F Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with F. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“For all uniting of strength by private men, is, if for evil intent, unjust; if for intent unknown, dangerous to the Publique, and unjustly concealed.”
Source: Leviathan
“For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love. While I listen to thy Voice.”
Source: The Works of Edmund Waller: Esq., in Verse and Prose
“For all we know that English people are/ Fed upon beef - I won't say much of beer/ Because 'tis liquor only, and being far/ From this my subject, has no business here;/ We know too, they are very fond of war,/ A pleasure - like all pleasures - rather dear;/ So were the Cretans - from which I infer/ That beef and battle both were owing her”
Source: Byron: Selected Poetry and Prose
“For all we know, the handwriting might have been on the wall all along. The question is: was the ink invisible?”
“For all we know, at this very moment, somewhere far beyond all those distant stars, Benny Russell is dreaming of us.”
“For all we know, the aliens have already done this and unwittingly concluded that there was no intelligent life on Earth. They would now be looking elsewhere. A more humbling possibility would be if aliens had become aware of the technologically proficient species that now inhabits Earth, yet they had drawn the same conclusion.”
“For all we know, we know nothing.”
“For all we take we must pay, but the price is cruel high.”
Source: Collected Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated Edition): 5 Novels & 350+ Short Stories, Poetry, Historical Military Works and Autobiographical Writings from one of the most popular writers in England, known for The Jungle Book, Kim, The Man Who Would Be King
“For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein's regime is a better and safer place.”
“For all Wichtig spoke of trust, he trusted no one. For all he spoke of wisdom, he learned nothing. Every word he uttered was done so with an eye toward manipulation.”
Source: Beyond Redemption
“For all works and things, which are either commanded or forbidden by God and thus have been instituted by the supreme Majesty, are 'musts.' Nevertheless, no one should be dragged to them or away from them by the hair, for I can drive no man to heaven or beat him into it with a club.”
Source: Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings
“For all you know, the way I act could very well be an act. Or maybe it isn't. I could be the most dangerous, most vicious one of the bunch, because no one takes me seriously!”
“For all your days be prepared, and meet them ever alike. When you are the anvil, bear - when you are the hammer, strike.”
Source: Gates of Paradise and Other Poems: The Fourth Volume of Verse
“For all your long-term investments, such as retirement accounts that you won't touch for at least ten years, you need a mix of stocks and bonds. Stocks offer the best shot at inflation-beating gains. But stocks don't always go up. That's where bonds come into play: They have less upside potential, but they also do not pack the same risk.”
“For all your so-called knowledge of the world, how come you don't know that?" I didn't know what ma meant by my knowledge of the world. My knowledge of the world consisted of fucking hell, fucking hell, fucking hell, which didn't lend itself to detail, the detail really being those words themselves.”
Source: Milkman
“For all your talk, you don't know the first thing about love." Tears spilled over her lashes and rolled down her cheeks. She slipped the chain that held his Super Bowl ring over her head and pressed it into his palm. "I love you, Bobby Tom, and I'll love you till the day I die. But I've never been for sale. I was a free offering all along.”
“For all-around, everyday, all-season wear, farmers can't be beat. They are inclined to chafe under the burden of leisure (a minor vexation on the farm), but they thrive on neglect and adversity.”
Source: All my meadows
“For almost 100 years, The Walt Disney Company has had a variety of leaders. Even though it has been hard for some of these leaders to maintain their focus, the Company has been successful in remaining true to Walt's original direction to create the finest in family entertainment.”
“For almost 18 years you’re taught to sit down, shut up, and raise your hand. Then you have to decide what you’re going to do for the rest of your life.”
“For almost 40 years, he was the brightest star in the comedy galaxy... Their beautiful light will continue to shine on us forever. And the glow will be so bright, it'll warm your heart, it'll make your eyes glisten, and it'll make you think to yourselves: Robin Williams, what a concept.”
“For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and for all that time they have elected office seekers who would not balance it. The public cares about deficits, but doesn't care much.”
“For almost a century, there has been broad consensus in America that families should spend no more than 30 percent of their income on housing. Until recently, most renting families met this goal. But times have changed—in Milwaukee and across America. Every year in this country, people are evicted from their homes not by the tens of thousands or even the hundreds of thousands but by the millions.”
Source: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
“For almost a minute the two of us were locked in a battle of wills that had no possible winner, only a different order of losing.”
Source: Parasite
“For almost a quarter of a century, Teen Ink has been encouraging young people to write - and then has published those pieces. These heartfelt essays and poems explore the issues faced by teenagers today. I applaud their efforts because they not only help young people deal with their own lives but also encourage the budding authors of the next generation.”
“For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.”
“For almost every character I've played in the 43 years I've been working as a professional actor, I've found parts of myself. We are all bipolar in the tiniest essence of what it is. We are all multiple personalities, in a sense, and to be healthy mentally, I think, learning what those multiple personalities are and inviting them in your life is really important.”
“For almost half a century, Fermilab has occupied center stage as physicists have sought to understand the fundamental structure of the universe. The lab deserves a good history, and I'm happy to say that in this book it has one. The authors present a compelling, nuanced, and richly detailed account of the place from its beginnings to the present.”
“For almost ninety years I’ve walked among my kind, and yours… all the time thinking I was complete in myself, not realizing what I was seeking. And not finding anything, because you weren’t alive yet.”
“For almost seventy years the life insurance industry has been a smug sacred cow feeding the public a steady line of sacred bull.”
“For almost the first year of The Muse's life, I would do 5 to 8 networking events a week. And I don't necessarily think that's the right path for everyone, but I realized that as an entrepreneur, one of my strengths was finding the right people who could help us. I didn't come into startups with any network.”
“For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood.”
“For almost two months now I've been struggling away with no result.”
Source: Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters
“For alt er viktig, hver milimeter. Hvert sekund, hver slurk med lunken te, hver syke celle. Før var livet en sirkel. Nå er det en rett linje.”
Source: La meg sove til dette bare er en drøm
“For although a man is judged by his actions, by what he has said and done, a man judges himself by what he is willing to do, by what he might have said, or might have done—a judgment that is necessarily hampered, not only by the scope and limits of his imagination, but by the ever-changing measure of his doubt and self-esteem.”
“For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.”
Source: Seekers After God
“For although God is right with us and in us and out of us and all through us, we have to go on journeys to find him.”
“For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those who are still men. This I have known ever since I stretched out my fingers to the abomination within that great gilded frame; stretched out my fingers and touched a cold and unyielding surface of polished glass.”
Source: The Outsider, Pickman’s Model, The Rats in the Walls, The Silver Key
“For although [poverty] is bitter to the taste, there comes sweetness afterwards; and just as a walnut has a bitter shell, but when the shell is removed there is a kernel of strengthening food, so it is with poverty and mortification when taken patiently.”
“For although the will cannot be inwardly moved by any creature, yet it can be moved inwardly by God.”
Source: The Summa Theologica: Complete Edition
“For although there is not a single aspect of European growth in which the decisive influence of Islamic culture is not traceable, nowhere is it so clear and momentous as in the genesis of that power which constitutes the permanent distinctive force of the modern world, and the supreme source of its victory, natural science and the scientific spirit.”
“For although this was a very heroic war, with a parade of every sort of high moral principle, and with the most sonorous language employed upon both sides, it somehow failed to bring about either the reformation or the ruin of humankind: and after the conclusion of the murdering and general breakage, the world went on pretty much as it has done after all other wars, with a vague notion that a deal of time and effort had been unprofitably invested, and a conviction that it would be inglorious to say so.”
Source: Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances
“For although we know that the years pass, that youth gives way to old age, that fortunes and thrones crumble (even the most solid among them) and that fame is transitory, the manner in which—by means of a sort of snapshot—we take cognisance of this moving universe whirled along by Time, has the contrary effect of immobilising it.”
Source: In Search of Lost Time, Volume VI: Time Regained (A Modern Library E-Book)
“For always and for always
I pray remember me
Upon the moors, beneath the stars
With the King's wild company.”
Source: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“For always in her there was a dark place full of despair and a great dividing force to make meaning because there was none.”
“For always, of its own unity, the soul gives unity to whatsoever it looks on with love.”
“For always roaming with a hungry heart.”
“For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people?”
Source: Big Sky Romance Collection: A Cowboy's Touch, The Accidental Bride, The Trouble with Cowboys
“For ambitious and greedy, there exists no summit, but only climbing up perpetually.”
“For America to get more entangled militarily in Syria is a serious step, and we have to do so making absolutely certain that we know who we are helping; that we're not putting arms in the hands of folks who eventually could turn them against us or allies in the region.”
“For America today organic architecture interprets (will eventually build) this local embodiment of human freedom. This natural architecture seeks spaciousness, grace and openness; lightness and strength so completely balanced and logical that it is a new integrity.”
Source: 1949-1959