Refuge Quotes

There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

Castles in the air - they are so easy to take refuge in. And so easy to build too.

I'm an advocate of the great Dr. Johnson, the English man of letters who said that patriotism was the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Women love always: when earth slips from them, they take refuge in heaven.

We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate.

Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist.

There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats.

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.

Drilling in the refuge will not solve America's energy problem. The Energy Department's own figures show that drilling would not change gas prices by more than a penny a gallon, and this would be 20 years from now.

College is a refuge from hasty judgment.

I have heard show business characterized as a refuge for childlike persons in flight from all things harsh and real.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

The people that I represent in Illinois care passionately about protecting open space and safeguarding our nation's natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state.

We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it is a refuge from home life.

Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.

My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.

Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.

I see the player piano as the grandfather of the computer, the ancestor of the entire nightmare we live in, the birth of the binary world where there is no option other than yes or no and where there is no refuge.

Philosophy: Impersonal anxiety; refuge among anemic ideas.

We have a moral responsibility to save wild places like the arctic refuge for future generations, and that is why our country has remained committed to its protection for nearly 50 years.

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance.

A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving across boundaries. That's absurd.

I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill.