Quotes About Declaration

the wisdom of the precaution is evident from the cry which has been raised against it; as that very cry betrays a disposition to question the great and essential truth which it is manifestly the object of that provision to declare.

There is something mighty suspicious about declaring an emergency for something that has yet to show itself to be a grand pandemic.

Now, come over here so I can pat you down. But you don't have- Percy stopped. Uh, sure. He stood next to the armless statue. Terminus conducted a rigorous mental pat down. You seem to be clean, Terminus decided. Do you have anything to declare? Yes, Percy said. I declare that this is stupid.

The rivalry ends here, [Percy] said. I love you, Wise Girl.

You seem to be clean, Terminus decided. Do you have anything to declare? Yes, Percy said. I declare this is stupid.

Do you have anything to declare?' the statue asked me. 'Yes. I do have something to declare.' I said. 'I declare this is [dumb]

As for happy…The pursuit of happiness may be written into our Declaration of Independence, but that only means our founding fathers were hopelessly sentimental. You don't pursue happiness. You pursue everything you need to have a fulfilled life, and then, if you achieve it, you'll be happy some of the time. The rest of the time, you'll be content. One can't sustain happiness forever.

and as this need grows more intense so does a sensation of movement, speed to come, impending declaration—"The past is funny, Viv; it never seems to let things lie, finished. It never seems to stay in place as it should"—until she feels that she is beginning to run down an ever steepening hill and she must stop before the hill gets too steep and she gets going too fast to stop:

All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they may alter the mode and application, but have no power over the substance of original justice.

When someone in power declares that something is broken that means it's actually fine. What they're really saying is, "Let's change this so I like it and ruin it." Nothing is ever broken.

President George Bush declared a National Day of Prayer for Peace. This was after he had carefully arranged and started the war.

I've been speaking at churches for years, as well as juvenile jails, rehabs and hospitals, and I always talk about my faith. That is a declaration of my relationship with God

To him was given the duty and responsibility of making that great classic of liberty, the Declaration of Independence, no longer an empty promise, but a glorious fulfillment.

The self-evident truths announced in the Declaration of Independence are not truths at all, if taken literally; and the practical conclusions contained in the same passage of that Declaration prove that they were never designed to be so received.

Speak, hands, for me!

A good mouth-filling oath.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.

The enemy, self-consciousness, is creeping up on them and Gibbsy or Biggsy is the first to crack, declaring that the music is shit and everyone stops dancing immediately as if a spell has been broken.

The Nicene Creed

A declaration of our own history of trust is essential in understanding ourselves and in growing in intimacy with our partner.

When a subject declares intellectual philosophy useless, you can be sure it won't be making any intellectual defense of its position.

It seemed a very great folly to attempt to force a declaration from him, but it seemed a greater folly to let him go. If there was a single chance at happiness with him, I was determined to seize it.

What do you tell of yourself? Speak words of faith.