#sought

What I did was take the Jesus of the Gospels, the Son of God, the Son of the Virgin Mary, and sought to make Him utterly believable, a vital breathing character. ↗

— Anne Rice

#breathing #character #did #god #gospels

Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have. ↗

— Will Rogers

#after #any #known #least #money

We sought out and visited all the Indians hereabouts that we could meet with, in number about twenty. They were chiefly in one place, about a mile from where we lodged. ↗

— John Woolman

#chiefly #could #indians #lodged #meet

Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. ↗

— William James

#cheap #pay #price #quality #sought

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. ↗

— St. Jerome

#found #friend #hardly #kept #long

As founder and co-chair of the upper Mississippi River Congressional task force, I have long sought to preserve the river's health and historical multiple uses, including as a natural waterway and a home to wildlife, for the benefit of future generations of Americans. ↗

— Ron Kind

#co-chair #congressional #force #founder #future

I have never sought the reason why I write. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#i write #never #reason #sought #why

If I became a philosopher, if I have so keenly sought this fame for which I'm still waiting, it's all been to seduce women basically. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#became #been #fame #i #keenly

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no. ↗

— George Savile

#men #moment #only #popularity #sought

Eternal life and the invisible world are only to be sought in God. Only within Him do all spirits dwell. He is an abyss of individuality, the only infinite plenitude. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#dwell #eternal #eternal life #god #him