Volume Quotes
466 quotes by 408 authors
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The freedom of any society varies proportionately with the volume of its laughter.
— Zero Mostel
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Then read from the treasured volume the poem of thy choice, and lend to the rhyme of the poet the beauty of thy voice.
— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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The finest music in the room is that which streams out to the ear of the spirit in many an exquisite strain from the little…
— James Lane Allen
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There are times when the simple dignity of movementcan fulfill the function of a volume of words.
— Doris Humphrey
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Designing is not a profession but an attitude. Design has many connotations. It is the organization of materials and processes in the most productive way,…
— Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
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History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by language…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The history of books shows the humblest origin of some of the most valued, wrought as these were out of obscure materials by persons whose…
— Amos Bronson Alcott
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We saw Time's varied traces Were deep on every hand - Indeed, upon the people, More marked than on the land. The bands that once…
— Eliza R. Snow
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Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won't?
— L. J. Smith
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Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume.
— Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Gunn would be an important figure-rewarding, delightful, accomplished, enduring-in the history of English-language poetry even were his life not as fascinating as it now seems;…
— Stephen Burt
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The incomparable James Walvin has done it again: he has crafted a beautifully written and deeply informed single volume history of the Atlantic slave trade…
— David W. Blight
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The problem of environmental children's health is very urgent in Russia. Environmental situation now is the main factor, which determines young generation's health... the volume…
— Maria Cherkasova
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Love need not speak volumes. It need not demand proof. It never has a happy ending - simply because it doesn't end as long as…
— Amit Abraham
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Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production.
— Herbert Hoover
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And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume.
— Hedda Hopper
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The Book of Books Within this ample volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace…
— Walter Scott
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Books help to form us. If you cut me open, you will find volume after volume, page after page, the contents of every one I…
— Susan Hill
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For those who want to understand the issues of the environmental crisis, Encounters with the Archdruid is a superb book. McPhee reveals more nuances of…
— Stewart Udall
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The angels laugh at old Karl. They laugh at him because he tries to grasp the truth about God in a book of Dogmatics. They…
— Karl Barth
Who Wrote These Volume Quotes
408 authors contributed a total of 466 Volume Quotes, led by these top contributors: