Vast Quotes
1501 quotes by 1136 authors
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Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them up with great…
— Paul Auster
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Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at…
— Saint Augustine
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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations…
— Saint Augustine
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India is the meeting place of the religions and among these Hinduism alone is by itself a vast and complex thing, not so much a…
— Sri Aurobindo
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Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.
— Joseph Barbera
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Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.
— Ansel Adams
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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or…
— J. G. Ballard
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Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by…
— Isaiah Berlin
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I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small…
— Norman Borlaug
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Some of us are interested in directors, but really the vast majority of us are interested in actors. You experience the films through the actors,…
— Danny Boyle
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The whole world appears to me like a huge vacuum, a vast empty space, whence nothing desirable, or at least satisfactory, can possibly be derived;…
— David Brainerd
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the…
— Sitting Bull
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I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing…
— Luther Burbank
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I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I find youthful looks appealing.
— Julie Burchill
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Historic changes and challenges. Breakthroughs in human knowledge and opportunity. And yet, for vast numbers across the globe, the daily realities have not altered.
— Abdallah II
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I have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a…
— Tucker Carlson
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There are similarities between being an editor and a tailor. Tailors have a vast supply of fabrics, buttons and thread at their disposal and put…
— Graydon Carter
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I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.
— John Cleese
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For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It is time to…
— Nick Clegg
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I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make an…
— Nick Clegg
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