Spirits Quotes

In the twelve months immediately preceding the outbreak; of war, the quantity of spirits, both domestic and imported released for sale in Canada, amounted to over three and a half million proof gallons.
William Lyon Mackenzie King

War, Both, Three

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.
William Cobbett

Long, Off, Last

You can't evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time.
George William Russell

Time, Great, Same

Love is not a union merely between two creatures, it is a union between two spirits.
Frederick William Robertson

Love, Two, Between

In course of time, religion came with its rites invoking the aid of good spirits which were even more powerful than the bad spirits, and thus for the time being tempered the agony of fears.
Paul Harris

Religion, Time, Good

In my opinion it's not about gay or straight or bi, we're attracted to spirits, whatever body they're in. There are other reasons too, but that's how I see it.
Dana Plato

Gay, Opinion, Whatever

Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections.
Matthew Simpson

Fire, Angels, Higher

It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these great performers have been. The clubs are way more underground.
Deborah Cox

Great, Old, Theatre

Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits.
Andrew Greeley

Love, Religion, Good

Because of the tension and difficulty, I remember trying to do the silliest things when we weren't rolling cameras, anything to lift the spirits. But once on set, it was important to have full concentration.
Madeleine Stowe

Important, Trying, Remember

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.
George Chapman

Free, Greatness, Worthy

And then there's also this element of - some people would describe it as spirits or a presence that appears when things are very difficult, physically and emotionally. You know, when you're really putting out. So the third man aura is sort of an appearance. It's the yeti.
Ann Bancroft

Difficult, Appearance, Describe

The stock market can be down, but the stock market is not an indication of where people's spirits and enthusiam are, and where their intellectual energy is.
James Daly

Down, Energy, Market

Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.
Norman Borlaug

Despair, Gods, Plant

It's up to us, the people, to break immoral laws, and resist. As soon as the leaders of a country lie to you, they have no authority over you. These maniacs have no authority over us. And they might be able to put our bodies in prison, but they can't put our spirits in prison.
Cindy Sheehan

Lie, Country, Put

The weather in England can really darken your spirits.
Claire Forlani

Weather, England, Darken

If you're supposed to be doing something, the spirits will come and help you. They have helped me out with lines I shouldn't have known, chords I shouldn't have known. Every once in a while I get lines from somewhere, and I think, I better write this down.
Gil Scott-Heron

Help, Down, Write

Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
Barbara Deming

Cannot, Break, Punishment

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick.
Rich Little

Angry, Throw, Table

Their spirits and their visions are embodied in their craft. And so is mine. It's not Jane Saw Puff. But the clarity of Jane Saw Puff is precious to me.
Sharon Olds

Clarity, Mine, Precious

Rock n' roll is our religion, and we will continue to lose disciples as we go, but we pick up the fallen flag and keep moving forward, bringing forth the good news that our heroes have helped create, their bodies lost, but their spirits and their good work everlasting.
Steven Van Zandt

Work, Religion, Good

There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.
Sam Trammell

Idea, Sea, Magic

Took us a great amount of strength to get them into the world, and for them to be in the world. I think that their little spirits, you know, just said, well, we're going to be there. So it makes it very special because of it.
Cheryl Tiegs

Great, Strength, Special

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.
Catherine Helen Spence

Health, Father, Lost

I want all my friends, family and fans to know that I am in good spirits and I will be fine.
Lil' Kim

Family, Good, Friends

For the second straight year, craft beer is the fastest growing segment of the U.S. alcoholic beverage industry. In 2005, craft beer experienced a 9 percent increase in volume, nearly triple that of the growth experienced in the wine and spirits industry.
Sherwood Boehlert

Wine, Beer, Year

I mean, if cans can be recycled, why not spirits?
Marla Gibbs

Mean, Why, Cans

For most of the history of our species we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits in an attempt to explain the patterns of nature.
Ann Druyan

Nature, History, Understand

When I was a graduate student, the leading spirits at Harvard were interested in the history of ideas.
M. H. Abrams

History, Student, Ideas

The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life! And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.
Gerard De Nerval

Life, Good, Knowledge

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