Abjured Quotes

#1. I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.

Leonardo Da Vinci

#2. The course that I have uniformly pursued, ever since I became a missionary, has been rather peculiar. In order to become an acceptable and eloquent preacher in a foreign language, I deliberately abjured my own. When I crossed the river, I burnt my ships.

Adoniram Judson

#3. Indeed, one modern President abjured God altogether, ending speeches with a chaste 'Thank you very much.' This was Jimmy Carter, the most genuinely devout President of the postwar period.

Jonathan Rauch

#4. Shut your face," he snapped. "I fucking love scones.

Lauren Sattersby

#5. I'm here," he said into her ear, as the tears came faster. "Emma, I'm here with you now. Listen to me: I will always be here."Always, she thought. He said "always," but he had forgotten to say finally. Finally you are here. Thank God, finally at last.

Meredith Duran

#6. To be the master of tomorrow's dreams, you must first be the servant of today's planning.

Vincent Lowry

#7. I always worked until I had something done and I always stopped when I knew what was going to happen next. That way I could be sure of going on the next day.

Ernest Hemingway,

#8. You can kiss my Kiss-loving ass because Kiss was never a critic's band. It was a people's band.

Tom Morello

#9. Surrender is not a weakness, or state of inaction, but rather a powerful state of pure energy; the energy of becoming your true purpose.

Bryant H. McGill

#10. Jacqueline, for how many days have I been without food. There was a crash, the whole house shook. Where is Langley? Where is my brother?

E.L. Doctorow

#11. You can pay for whatever you want, but I just want to warn you that I prefer to stay at places that don't start or end with the word 'motel.

Elle Lothlorien

#12. Fight, flight, and screw up royaly.

Neal Shusterman

#13. Books don't have intermissions either."

"What do they have?"

"Endings.

Rainbow Rowell

#14. She looked directly at me. "You're a great father, Russ. I know that now. If you're willing to move to Atlanta like Marge said, and you want to split time with London, I think we can probably figure something out." Which is exactly

Nicholas Sparks

#15. Police work can grind a man down, mentally, more than physically. I sensed that it is because of the hours of tedium and boredom, interrupted by moments of sheer terror.

James J. Kavanaugh