(216 quotes found)
“When I have found intense pain relieved, a weary brain soothed,and calm refreshing sleep obtained by a cigar, I have felt grateful to God, and have blessed His name”
Charles H. Spurgeon
“I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.”
Charles de Montesquieu
“After an American has been in a totalitarian country for several months, he is greatly relieved when he reaches home. He feels that bonds have been released and that he is free. He can speak above a whisper, and he walks relaxed and unguarded as though he were no longer being followed. After a recent trip I said to a neighbor, "It's wonderful to be back in a nation where even a riot may be tolerated."”
William Orville Douglas
“I do feel relieved. I do feel like I did what I needed to do for myself, and for whoever's out there who wants to be moved by me. I aimed it at people who are willing to be moved by music as I have in my life. It's more about the music for me. It is a relief.”
Lisa Marie Presley
“Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.”
Walter Benjamin
“Ooh, that was just a little phase (smashing plates to relieve pain). I don't do that any more but it was good fun, a release. I recommend it to everybody. That's as long as you're not hurting anybody. And find a place where you're not going to be in the way of anything. Oh and don't destroy anything valuable that you'll regret later.”
Christina Aguilera
“Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.”
Christopher Morley
“Diseases desperate grownBy desperate appliances are relieved,Or not at all.”
William Shakespeare
“Learn a lesson from the birds. They feed those who cannot fly far. The bird relieves the itch of the buffalo by scratching it with its beak; they help and serve each other with no thought of reward.”
Atharva Veda
“He's rethinking some of his takeaways. We're relieved that he is.”
Art Pulaski
