Sententiously Quotes

#1. But there's time yet. The old women of the tribe have almost always been the wiser. If they keep their marbles long enough. Old men forget--or tend to reminisce, and reminisce falsely and sententiously as a rule. We are often very silly in our middle years but we tend to improve

Jane Gardam

#2. And that," put in the Director sententiously, "that is the secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you've got to do. All conditioning aims at that: making people like their unescapable social destiny.

Aldous Huxley

#3. Catherine Le Vendeur," he asked sententiously, "have you known this man carnally?"
"No father," Catherine answered. "But, with your kind permission, I would very much like to.

Sharan Newman

#4. I dislike the idea of a murderer employing children,' said Holmes darkly. 'It is, I agree, bad for their morals, and interferes with their sleep.' 'And their schooling,' added Holmes sententiously.

Laurie R. King

#5. Nobody can be more clownish, more clumsy and sententiously in bad taste than Herman Melville.

D.H. Lawrence

#6. To a great mind, nothing is little,' remarked Holmes, sententiously.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#7. The gate is narrow but not the life. The gate opens out into largeness of life.

Elisabeth Elliot

#8. Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.

David Foster Wallace

#9. One's life is short, but the life of the spirit is long.

Sook Nyul Choi

#10. Enslavement was not destined to end, and it is wrong to claim our present circumstance - no matter how improved - as the redemption for the lives of people who never asked for the posthumous, untouchable glory of dying for their children.

Ta-Nehisi Coates

#11. If there is something occurring that is so bad that it could be considered a crime against humanity, it has to be transmitted with anguish, with pain, and create an impact in people - upset them, shake them up, wake them out of their everyday routine.

James Nachtwey

#12. And for the record, you're worth it. I think so and so does God. One day you'll see that.

Lynette Eason

#13. Only do what only you can do.

Paul Sloane

#14. You need mystery. You actually do. I think that's what foreign women, French women in particular, are good at. There's still a sense that you need to keep some of the unknown because that's where the soul resides, or something.

Jason Clarke

#15. But-but ... " Timmie's eyes couldn't get any wider.
"Why did you tell her I'm your boyfriend? Why doesn't she know about your real one?"
That was a good question. I cast around for an answer. Any answer.
"He's English!" I settled on desperately. "And Mom ... Mom hates foreigners!

Jeaniene Frost

#16. I love things that are harsh and things that are too loud. And I love lulling people into a false sense of security. That's life.

FKA Twigs

#17. I love no one and am loved by no one.

Haruki Murakami

#18. The only animals I'm not comfortable with are parrots, but I'm learning as I go. I'm getting better and better at 'em. I really am.

Steve Irwin