Demur Quotes

#1. Much Madness Is Divinest Sense
Much Madness is divinest Sense
To a discerning Eye
Much Sense - the starkest Madness
'Tis the Majority
In this, as All, prevail
Assent - and you are sane
Demur - you're straightway dangerous
And handled with a Chain -

Emily Dickinson

#2. If the people wanted my head I would bow without demur. If I had lost the confidence or respect of the people I would not want to live. The tragedy of the drama is that the very opposite is true.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

#3. Don't be surprised if I demur, for, be advised my passport's green.

Seamus Heaney

#4. The compasses are disappointingly true, pointing north over and over, when all he wants is for one to dissent, to demur, to show him the new direction he cannot find on his own.

Matt Bell

#5. Look in; and learn the wrong, and right,
From your own soul's unwritten laws.
And when you question, or demur,
Let Love be your Interpreter.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

#6. And who did she have? The thought caught her up short, but then she smiled, remembering the preacher's words. She had the Lord. He was her foundation, and that was enough.

Carol Cox

#7. Boff," Agent Brent said. "I didn't know people used that word anymore." "You young whippersnappers just don't know a good piece of slang when you hear it,

Laurell K. Hamilton

#8. And most countries are now reducing the number of conscripts and increasing the professionals that are available because they're available on short notice.

Lord Robertson

#9. (On "Following") We've got a pretty serious claim on being the cheapest film ever made.

Christopher J. Nolan

#10. How do you file a restraining order against sadness?

Alex Adams

#11. So I think if you're happy with your brain, you're powerful.

Albert Brooks