Explore Quotations, Proverbs & Sayings
Welcome to the biggest collection of quotations, proverbs and sayings! If you are looking for a specific quotation, proverb or saying, check our universal database. We have collected over 150,000 inspirational quotations, funny quotations, movie quotations, famous proverbs and cute sayings that we would like to share with you. Find quotations, proverbs and sayings for any occasion and view them all for free.
Browse quotations by author, topic or keyword.
Browse Keywords:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
Letter "S" » stirs
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
«The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary.»
Author: Italo Calvino
(Essayist, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
attraction, confines, dictionary, escape from, stirs, stretches, The Call, utmost
«The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.»
«What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?»
«You may choose your words like a connoisseur, And polish it up with art, But the word that sways, and stirs, and stays, Is the word that comes from the heart»
Author: Ella Wheeler Wilcox
| About:
Heart,
Words
| Keywords:
connoisseur, connoisseurs, from the heart, polish, polishes, polishing, stays, stirs, swaying, sways, The Connoisseur
«Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?»
Author: Bertrand Russell
(Logician, Philosopher)
| Keywords:
friendly, propaganda, stir, stirs, stir up, tries
«Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
arms, breast, breasted, exercise, leap, leapt, leap out, meals, muscles, muscle into, now and then, quarter, small arms, stirs, swing, Swing On, swing over, swung, the like, The Swing, weight, weighted
«The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.»
«Vice stirs up war, virtue fights.»
«The blood more stirsTo rouse a lion than to start a hare!»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| Keywords:
hare, rouse, rouses, rousing, stirs
Get access to over 800,000 college papers on the most popular topics for only $14.95/month.
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
Buy essay, term paper or research paper on the specific topic at a cheap price and get a discount!
