Quotes and sayings tagged 'scarcely'

THERE is scarcely any inquiry more curious, or, from its importance, more

THERE is scarcely any inquiry more curious, or, from its importance, more

— Thomas Malthus

I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country,

I can scarcely contemplate a greater calamity that could befall this country,

— Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger

The idea of demonstrating that this unknown something [God] exists, could scarcely

The idea of demonstrating that this unknown something [God] exists, could scarcely

— Soren Kierkegaard

In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the

In a man’s middle years there is scarcely a part of the

— E. B. White

Philosophers stretch the meaning of words until they retain scarcely anything of

Philosophers stretch the meaning of words until they retain scarcely anything of

— Sigmund Freud

We take a fancy to something: and scarcely have we thoroughly taken

We take a fancy to something: and scarcely have we thoroughly taken

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The past goes right on pulling me apart, though I can scarcely

The past goes right on pulling me apart, though I can scarcely

— Mason Cooley

When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

— William Shakespeare

This one fact implies everything; and it is scarcely necessary to point

This one fact implies everything; and it is scarcely necessary to point

— Ada Lovelace

There is scarcely any passion without struggle.

There is scarcely any passion without struggle.

— Albert Camus

Of all the events which constitute a person’s biography, there is scarcely

Of all the events which constitute a person’s biography, there is scarcely

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

It is easy to see, though it scarcely needs to be pointed

It is easy to see, though it scarcely needs to be pointed

— Soren Kierkegaard

Beside him, making scarcely a sound, walked James, Sirius, Lupin, and Lily,

Beside him, making scarcely a sound, walked James, Sirius, Lupin, and Lily,

— J. K. Rowling

And here we must narrowly watch ourselves, seeing that banquets can scarcely

And here we must narrowly watch ourselves, seeing that banquets can scarcely

— Pope Gregory I

The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.

The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.

— Hannah More

We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the

We should scarcely be excused in concluding this essay without calling the

— John Dalton

There is … scarcely any species of writing of which we can tell

There is … scarcely any species of writing of which we can tell

— Samuel Johnson

Dearly departed, scarcely lamented, deeply demented…

Dearly departed, scarcely lamented, deeply demented…

— Kelley Armstrong

There is scarcely an aspect of the American character to which humor

There is scarcely an aspect of the American character to which humor

— Constance Rourke

Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is

Speech is highly elliptical. It would scarcely be endurable otherwise. Ellipsis is

— Bergen Evans

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We can scarcely avoid the inference that light consists in the transverse

We can scarcely avoid the inference that light consists in the transverse

— James Clerk Maxwell

-tomorrow is our permanent address and there they’ll scarcely find us(

-tomorrow is our permanent address and there they’ll scarcely find us(

— E. E. Cummings

Smaug certainly looked asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore

Smaug certainly looked asleep, almost dead and dark, with scarcely a snore

— J.R.R. Tolkien

The stream sings a subdued music, a scarcely audible lilt, faint and

The stream sings a subdued music, a scarcely audible lilt, faint and

— John Daniel

And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious

And a more foolish notion can scarcely be imagined, it being obvious

— Iain Pears

Disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.

Disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I know of scarcely anything so apt to impress the imagination as

I know of scarcely anything so apt to impress the imagination as

— Francis Galton

I have scarcely touched the sky and I am made of it.

I have scarcely touched the sky and I am made of it.

— Antonio Porchia

The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient; the hard rock

The tree is happy because it is scarcely sentient; the hard rock

— Ruben Dario

I can scarcely fancy myself to ask a superior to publish a

I can scarcely fancy myself to ask a superior to publish a

— Gerard Manley Hopkins

It is scarcely possible in most places to get anyone to attend

It is scarcely possible in most places to get anyone to attend

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from

— Samuel Johnson

We scarcely want to analyse what we feel to be so large and deeply human.

We scarcely want to analyse what we feel to be so large and deeply human.

— Virginia Woolf

To teach means scarcely anything more than to show how things differ

To teach means scarcely anything more than to show how things differ

— John Amos

There is scarcely anything so dull and meaningless as Bible doctrine taught

There is scarcely anything so dull and meaningless as Bible doctrine taught

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

Scarcely a human being in the course of history has fallen to

Scarcely a human being in the course of history has fallen to

— Virginia Woolf

Geography was not furthered by the achievement, scientific progress was scarcely hastened,

Geography was not furthered by the achievement, scientific progress was scarcely hastened,

— Edmund Hillary

Composition for me is, externally at least, scarcely distinguishable from catatonia.

Composition for me is, externally at least, scarcely distinguishable from catatonia.

— Richard Wilbur

In moments Akiva was up in the ether, scarcely feeling the sting

In moments Akiva was up in the ether, scarcely feeling the sting

— Laini Taylor

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