Wont Quotes

1296 Wont quotes by 677 unique authors

As the hawk is wont to pursue the trembling doves. — Unknown Author
As we get older, we tend to become more risk averse because we tend to find reasons why things wont work. When you are a… — Heston Blumenthal
I always tell myself, When Im working on my record, I wont cut my hair. I get so focused on the music that Im not… — Theophilus London
I watch reality TV , but unless you have been part of that crew, unless you've sort of been immersed in that culture in what's… — Dhani Jones
Man must have some recognized stake in society and affairs to knit him lovingly to his kind, or he is wont to revenge himself for… — Amos Bronson Alcott
If I made laws for Shakers or a school, I should gazette every Saturday all the words they were wont to use in reporting religious… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men seek retreats for themselves, houses in the country, sea-shores, and mountains; and thou too art wont to desire such things very much. But this… — Marcus Aurelius
We are but phantoms ... and the phantoms of phantoms, desires like cloud-shadows and wills of straw that eddy in the wind; the days pass,… — H.G. Wells
You frequently ask, where are the friends of your childhood, and urge that they shall be brought back to you. As far as I am… — Stephen Leacock
A man's mind is wont to tell him more than seven watchmen sitting in a tower. — Rudyard Kipling
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. — Henry David Thoreau
Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand… — William Shakespeare
Every man is like the company he wont to keep. — Euripides
So I find every pleasant spot In which we two were wont to meet, The field, the chamber, and the street, For all is dark… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
I'll be looking for you, Will, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that… — Philip Pullman
Most men will not swim before they are able to.” Is that not witty? Naturally, they won't swim! They are born for the solid earth,… — Hermann Hesse
I am going to the bad place, as is my wont. — David Rakoff
The world, this palpable world, which we were wont to treat with the boredom and disrespect with which we habitually regard places with no sacred… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The one thing I can tell you is that you wont survive for yourself. I know because I would never have come this far. A… — Cormac McCarthy
I dont know what I ever done, she said. I truly dont. Chigurh nodded. Probably you do, he said. There's a reason for everything. She… — Cormac McCarthy
You must make a decision that you are going to move on. It wont happen automatically. You will have to rise up and say, ‘I… — Joel Osteen
The joke's on them. One little hypodermic wont' be enough. Split a piece of wood, and they'll find me. Lift up a stone, and they'll… — Jodi Picoult
at first, when we truly love someone, our greatest fear is that the loved one will stop loving us. what we should fear and dread,… — Gregory David Roberts
Fair isn't fair, Dean. Like I'm supposed to help you because fair is fair? Try I need you to help me so I wont rip… — James Patterson
I'll fall.' 'You wont fall.' 'I'll fall. I'll fall and I'll die.' As I said it, I could see it happening. The foot stepping on… — Kamila Shamsie

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