Top 18 Straws Quotes - Quoted Daily

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

He who would search for pearls must dive below.

Errors, Pearls, Straws

'All for Love' (1678) prologue

I cannot go on.... All that I have written seems to me like so much straw compared to what I have seen and what has been revealed to me.

Thomas Aquinas

Goes On, Has Beens, Straws

Even the straws under my knees shout to distract me from prayer

Saint Augustine

Prayer, Knees, Straws

Our reasonings grasp at straws for premises and float on gossamers for deductions.

Alfred North Whitehead

Reasoning, Premises, Straws

Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Adventures of Ideas”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

Straw purchasing is illegal.

Jason Chaffetz

Illegal, Purchasing, Straws

"Reps. Chaffetz & Quigley on 'Fast and Furious'". www.realclearpolitics.com. June 27, 2012.

The trouble with straw men is it only takes a single match to set them ablaze.

Andrew Klavan

Men, Trouble, Straws

There will grow from straws a mighty heap.

Ovid

Accumulation, Grows, Straws

It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.

Brother Lawrence

God Love, Enough, Straws

Brother Lawrence (2006). “The Practice of the Presence of God, and the Spiritual Maxims”, p.61, Cosimo, Inc.

He suddenly announced that he could not write any more since "All that I have written seems like straw to me."

Thomas Aquinas

Writing, Straws, Written

"St. Thomas Aquinas on politics and ethics: a new translation, backgrounds, interpretations".

Every generation of converts threshes over the same old straw.

Susan B. Anthony

Generations, Straws

Lynn Sherr, Susan B. Anthony (1995). “Failure Is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own Words”, Crown

Shortest straw pulls the skunk's tail.

Samuel Hopkins Adams

Tails, Straws

Samuel Hopkins Adams (1989). “Grandfather Stories”, p.145, Syracuse University Press

Wits and swords are as straws against the wisdom of the Darkness.

Robert E. Howard

Darkness, Wit, Straws

Robert E. Howard (2016). “Fantastical Tales - The Ultimate Collection of Sword & Sorcery Action-Adventures, Time Travel & Mythical Worlds: Conan the Barbarian Series, The ‘Kull the Conqueror” Stories, The ‘Solomon Kane’ Saga, The ‘Bran Mak Morn’ Stories, The ‘Turlogh Dubh O'Brien’ Stories & The ‘James Allison’ Stories”, p.735, e-artnow