Commotions Quotes

#1. Meteorology has ever been an apple of contention, as if the violent commotions of the atmosphere induced a sympathetic effect on the minds of those who have attempted to study them.

Joseph Henry

#2. I was a peaceful sedentary man, a lover of a quiet life, with no appetite for perils and commotions. But I was beginning to realise that I was very obstinate.

John Buchan

#3. All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing.

William Gurnall

#4. Though events set up the defining moments which can evoke profiles in righteousness, outward commotions cannot excuse any failure of inward resolve, even if some seem to unravel so easily.

Neal A. Maxwell

#5. There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.

Alexander Hamilton

#6. Unless you have a life of great importance, regrets are stupid, crumpled-up tickets to a circus that has already left town.

Lorrie Moore

#7. Eternal life is great if you have the clothes for it.

Woody Allen

#8. People are afraid of anybody who is different: It makes them worry everyone else is different too, and just pretending to be all the same. James

Cassandra Clare

#9. Once I retire and slow down, I don't want to be in New York. I want to be somewhere near a lake or a pond, so that on my days when I have nothing to do, I can go fishing.

Sharon Jones

#10. At its most elemental, a spell is no more than a recipe for change.

Gregory Maguire