Cease Quotations

What we share with another ceases to be our own....

Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.

As the Bible inculcates upon man but one duty in respect to sin, and that is immediate repentance, abolitionists believe that all who hold slaves, or who approve the practice in others, should immediately cease to do so.

From that moment, I did not cease to pray to God that by his grace it might one day be permitted to me to learn Greek.

Art is head space that is very exclusive: it shuts people out; other people cease to exist.

This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning.

Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.

In ancient Greece, Socrates reportedly didn't fancy a literate society. He felt that people would lose the capacity to think for themselves, simply adopting the perspective of a handy written opinion, and that they would cease to remember what could be written down.

Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist.

We do want more, and when it becomes more, we shall still want more. And we shall never cease to demand more until we have received the results of our labor.

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.

We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.

Soon the child learns that there are strangers, and ceases to be a child.

The will of God is eternal because He does not begin to will what He did not will before, nor cease to will what He willed before.

It seems as if life and hope must cease together.

Emancipation - what is meant by it? Simply that the slaves shall cease to be held as property and shall henceforth be held and treated as human beings. Simply, that we should take our feet from off their necks.

I transcend earthly bounds. I never cease to amaze myself because I haven't yet found my limits. I am quite ready to accept the limits of what I can do, but every time I feel that way - boom! - God touches me and I do something that's even more stupendous than whatever I've done up to then.

They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.

Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction.

Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and take as a gift whatever the day brings forth.

We are a country that lacks riches. The Jewish brain, that's what we have. Everything that we've had and will have in this country is the direct and clear product of higher education. If we harm this system, we will drastically decline and cease to exist.

Of course everybody's thinking evolves over time. Only dead people cease learning, and I am not certified dead yet. So I am still learning.

If these theatres didn't exist, the tradition of British theatre would cease to exist.

Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.

When you cease to exist, then who will you blame?

The bread while becoming by virtue of Christ's words the body of Christ does not cease to be bread.

It is almost always a fault of one who loves not to realize when he ceases to be loved.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

It would seem that some black people want to say that when you, as a black, become successful, you cease to be black. That's ridiculous.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

The storm and stress period of women and the new social and psychological formations thereby entailed must indeed extend far into the twentieth century. This period of conflict will cease only when woman within and out of marriage shall have received legal equality with man.

Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

I understand a ship to be made for the carrying and preservation of the cargo, and so long as the ship can be saved, with the cargo, it should never be abandoned. This Union likewise should never be abandoned unless it fails and the possibility of its preservation shall cease to exist, without throwing passengers and cargo overboard.

We must do everything in our power to cease the behaviour that makes children everywhere feel afraid.

The day when I am no more than a writer I shall cease to be a writer.

I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.

Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

I want the Israeli government to be made accountable for its behaviour to the Palestinians, and I want the people of the U.S. to cease acting as if they don't understand what is going on.

We wrote asking to cease and desist, that this letter is wrong, this is bad and we're asking you to stop.

With the state of Minnesota executing a plan to close AGC in January 2007, the CAH program to cease Jan. 1, 2006, and with all the jobs at stake, we don't have the time required to pursue public ownership ... and a taxing district, ... We are under the gun ... We believe that BHS has experiences and resources necessary to help us achieve our goal of a badly-needed hospital to serve north-central Minnesota.

Women never cease to impress and inspire me.

It never ceases to amaze me how many of baseball's wounds are self-inflicted.

Therefore the Vilar Floral Hall will revert to being known as the Floral Hall. We will cease to use Mr. Vilars name on printed material and programs, and the signage in the public areas will be altered over the next few months in no particular order or time-scale.

I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.

We did find out that $1.30 is the level where motorists cease paying and start complaining.

The people of Northern Ireland will now judge Sinn Fein on their actions over the coming days, ... An end to the war means the weapons of terrorism must be destroyed and all forms of paramilitary violence must cease for good.

We have insisted that (North Korea) cease its long-range missile development, production and export program, ... We are at a critical juncture in our relations with Pyongyang. The choice is for the North to behave in a way that allows for a positive direction in our relations.

We will cease to be angry once we cease to be so hopeful.

When I have fears that I may cease to be, Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain.

Love... asks that you disavow your attempt to enlarge your own identity by diminishing that of others. It asks that you cease your effort to safeguard your own claim to well-being by assuming the inferiority of others' claims. It asks, actually, that you die.

May it be long before the people of the United States shall cease to take a deep and pervading interest in the Fourth of July, as the birthday of our national life, or the event which then occurred shall be subordinated to any other of our national history.

Nature can be modified by nurture; even dogs can cease to relish meat when they are trained to relish only vegetarian food.

One of the hallmarks of the human brain is the extent to which cortical, cognitive, namely prefrontal areas can influence and control behavior, and these areas are the last to develop and perhaps never cease doing so.

If they lose their legal basis for owning a .cn domain, google.cn would cease to exist, or if it continued to exist, it would be illegal, and doing anything blatantly illegal in China puts their employees at serious risk.

If this is true, we condemn it and we urge that the looting of food aid cease immediately.

cease long-range missile development, production and its export program.

Because of the limited usefulness I see in my continued service, I have reached the conclusion that it is best to cease my activity in the public arena,

If individuals are taking these medications, they should cease taking them and should consult with their physicians about what next steps should be taken.

For years, my colleagues and I - primarily Republicans but also some Democrats - have introduced legislation and written to the FCC asking the commission to cease attempts to regulate the Internet unless given the clear authority to do so by Congress.

He who dares to teach must never cease to learn.

There is no agreement other than they agreed to come out peacefully and they agreed to cease fire. There were no promises on the part of the Department of Public Safety.

What we have agreed is that hostilities should cease and we should work towards a solution.

We look forward to competing with Southwest, as we do in other cities, ... a reminder that our challenges will not cease the day we exit Chapter 11.

Hudson will recall all product that originated at the Columbus, Neb., plant, destroy all product they have on hand at that plant and immediately cease operations there, until they've adopted far more stringent safety standards that we have specifically laid out for them based on what we have found in our investigation,

I agree with taking the time and respecting the great innovators of the past, but the word innovation would cease to exist if we all do is look at the past.

I think that investors, particularly in the financial sector, will cease focusing on interest rates, if they haven't already, and will increasingly focus on credit quality. But I think that if the economy continues to chug along, say at a 2-to-3 percent growth level, we won't see that impact credit quality in any meaningful way.

Our little systems have their day;/ They have their day and cease to be.

Some of these guys never cease to amaze me with how gifted they are and how strong they are. The shocking part was how much pain and injury he had. He's obviously a strong guy and a competitor. He wants to get back out there.

Look, Democrats believe in certain things. And our problem is not that we're not the party of ideas. Our problem is when we forget our ideals, ... That's when we cease being Democrats.

Many young artists today only experience copyright as an obstacle, a source of incomprehensible demands for payment, cease and desist letters, legal transaction costs. This is a shame because copyright can be a valuable tool for artists and creators of all kinds -- even for those who are trying to share their work without charge.

I would like to urge both parties to show maximum restraint, to desist from acts of violence, the use of force and cease all offensive operations.

Most fathers do want to maintain their responsibilities, both financially and as parents. But their path is blocked by contact orders not worth the paper they are written on. If shared parenting were the norm, not the exception, much of the non-compliance problem would cease to exist.

We hope that the organized international community will, through the vehicle of the Security Council, present the extremist regime in Tehran with a clear dilemma. Either they totally cease their nuclear weapons development program or they seriously endanger their relationship with the community of nations.

We're a game out of first place right now, so who knows? These kids never cease to surprise me with the things they can do so, you know, let's just go out and play. If we get two (wins) this weekend we're really really in a good position.

We believe this is most likely a non-credible type situation. However, the pilot went ahead and chose to cease his departure and went ahead and placed the plane in a remote area.

We have agreed with Prime Minister Sharon to cease all violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians, wherever they are,

Time is an illusion that arises from the educated perception of human senses and mind to the changes that happened. Stop the changes, or terminate the educated perception, then time will cease to exist.

We never do anything well until we cease to think about the manner of doing it

The only responsible action would be to stop treating animals as commodities to be bought, sold and traded, to cease building amusement attractions that exploit animals, but instead focus on protecting and promoting animals in the wild.

The present danger which this country faces is at least as great as the danger which we faced during the war with Germany and Japan. Briefly stated, it is the very real danger that this country, as we know it, may cease to exist.

Weapons of mass destruction are here in our own country and we have to cease fire.

The point simply is to accommodate people, to get them where they need to be before we cease the operation.

When a story is flying along, and I'm so into it that my 'real' world goes away, it can feel magical. I cease to be, my desk and computer ceases to be, and I am my character in his world. Psychologists call this a 'flow state,' and it's better than publication, money, awards, fame.

To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order to become its echo I have, in a way, to silence it. I bring to this incessant speech the decisiveness, the authority of my own silence.

As you yourself have said, what other explanation can there be?' Poirot stared straight ahead of him. 'That is what I ask myself,' he said. 'That is what I never cease to ask myself.

Surely people should eventually cease to be surprised at anything? And yet they continue to be.

When will the dead world cease to dream,When will the morning break?

What I need in order to stay creative and centered is a certain amount of distance from the maddening crowd. You cease to be your best self if you're running too fast.

I never cease to amaze myself. And I say this humbly

The past is past and I guess if you live in the past, you cease to live.

The sign stopped me-- or rather, this text stopped me. Words are my profession; I seized these and demanded that they explain themselves, that they cease to be ambiguous.

Suffering ceases to be suffering when you have a redemptive perspective.

it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty

When a man cannot chose, he ceases to be a man.

Verona is a very beautiful city, but Siena just never ceases to fascinate me.

Life and hope must cease together.