Betokens Quotes & Sayings

The fact that grief takes so long to resolve is not a sign of inadequacy, but betokens depth of soul. — Donald Woods Winnicott

The fixation of the theater in one language
written words, music, lights, noises
betokens its imminent ruin. — Antonin Artaud

The Wood is that that makes the gallows tree;
The Weed is that that strings the hangman's bag;
The Wag, my pretty knave, betokens thee. — Walter Raleigh

Did Romeo and Juliet have a ... "relationship"? The term "relationship" ... betokens a chaste egalitarianism leveling different ranks and degrees of attachment. — Allan Bloom

Let us fear to leave Him. Let us be always with Him. Let us live and die in His presence. — Brother Lawrence

I have always lived in the present, accepted the misfortunes, made peace with the disappointments, delighted in its little blessings, found happiness in whatever the present moment has offered and sat in the shade of sadness to let the dark moments pass by. — Balroop Singh

Action hangs, as it were, dissolved in speech, in thoughts whereof speech is the shadow; and precipitates itself therefrom. The kind of speech in a man betokens the kind of action you will get from him. — Thomas Carlyle

It may be that there are kernels of truth in a few of these doctrines, but their widespread acceptance
betokens a lack of intellectual rigor, an absence of skepticism, a need to replace experiments by desires. — Carl Sagan

There are enough resources in the world for everyone. — Bryant McGill

I nearly said something, but then thought better of it. It doesn't pay to publicly point out the failings of the person providing your paycheck. — Donald G. Firesmith

All of us ... still believe that the American flag betokens a kind of general righteousness. But I say ... that signs are signs and some of them are lies. — Donald Barthelme

All the same, they [books] do serve some purpose. Culture doesn't save anything or anyone, it doesn't justify. But it's a product of man: he projects himself into it, he recognizes himself in it; that critical mirror alone offers him his image. — Jean-Paul Sartre