Whispered Quotes
642 Whispered quotes by 318 unique authors
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Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother called her small son to…
— Wilferd Peterson
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Munroe stared at the sky. Cursed her weakness, her inability to block out what it would mean to knowingly deliver the innocent into the same…
— Taylor Stevens
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But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer...
— Ruskin Bond
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It was like Elvis came along and whispered some dream in everybody's ear
— Bruce Springsteen
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The wide stare stared itself out for one while; the Sun went down in a red, green, golden glory; the stars came out in the…
— Charles Dickens
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It wasn't until Hope fluttered over and landed at Alex's feet, peering questioningly up at him, that he finally tore his hands away from his…
— Meg Cabot
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Beware The Court of Owls, that watches all the time, ruling Gotham from a shadowed perch, behind granite and lime. They watch you at your…
— Scott Snyder
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Throughout my years of public service, I've listened to the voices of the gay and lesbian community, whether through whispered confidences or public declarations. I…
— Mark Udall
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One whispered yes becomes the wind song over an ocean of no's.
— Mary Anne Radmacher
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To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.
— Richard Hofstadter
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Subtler and more far-reaching means of invading privacy have become available to the government. Discovery and invention have made it possible for the government, by…
— Louis D. Brandeis
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A common question asked of writers is "When did you decide to become a writer?" The answer, of course, is that we didn't decide anything.…
— Mary Higgins Clark
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Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the…
— Hayley Atwell
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Sweet freedom whispered in my ear, you're a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly, fly away, high-away, bye-bye.
— Elton John
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No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
— Hesiod
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Manet wanted one day to paint my wife and children. Renoir was there. He took a canvas and began painting them, too. After a while,…
— Claude Monet
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The word genius was whispered into my ear, the first thing I ever heard, while I was still mewling in my crib. So it never…
— Orson Welles
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Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation, If, in ready-to-wear, a garment is manufactured according to standard sizes, the haute couture garment…
— Yves Saint Laurent
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Later that night, I held an atlas on my lap, ran my fingers across the whole world, and whispered, ‘where does it hurt?’ It answered,…
— Warsan Shire
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For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.
— Judy Garland
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My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed, 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath…
— Josh Hartnett
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And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty,…
— Rudyard Kipling
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If an apple blossom or a ripe apple could tell its own story, it would be, still more than its own, the story of the…
— Lucy Larcom
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My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.
— Mary Todd Lincoln
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The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more.
— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Who Wrote These Whispered Quotes
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