Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
What we are seeking so frantically elsewhere may turn out to be the horse we have been riding all along.
The price of seeking to force our beliefs on others is that someday they might force their beliefs on us.
I had come to New York seeking my fortune after a few years of honing my craft as a stand-up on the road.
Wisdom lies not in possessing knowledge - which quickly becomes outdated - but in perpetually seeking it.
When my best friends doubt their little black dresses, they call me on the telephone seeking reassurance.
But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.
Humility consists in not esteeming ourselves above other men, and in not seeking to be esteemed above them.
One thing that's always helped quell my writerly anxieties is seeking out interviews with writers I admire.
There are moments where you stop living, if you stop changing, and if you stop seeking growth of some sort.
The children and families seeking asylum at our border deserve our immediate attention and humanitarian aid.
My work has also motivated me to put a lot of time into seeking out good food and to spend more money on it.
If you go on working with the light available, you will meet your Master, as he himself will be seeking you.
Today, we realize there are those actively seeking to harm us, to destroy our infrastructure and take lives.
Screaming 'you're wrong' at the electorate is not a good strategy for a party seeking to win back its trust.
Language has historically stood as a barrier for some voters seeking to participate in the electoral process.
Some of the most important discoveries that scientists have made were not what they were seeking at the time.
When I go to sleep, I want to know that I have experimented as an actor, and I am constantly seeking to evolve.
I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.
My passion stems from seeking world peace and finding how we can live together creatively rather than violently.
We have to get to a point in this country where our top players are seeking out the most challenging environments.
Being First Lady is playing supporting act. I am not seeking notoriety and I am not seeking to grab the limelight.
It's impressive to the girl that I'm texting that I have my own emojis. It adds to my charm as a man seeking love.
The giving of the Torah is a story of God seeking to provide humanity with the opportunity to make moral decisions.
It's cool to be recognized, but it's not something that I was seeking or sought after. I never wanted to be famous.
I have gone through a period of seeking to understand what or how strong or what are the connections I have to God.
Only a small rich fringe hates Social Security for disincentivizing 80-year-olds from seeking full-time employment.
We are called to be contemplatives. ..by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time.
A criminal trial is never about seeking justice for the victim. If it were, there could be only one verdict: guilty.
Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
History has not looked kindly on us when we've prevented people fleeing violence from seeking refuge in this country.
I'd searched everywhere for this thing called love. I went through life seeking something that would be the ultimate.
One of the great things about journalism, at its best I mean, is its forensic, investigative truth seeking instincts.
Ferrari or Lamborghini. Never fancied one of those - too flash for me. I don't really like seeking too much attention.
Sending genuine refugees to face persecution in order to dissuade others from seeking to come here is plainly illegal.
I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.
I want to share knowledge about things I've learned over the years with a younger generation that is seeking the truth.
Yes, I am seeking a husband. As soon as the right man asks me, I shall say, 'It is not good for a woman to live alone.'
I believe that we cannot live better than in seeking to become better, nor more agreeably than having a clear conscience.
I would like to be a scholar in whatever I do, a scholar is never finished, he is always seeking and I am always seeking.
I mean, for me, the reason I ride my bike and race is because I love doing it, not because I'm seeking recognition for it.
European leaders have learned that there is no point in seeking agreement with Trump, for he doesn't respect those who do.
Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
Ambition is a Dead Sea fruit, and the greatest peril to the soul is that one is likely to get precisely what he is seeking.
But, most of the time it takes people to hit rock bottom for them to start believing in themselves, and start seeking help.
My characters - no, make that most characters - are seeking the shelter of narrative resolution, a place of quiet and grace.
I've had to wean myself away to make sure that any choices I make are grounded in myself rather than the seeking of approval.
I am not one who was born in the possession of knowledge; I am one who is fond of antiquity, and earnest in seeking it there.
If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking.
Science is a principle and a process of seeking truth. Truth cannot be purchased, and thus, truth cannot be altered by money.
In 1999, NATO did impose a no-fly zone in Kosovo without seeking a U.N. resolution to carry out air strikes on Serbian forces.