(1591 quotes found)
“This severe, ascetic music, calm and horizontal as the line of the ocean, monotonous by virtue of its serenity, anti-sensuous, and yet so intense in its contemplativeness that it verges sometimes on ecstasy”
Charles Gounod
“In West Virginia yesterday, a man was arrested for stealing several blow-up dolls. Reportedly, police didn't have any trouble catching the man because he was completely out of breath.”
Conan O'Brien
“He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.”
Voltaire
“There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.”
David Letterman
“My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain”
William Shakespeare
“Summer has set in with its usual severity.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity?”
William Lloyd Garrison
“I've always defended Shania. She not only opened doors; she knocked several down.”
Faith Hill
“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
“The severity of the laws prevents their execution.”
Charles de Montesquieu
