Quaker Quotes
Collection of top 35 famous quotes about Quaker
Quaker Quotes & Sayings
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Paradoxically, life is worth living for those who have something for which they will gladly give up life.
— A.J. Muste
I panted like a whore in church. The Church of Simon ... where I was dying to kneel before him.
— Alice Clayton
I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one.
— Bonnie Raitt
The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no salaam; And dear the beaver is to him As if it never made a dam.
— Thomas Hood
In those days, slavery was not looked upon, even in Quaker Philadelphia, with the shudder and abhorrence one feels towards it now.
— John Sergeant Wise
I'm on my way," Ranger said. "I'm about ten minutes from Quaker Bridge. I'll call when I have her.
— Janet Evanovich
In the context of Quaker worship, it is perfectly appropriate for any person in the congregation to speak a timely word from the Lord.
— Richard Foster
Eventually, I manage to cheer Mum up by allowing her to go through my wardrobe and criticize all my clothes ...
— Helen Fielding
Her Quaker instincts led her to apologize for wrongs not her own to minimize conflict.
— Joyce Carol Oates
My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a Quaker.
— Woody Allen
Dost thee?" said Bildad, in a hollow tone, and turning round to me. "I dost," said I unconsciously, he was so intense a Quaker.
— Herman Melville
How could I have missed the opportunity to pop pills with my sister who was purer than a Quaker?
— Chelsea Handler
He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.
— James Reston Jr.
I Love Spirituality it reminds me of the Old Quaker Oats Commercial. "Nothing is better for thee than me"!
— Stanley Victor Paskavich
I'm really a timid person - I was beaten up by Quakers
— Woody Allen
If I were not a Jew I would be a Quaker.
— Albert Einstein
However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.
— Brian De Palma
My grandfather was a practising Quaker. My father was a nihilist. But nihilism, if you like, is the beginning of faith anyway.
— Sebastian Horsley
However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.
— Brian De Palma
Her breasts were showing and Mr. Player, who was a very strong Quaker, didn't think that was quite proper.
— Ian Fleming
If you're a responsible business, you don't let things like that happen in your business that have an impact on the country.
— Rick Santorum
So upright Quakers please both man and God.
— Alexander Pope
Every charitable act, no matter how smal,l fills our heart with joy and happiness.
— Debasish Mridha
