We Call Quotes

1088 We Call quotes by 766 unique authors

In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies. — Stephen King
Bwenawa brought my attention to two wooden planks raised about four feet above the ground. On the ledges were lagoon fish sliced open and lying… — J. Maarten Troost
The universal pervasion of ugliness, hideous landscapes, vile noises, foul language...everything. Unnatural, broken, blasted; the distortion of the dead, whose unburiable bodies sit outside the… — Wilfred Owen
Whatever we cannot understand easily we call God; this saves wear and tear on the brain tissues. — Edward Abbey
There is a yearning that is as spiritual as it is sensual. Even when it degenerates into addiction, there is something salvageable from the original… — Mark Epstein
How can we call death-about which we know nothing- the opposite of life, when we barely comprehend life itself? — David Mazzucchelli
Each of us has interests which conflict the interests of everybody else... 'everybody else' we call 'society'. It's a powerful opponent and it always wins.… — B.F. Skinner
Every second that passes is like a door that opens to allow in what has not yet happened, what we call the future, but, to… — Jose Saramago
Now every mortal has pain and sweat is constant, but if there is anything dearer than being alive, it's dark to me. We humans seem… — Anne Carson
Didier once told me, in a rambling, midnight dissertation, that a dream is the place where a wish and a fear meet. When the wish… — Gregory David Roberts
I don't know about you, but I practice a disorganized religion. I belong to an unholy disorder. We call ourselves "Our Lady of the Perpetual… — Kurt Vonnegut
A big silvery janitor. Penny, this can’t be how the universe works.” “In the Order we call it ‘inverse profundity.’ We’ve observed it in any… — Lev Grossman
...the human being to lack that second skin we call egoism has not yet been born, it lasts much longer than the other one, that… — Jose Saramago
He landed 10 feet below with a sickening crunch-i'm guessing his enhancements didn't allow him to bounce back up like a ball. we call that… — James Patterson
I do think, half of what we call madness is just some poor slob dealing with pain by a strategy that annoys the people around… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Doug returned five minutes later and shook his head. "Sorry kid. She's single, but she doesn't think you're her type. She's into the Goth and… — Richelle Mead
The Almighty Lecturer, by displaying the principles of science in the structure of the universe, has invited man to study and to imitation. It is… — Thomas Paine
Who can tell what metals the gods use in forging the subtle bond which we call sympathy, which we might as well call love. — Kate Chopin
It's what we call a dolce pazzia... a sweet madness. Once you feel it, you will never want to leave it. — Anne Fortier
My city. I pondered that phrase, wondered why Barrons felt that way. He never said “our world.” He always said “your world.” But he called… — Karen Marie Moning
It's shocking the things we call love. — Deb Caletti
We are uncomfortable because everything in our life keeps changing -- our inner moods, our bodies, our work, the people we love, the world we… — Tara Brach
What should we call him?" Klaus asked. "You should call him Dr. Montgomery," Mr. Poe replied, "unless he tells you to call him Montgomery. Both… — Daniel Handler
...Every single one of us goes through life depending on and bound by our individual knowledge and awareness. And we call it reality. However, both… — Masashi Kishimoto
What we call the present is given shape by an accumulation of the past. — Haruki Murakami

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