten the knot of confusion… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation. — Billy Graham
May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue its way through ages, increasing friendly understanding among nations, for… — Pierre de Coubertin
Brits and Americans have hundreds of different phrases for the same thing. Luckily, it's usually a source of amusement rather than frustration. A flashlight by… — Sloane Crosley
I've always disliked kamikazes, that is, people who commit suicide in order to kill others. Starting with the Japanese ones from World War II. I… — Oriana Fallaci
But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there… — Harvey Fierstein
In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also… — Harvey Fierstein
Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. — Stephen Hawking
All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress… — Adolf Hitler
Yesterday the flame of the Olympic torch was carried through our great state on its way to Salt Lake City. — Jane D. Hull
It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we… — Samuel Johnson
Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation… — John F. Kennedy
To me, I always felt like I was carrying a torch for women of any size to be themselves - it doesn't matter whether you're… — Queen Latifah
He who could have been a torch and stoops to being a pair of jaws is a deserter. — Jose Marti
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation… — Louis Pasteur
Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. — Louis Pasteur
I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps. — James Cash Penney
They declaim against the passions without bothering to think that it is from their flame philosophy lights its torch. — Marquis de Sade

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