Uttered Quotes
189 quotes by 160 authors
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Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
— Aeschylus
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The Bible is not primarily a written or printed text to be scrutinized in private, in a scholar's study or a contemplative cell. It is…
— Thomas Merton
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The gentleman cannot have forgotten his own sentiment, uttered even on the floor of this House, Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must.
— Henry Clay
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No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another,…
— Ignatius Loyola
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There is no Silence in the Earth - so silent As that endured Which uttered, would discourage Nature And haunt the World.
— Emily Dickinson
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And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice…
— Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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The eloquent voice of our century uttered, shortly before leaving the world, a warning cry against the "Anglo- Saxon contagion.
— Matthew Arnold
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I never uttered a word about things, but with my age now, I've completely lost all reservations. In more ways than one. I was never…
— Giovanna Cau
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A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
— Mahatma Gandhi
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What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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So far as I know, anything worth hearing is not usually uttered at seven o'clock in the morning; and if it is, it will generally…
— Moss Hart
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A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights…
— Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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'Job Killer.' Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly…
— Madeleine M. Kunin
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I don't 'support the troops' or any of those other hollow and hypocritical platitudes uttered by Republicans and frightened Democrats. Here's what I do support:…
— Michael Moore
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Such is the miraculous nature of the future of exiles: what is first uttered in the impotence of an overheated apartment becomes the fate of…
— Salman Rushdie
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I knew all of the childhood prayers I uttered on my knees at the side of my bed. Many years of Sunday-school attendance had etched…
— Iyanla Vanzant
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You have with you the book you were reading in the cafe, which you are eager to continue, so that you can then hand it…
— Italo Calvino
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Oh, Cathy! Oh, my life! how can I bear it?" was the first sentence he uttered, in a tone that did not seek to disguise…
— Emily Bronte
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People speak because they are afraid of silence. They speak mechanically whether aloud or to themselves. They are intoxicated by this vocal gruel that ensnares…
— Andreï Makine
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The face of the water, in time, became a wonderful book- a book that was a dead language to the uneducated passenger, but which told…
— Mark Twain
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