Weighty Quotes

44 Weighty quotes by 41 unique authors

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. — Francis Bacon
Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb. — Seneca the Younger
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army, which… — George Washington
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Our blessed Savior chose the Garden for his Oratory, and dying, for the place of his Sepulchre; and we do avouch for many weighty causes,… — John Evelyn
Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against… — Henry David Thoreau
Stubborn selfishness leads otherwise good people to fight over herds, patches of sand, and strippings of milk. All this results from what the Lord calls… — Neal A. Maxwell
I wanted to write a battle song for the Judeans but so far I can think of nothing noble and weighty enough — Isaac Rosenberg
Close to the Gates a spacious Garden lies, From the Storms defended and inclement Skies; Four Acres was the allotted Space of Ground, Fenc'd with… — Homer
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not,… — Malcolm Forbes
These are the saddest of possible words, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit… — Franklin P. Adams
Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control. His… — Joni Eareckson Tada
These heavy troubles are heralds of weighty mercies. — Charles Spurgeon
Egoism is the law of perspective applied to feelings: what is closest appears large and weighty, and as one moves farther away size and weight… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I don't believe that math and nature respond to democracy. Just because very clever people have rejected the role of the infinite, their collective opinions,… — Janna Levin
What Must I Do to Be Saved? It is impossible to ask a more weighty Question! It is deplorable that we hear it asked with… — Cotton Mather
I cannot find a faithful message-bearer," he wrote to his friend, the scholar Atticus. "How few are they who are able to carry a rather… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence. — John Dryden
System uptime, data protection, and identity theft are weighty issues. It takes real ingenuity to out-think the fraudsters who are trying to steal identities and… — Chris Shipley
Alcoholism, the opium habit and tobaccoism are a trio of poison habits which have been weighty handicaps to human progress during the last three centuries.… — John Harvey Kellogg
Worry is a weighty monster with poisoned tentacles. It clutches at us, grabs at our minds, steals our breath, our will. It lurks. It pounces.… — Mary E. DeMuth
Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel. — Vita Sackville-West
When an argument is over, how many weighty reasons does a man recollect which his heat and violence made him utterly forget? — Eustace Budgell
I'm drawn to dark characters, and to things that are really weighty. — Tony Vincent
I can remember picking up weighty tomes on the history of science and the history of philosophy and reading those when I was small. — Peter Ackroyd

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