We Began Quotes

77 quotes by 72 authors

The reason that extended solitude seemed so hard to endure was not that we missed others but that we began to wonder if we ourselves… — Doris Grumbach
Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which we began. The recovery of… — James A. Baldwin
Near eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men are created equal; but now from that beginning we have run down to the… — Abraham Lincoln
Once upon a time we were just plain people. But that was before we began having relationships with mechanical systems. Get involved with a machine… — Ellen Goodman
There are fewer chemical pollutants in the air. Our drinking water is safer. Our food standards have been raised. We've cleaned up more toxic waste… — William J. Clinton
How often-even before we began-have we declared a task 'impossible'? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves as being inadequate?...A great deal… — Piero Ferrucci
My wife and I have been together since 1986. I graduated in '86 and she graduated in '88. We began dating when she was 17.… — Cuba Gooding, Jr.
We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency. We expected to… — George Washington
I am especially grateful, however, to have known the fifties, before we began to poison our own civilization - or at least before the effects… — Orson Scott Card
When I look out the window, I exhale a prayer of thanks for the color green, for my children's safety, for the simple acts of… — Barbara Kingsolver
As an engineer, I understood that the natural world operated according to fixed laws. Through my studies, I came to realize that there were, likewise,… — Charles Koch
We were determined by public opinions of us. Would we think we existed without outside confirmation? And how long would we live apart from others… — Doris Grumbach
As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes. — Abraham Lincoln
We say we are earthlings, not waterlings. Our blood is closer to seawater than our bones to soil, but thats no matter. The sea is… — Tom Robbins
Our ancestors were very rich and eminent people, and they left us an enormous inheritance, which we have completely forgotten, especially since the time when… — P D Ouspensky
We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us. — Pope John Paul II
I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing. When it started out, it was an awful lot of… — Alan Perlis
Do you have any idea how many lives we must have gone through before we even get the first idea that there is more to… — Richard Bach
From the time we began to build houses and cities, since we invented the wheel, we have not advanced one step toward happiness. We have… — Jean Giono
We campaigned across the South . . . without a single catcall or boo. It was not until we got north to New York that… — Jesse Jackson

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