Quotes with devil-born

Quotes 281 till 300 of 504.

  • Camille Paglia No one is born gay. The idea is ridiculous, but it is symptomatic of our overpoliticized climate that such assertions are given instant credence by gay activists and their media partisans. I think what gay men are remembering is that they were born different.
    Vamps and Tramps (1994)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Alexander Herzen No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.
    Alexander Herzen
    Russian journalist and political thinker (1812 - 1870)
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  • Lydia M. Child None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.
    Lydia M. Child
    American Abolitionist, Writer, Editor (1802 - 1880)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Not on morality, but on cookery, let us build our stronghold: there brandishing our frying-pan, as censer, let us offer sweet incense to the Devil, and live at ease on the fat things he has provided for his elect!
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Camille Paglia Not until all babies are born from glass jars will the combat cease between mother and son.
    Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Francis Thompson Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And perish in our own.
    Francis Thompson
    English poet and mystic (1859 - 1907)
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  • Don Marquis now and then there is a person born who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.
    Don Marquis
    American writer (1878 - 1937)
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  • William Shakespeare O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • John Ruskin Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end by obeying the devil and all his invited friends.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Brad Meltzer On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids?
    Brad Meltzer
    American political thriller novelist and non-fiction writer (1970 - )
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  • Alfred de Vigny On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.
    Alfred de Vigny
    French poet and writer (1797 - 1863)
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  • Simone de Beauvoir One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius.
    Simone de Beauvoir
    French writer and philosopher (1908 - 1986)
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  • Bee Wilson One thing I always make - and I'm sure this is partly to do with memory and yearning and because I've made it ever since my children were born - I make gingerbread every year. And it's partly just the perfume of the spices in the house, makes it smell like winter to me.
    Bee Wilson
    British food writer, journalist and historian
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  • Ben Zobrist One-hundred years from now, nobody's going to remember that I played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays - nobody!
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Fran Lebowitz Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • Brit Hume Our emphasis on political coverage from the day we were born here was well-founded, and we believe there were opportunities there that we could do it in a more interesting, appealing and balanced way.
    Brit Hume
    American journalist and political commentator (1943 - )
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  • Bernie S. Siegel Part of my evolution has been to learn how painful most people's childhoods are. They grow up not liking themselves, not loving themselves. Ask people if they were lovable the minute they were born, and watch them sit back and have to think about it. One lady said, 'I suppose so.' That's painful.
    Bernie S. Siegel
    American writer and pediatric surgeon (1932 - )
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  • George Bernard Shaw Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes People are born fools and damned for not being wiser.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Cate Blanchett People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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