(61 quotes found)
“Our consciences are littered like an old attic with the junk of sheer conviction.”
Wilford O. Cross
“Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling,/ The darling of our crew.”
Charles Dibdin
“They look for a victim to chivy, and howl him down, and finally lynch him in a sheer storm of sexual frenzy which they honestly imagine to be moral indignation, patriotic passion or some equally allowable emotion, it may be an innocent Negro, a Jew like Leo Frank, a harmless half-witted German; a Christ-like idealist of the type of Debs, an enthusiastic reformer like Emma Goldman.”
Aleister Crowley
“It's impressive how such a tiny creature in sheer numbers can drive you insane.”
Jason Hill
“In terms of sheer size, it makes a fabulous presentation. You can get the beautiful large pieces of meat.”
Larry Andrews
“It is deplorable, but not tragic, simply to be a victim of circumstance. Sheer victimization is not an assertion - and it naturally makes not for vision but for frustration. The victimizing circumstances, or accidents, seem arbitrary and exorbitant, even silly.”
Kenneth Burke
“You can see that by the sheer number of bigger companies interested in Pennsylvania that there are not a whole lot of other domestic opportunities right now.”
Brian McGill
“Because of the size of it, just the sheer mass and configuration ... it would take me not only twice as long, but we have a situation for snow mass and where we would put it.”
Bill Stewart
“This is a sheer farce, this is not a real trial.”
Alexander Milinkevich
“The driving energy and sheer exuberance of these bands will produce a spellbinding musical event that will be enjoyed by the entire family.”
William Johnson
