Swear Quotes - page 11

I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts. (Hedy Lamarr)
Too many crucial things about this country turn out to be highly recommended because they are 'invisible'. There is the 'hidden hand' of the free market, the 'unwritten' Constitution, the 'invisible earnings' of the financial service sector, the 'magic' of monarchy and the 'mystery' of the Church and its claim to the interpretation of revealed truth. When we do get as far as the visible or the palpable, too much of it is deemed secret. How right it is that senior ministers, having kissed hands with the monarch, are sworn to the cult of secrecy by 'The Privy Council Oath'. How right it is that our major foreign alliance - the 'special relationship' with the United States - is codified by no known treaty and regulated by no known Parliamentary instrument. View quote
Christopher Hitchens
Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing to give a lady. But it is always roses, always red, and always perfect hothouse blooms when they can come by them. View quote
Patrick Rothfuss
I swear I've never met a man who has your knack for lack of social grace. If you weren't naturally charming, someone would have stabbed you by now. View quote
Patrick Rothfuss
Nay, but weigh well what you presume to swear! Oaths are of dreadful Weight-and, if they're false, Draw down Damnation. View quote
Richard Savage
Before Paul and I started the company, we had been involved in some large-scale software projects that were real disasters. They just kept pouring people in, and nobody knew how they were going to stabilize the project. We swore to ourselves that we would do better. View quote
Bill Gates
I‘ve given up trying to get invited to a cocktail party but I‘m going to the egg roll. I swear. View quote
Rachel Maddow
I poured my heart out to you, let down my guard, swear to God I'll blow my brains in your lap, lay here and die in your arms Drop to my knees and I'm pleading, I'm trying to stop you from leaving. View quote
Eminem
Jack was embarrassed - never hero more, And as he knew not what to say, he swore. View quote
Lord Byron
Chapman & Hall Swore not at all. Mr Chapman's yea was yea, And Mr Hall's nay was nay. View quote
Edmund Clerihew Bentley
It was illegal for black people and white people to play checkers together in Birmingham. And there were even black and white Bibles to swear to tell the truth on in many parts of the South. (Isabel Wilkerson)
I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelter. View quote
Horace
I will come back to you, I swear I will; And you will know me still. I shall be only a little taller Than when I went. View quote
Edna St. Vincent Millay
A sudden thought strikes me,-let us swear an eternal friendship. View quote
John Hookham Frere
Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible. View quote
Jamie Raskin
My fair one, let us swear An eternal friendship. View quote
Molière
Let's swear, my beauty, An eternal ardor. View quote
Molière
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me. View quote
William Shakespeare
Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change. View quote
William Shakespeare
I swear 'tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perked up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. View quote
William Shakespeare
Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states. (Elizabeth I of England)
Also, you can't prove that there isn't a ghost of Bagpuss hovering right behind your head as you read this. He's right there, man! No, he disappeared right after you turned your head. I swear he's there. Look, he's back again now! View quote
Ben Croshaw
The right response when, in the army, you are given an unlawful order, is to refuse that order. The right response of a chief executive in this state and in this nation, when faced with an order by a court that he conscientiously believes violates the constitution he is sworn to respect, is to refuse their order! View quote
Alan Keyes
Whilst America hath been the land of promise to Europeans, and their descendants, it hath been the vale of death to millions of the wretched sons of Africa... Whilst we were offering up vows at the shrine of Liberty... whilst we swore irreconcilable hostility to her enemies... whilst we adjured the God of Hosts to witness our resolution to live free or die... we were imposing on our fellow men, who differ in complexion from us, a slavery, ten thousand times more cruel than the utmost extremity of those grievances and oppressions, of which we complained. View quote
St. George Tucker
Obama: Now, I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books, but that doesn't mean I don't know very well the real pain and heartbreak that deportations cause. I share your concerns and I understand them. And I promise you, we are responding to your concerns and working every day to make sure we are enforcing flawed laws in the most humane and best possible way. Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own. [Applause] And believe me, right now dealing with Congress - Audience: Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Yes, you can! Obama: Believe me - believe me, the idea of doing things on my own is very tempting. [Laughter] I promise you. Not just on immigration reform. [Laughter] But that's not how - that's not how our system works. Audience member: Change it! Obama: That's not how our democracy functions. That's not how our Constitution is written. So let's be honest. I need a dance partner here - and the floor is empty. View quote
Barack Obama