Quotes with seize

  • You gave him an opportunity of showing greatness of character and he did not seize it. He will never forgive you for that.

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  • Camille Paglia All the genres of philosophy, science, high art, athletics and politics were invented by men. But by the Promethean law of conflict and capture, woman has a right to seize what she will and vie with man on her own terms.
    Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • William Shakespeare By medicine life may be prolonged, yet death will seize the doctor too.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Bradley Chicho Drag me to the moon, to catch a star and seize its brilliance as I'm swept up in amorphous dust.
    Bradley Chicho
    English poet
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  • Theodore Roosevelt Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Nathaniel Hawthorne I wonder that we Americans love our country at all, it having no limits and no oneness; and when you try to make it a matter of the heart, everything falls away except one's native State; -neither can you seize hold of that, unless you tear it out of the Union, bleeding and quivering.
    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    American short story writer (1804 - 1864)
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  • Andrew Jackson I've got big shoes to fill. This is my chance to do something. I have to seize the moment.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Bob Taft Let us seize the special opportunity that is ours to act boldly and decisively at a time when the eyes of our fellow citizens, both present and future, are upon us.
    Bob Taft
    American politician and attorney (1942 - )
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  • Friedrich von Schiller Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Barack Obama Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Horace Seize the day.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • William Wirt Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
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  • Bob Barr The average American returning from a trip abroad likely - and understandably - assumes the contents of his or her electronic device does not come close to meeting the threshold of 'criminal' activity, such as would give a government agent the right to seize and peruse their iPad just because they are returning from a vacation.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Ashley Montagu The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.
    Ashley Montagu
    British-American anthropologist (1905 - 1999)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Jean Paul Getty There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.
    Jean Paul Getty
    American-born British industrialist, founder of Getty Oil Company (1892 - 1976)
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  • Al Capone This American system of ours. call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call it what you like, gives to each and every one of us a great opportunity if we only seize it with both hands and make the most of it.
    Al Capone
    American gangster and businessman (1899 - 1947)
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  • Henri-Louis Bergson To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.
    Henri-Louis Bergson
    French philosopher and Nobel Prize winner in Literature (1927) (1859 - 1941)
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