Best 267 quotes in «graves quotes» category

There are many who have grave scruples about deceiving but think it as nothing to deceive themselves.

There are some short essays that are very grave, and most contemporary novels are lighter than air.

There are wrongs which even the grave does not bury.

There have been some nations who could do nothing but construct tombs, and these are the only traces which they have left. They are the heathen.

There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see.

There'll be plenty of time to rest in the grave.

There is plenty of time to sleep in the grave

There's a saying in Africa: To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.

The Soul is shriveled up and buried in a grave that does not love.

There's no longer any surprise in noting that China has grave environmental problems.

There's no repentance in the grave.

The splendid empire of Charles the Fifth was erected upon the grave of liberty.

The tomb in Palestine Is not the porch of spirits lingering. It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay.

The temple of silence and reconciliation.

The time has come to realize that supersensible knowledge has now to arise from the materialistic grave.

(To the haters)You are not extinguishing the bright lights of mankind, your're simply burying yourself in an unmarked grave.

They did the Monster Mash, it was a grave yard smash.

Those who talk of the bible as a monument of English prose are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity.

To know and feel all this and not have the words to express it makes a human a grave of his own thoughts.

The wind breathes not, and the wave Walks softly as above a grave.

They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.

Today I would say, 'I am against plastic surgery.' It's a grave act. An act that touches our soul. It was frightening.

To write a blues song is to regiment riots and pluck gems from graves.

Trenches, hospitals, the common grave--there are no other possibilities.

True wit has a grave intention.

Vanity of vanities… all is vanity.’ You kill yourself to get to the grave. Especially you kill yourself to get to the grave before you die; and the name of the grave is ‘success’, the name of that grave is hullabullo boom boom horseshit.

Vampires have risen from the dead, the grave, and the crypt, but have never managed it from the cat.

Waging an unnecessary war is a grave mistake.

Virtue treads paths that end not in the grave.

we dig our graves with our teeth.

We are an overfed and undernourished nation digging an early grave with our teeth.

We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

We all have a cradle-to-the-grave journey to make and, in between, what do you do? There's got to be something hereafter.

We are given to the great, for great purpose, to great ends. We are given to the grave, for grave purposes, to grave ends.

Well, there aren’t any graves in mundane wedding ceremonies,” said Tessa. “Though your ability to quote the Bible is impressive. Better than my aunt Harriet’s.” “Did you hear that, James? She just compared us to her aunt Harriet.

We knew we were talking about spies. I knew he knew I knew. I was digging my own grave.

Whatsoever your hand finds to do, do it gladly. Because there is no work, love, knowledge, or wisdom in the grave.

We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience... It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again.

We shall dig our own grave if we do not purge ourselves of this curse of untouchability.

What business has an old bachelor like that to marry?' said Sir James. 'He has one foot in the grave.' 'He means to draw it out again, I suppose.

When one is already on the edge of the grave, why not resist?

When among the graves of thy fellows, walk with circumspection; thine own is open at thy feet.

When I have one foot in the grave, I will tell the whole truth about women. I shall tell it, jump into my coffin, pull the lid over me and say, "Do what you like now.

When I was single my career was my life, so everything I did was of grave importance and was greatly disturbing.

When they finally put you in the ground, I'll stand on your grave and tramp the dirt down.

When the body escaped mutilation, seldom did the heart go to the grave unscarred.

When there's someone who's dead and then someone does something that that person would not have liked, they say that that person is spinning in their grave. But I don't understand why they say that. Why is spinning the way that a corpse shows disapproval?

Why not rise from the grave and terrorize a little instead of staying buried and dead in the cemetery?

When you seek revenge, be sure to dig two graves.